| Title: | Thomas Hay, India to Bella M Smyth, Co-Tyrone |
|---|---|
| ID | 6690 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Mary/26 |
| Year | 1908 |
| Sender | Smyth, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian) |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | |
| Recipient | Smyth, James A. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth. |
| Doc. No. | 604052 |
| Date | 28/3/1908 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 525 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter 3] [Page 1] Castledamph March 28th 08 Dear Brother Received a letter from you a few days ago I see you were expecting a letter. Well I wrote to you some time ago and you should have had it by that time. However I have made up my mind to write a little oftener from this forward. We are all well here now. I was down in Landahussey [Landahussy?] this last week I let Liza home for a while John has left trade mark on the house. You would scarcely know it now. It is much better and warmer than [Page 2] it was. I suppose you saw an account of the marriage of Lizzie Campbell and Joe Duncan in the Constitution. They were married at nine o'clock in the morning. Everybody was preparing to go to see them married about twelve but they were all fooled. John C. [Charles?] [was?] down and gave them a few shots. There were [sic] nobody at it but Minnie Duncan and Bob Campbell. [Patchell?] and wife and the Minster and wife were in to see them married. They went to Belfast for a few days. I suppose you saw account of the Bazaar in the paper. They had £80 altogether out of it so it was not bad I’m sending some off the pictures we got [Page 3] taken second day of it also a few local views. We have nice weather here now but a little wet sometime [sic] as usual You must have had an awful cold winter weather Well there weren’t [sic] any [snow?] here this year atall [at all?]. Rain almost all the time. Lizzie Hay is getting along pretty well had a letter from her a short time ago. She is afraid that she wont pass [with?] the one year. So that if it takes her [two?] year [sic] they will [be?] out some money with her. Maggie was to come over to Landahussey [Landahussy?] Sunday last but it was so wet she did not get over They have the Drumlea school teacher boarding with them now. Liza was over a few days a short time ago I havent been over for a long time as I broke my old bike and can’t [Page 4] get enough money gathered up to get her fixed so that I cant get out much. Wm [William?] and John were in Strabane yesterday Wm [William?] was in with pork John C. [Charles?] went on the Bicycle He is still working about here but he is talking now about going to Australia as Joe [Gilkison?] is going out there soon. He had an operation in Belfast for appendicitis and came out alright he is up here now for a few days. Jamey McKelveys mother was buried yesterday. Liza and 2 were at the wake. We weren’t up that road since the day we went to Donemana. By the way Mrs McFarlane has consumption now went to Rostrevor yesterday to live in one of those outside houses, Miss Nan Moore was up here at the mill for a fortnight have just been looking at her picture [I?] see John has got [it?] sometime Hope you get these postcards. alright M [Mary?] Smyth |
