| Title: | Robert Chesney, Co.Antrim, to His Daughter Jane, Canada |
|---|---|
| ID | 620 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Chesney, Robert/175 |
| Year | 1834 |
| Sender | Chesney, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Recipient | Jane |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | father-daughter |
| Source | T3238/2: Presented by Mr H.K. Moore |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9501230 |
| Date | 08/06/1834 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 23:01:1995. |
| Word Count | 630 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: David McClure, Ching uacousy,[?] Care of Israel Ramsom Streetville, Toronto Upper Canada. Largy 8th June. 1834. Dear Son and Daughter, We take this favourable opportunity of sending you these few lines with our well wisher, James Nicholl to let you know that we are a all in good health at present for which we all have reason to thank the giver of every good and prefect gift. The only particular thing we have to relate to you is concerning your brother Robert's death, which began to operate upon him nearly two years ago. It was something in the way of a paralitic stroke or as Dr. Maden [Madden?] termed water on the brain., which took away his understanding and reduced his bodily strength to at lenght he died on the 8th of July 1833 and was laid with his kindred dust in the burying place of Templemoyl. [Templemoyle?] Your Mother is dead but we wrote a letter to you concerning which took place the 20th July 1831. Dear Jane I have to relate to you that your sister Kitty sat beside me during the time I wrote this letter and the tears have scarcely dried from her cheeks from I began to write this letter to I ended it. She says if she had but one hour with you what comfort and consolation it would give her, for she is afraid that you think a great deal of long. She is living in Bovill's town with her husband James Bovill and has two children and names them David and Robert. She is very comfortably situated with a loving husband and kind Father-in-law and mother-in-law and a Christianable neighbourhood and her husband and she have some thoughts of going to America to you, but would wish to be directed first by you and we likewise have some thoughts of you and your husband coming back to the old country again. But would be unable to advise you least any mischance might happen again. Your sister Betty Fields has a child a few weeks ago and names it Eliza. She is very delicate in health, your brother George is well and living in a place he got with his wife. She has been ailing some time back, but is getting better.It was thought she had cholera which surprised us all very much. But thank God she has got well again. Your sister Kitty has sent you a small present of a handkerchief in the bundle which your sister Hanna [Hannah?] sent you as a token of her love to you. Your brothers an [and?] families are all well and we hope this letter will find you and your family all our old acquaintance in the same. I would speak more largely to you concerning the state of our country but your brother John has sent you two letters and would let you know of these things. We had a very short time to write this letter as Jason Nicholl was going away. So I hope you will excuse anything amiss that is here Your brother William wrote the former part of this letter, these are a few lines with my own hand. You know that I am not in good health, but have reason to be thankful that I am able to go about but do little of any kind of work. Your brother James is not married yet. He and me live together, and he is an [--------?] son. We have Nancy Esler keeping house [--------?] Esler's daughter. We have two boys living with us, Samuel Donely [Donnelly?] junior and the other boy is of the mane [name?] of Hamill. We received two letters since you left us. The last in Sept. 1832. We expected one this spring but got none. No more at present but remain Your affectionate father to death (signed) Robert Chesney |
