| Title: | J. Carrothers, Ontario to W.Carrothers, Farnaght, Fermanagh |
|---|---|
| ID | 547 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Carrothers, Joseph/9 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Carrothers, Joseph |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Fermanagh, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Carrothers, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T3734: Presented by Edward N. Carrothers, 3 University Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9411036 |
| Date | 08/03/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 10:11:1994. |
| Word Count | 234 |
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| Transcript | Bosanquet March 8th 1870 Dear Brother Willy [William?], I send you a few lines to let you know I am living and well hoping you and the family are in the same good health Thanks be to God for his manyfold blessings. We have lost one of the old Farnaghts, Mark Died on the 16th of January and left a wife and 8 children to lament his loss, for the will feel his loss. The were in comfortable circumstances. I had word from Brothers last week there [they?] are all well and so is the old Breakeys, the are wearing out well, Anne is still dodging about. My son William and family is well, James has got married last November to a Miss Fitchet a fine clever girl of Canadian family, we all live together as yet. I have been very busy all the summer chiefly at looms and sasher. I have made Gothick sashes for several churches since I came up here. Slays [sleighs?] in Winter when the snow comes, and we have a good long winter this year and is likely to continue this month. I am making Dimond [Diamond?] Harrows for spring, no day goes better with me than the day I am at work at the bench and I work steady. The people wonder that I work as I do being the age I am in the seventy-seventh year of my age. What plants you sent me in spring last I had very bad sucksess [success?] in them the were all dried up only the carnation, you rolled them in dry fine paper, you should Oiled the paper. James and I got 8 premiums last Octr [October?] at the Township Show, One pair of sasher (Gothick) one Dimond [Diamond?] Harrow and the other six for Flower and Vegtables. I will send you a few seeds in this packet. Dear Brother You will oblidge [oblige?] me be sending me (perhaps the last time) if convenient the following plants, the Double Polyanthus, Double Primrose, Varigated Thyme, Peppermint, Double Carnation Pink, and if you can get it without troouble [trouble?] send me a plant of the Large Strawberry (Ma......) I intend to send you a plant of the Bleeding Hart [Heart?] on, Deletrie Spictabella Botanical name, but I cannot get it until the frost is thawed out. In picking the roots fill a piece of rough paper in oil, Hogs grease will do, put a few sprigs of Damp moss and roll them up tight, and strong paper over all to Bear the Address which is Joseph Carrothers, Bosanquet, Widder Station P.O. [Post office?] Ont. [Ontario?] British America Please remember me to Mr. James Copeland of Lisbellaw, I hope he is living and well and all the family relations. Let my old acquaintance know that I am living and well yet I suppose a great many of them are no more. You will be particular to answer this letter and let me know how you are geting on in your family and family affairs. I hope the troubles in other part of Ireland dose [does?] not interfere with the peace of your part to [too?], papers [newspapers?] give account of bad work going on in some parts of it. No more at present from your Affectionate Brother Josep [Joseph?] Carrother. |
