| Title: | Alicia Doran, Co Down, to " Dear Brother and Sister". |
|---|---|
| ID | 852 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Doran, Alicia/99 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Doran, Alicia |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ballintur, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Destination | America? |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Document Presented by & Copyright Retained by Sharon DoranTurnbow, 6321 Roosevelt St., Coloma M1 49038 616 849 0240.Sharon@parrett.net or info@sandcastlescottages.com |
| Archive | Centre for Migration Studies |
| Doc. No. | 107159 |
| Date | 25/12/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, Td by Tony Flanagan, 26:07:0 |
| Word Count | 347 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | 1890 Ballintur Kilbroney [Co Down?] Christmas Day My Dear Brother & Sister you I'm shure [sure?] will be suprised [surprised?] to hear of our Dear Mother being dead. She died at « [half?] past eleven on Satuday [Saturday?] 20 & was enterred [interred?] on Tuesday 23rd Mother was indeed much respected & it showed So on the day of her Funeral it was very Large & the offerings amounted to Thirteen pounds Father paid 10 shillings for you that was the amount the [they?] give the ushres [ushers?] also all Mothers son in laws [sons in law?] Dear Brother we cannot help but murn [mourn?] the loss of so good a mother but how happy we should feel to think of the long time she had On her sick bed alouth [although?] her sufferings was hardh [hard?] to hear she was consoled by the Good Sisters of Mercy & the priests who cheered her & Lightened her suffering Mother was contented to die She longed & prayed for that [hour?] Father [T---y?] said Mother Died the Death of a Saint & he felt shure [sure?] she was happy Dear Brother do not feel vexed as you spoke of coming home at the fall you might have seen her alive But it would only make both of you more vexed to only meet for a few hours & part for ever in this World then, I pray not for ever in the next the Docter [doctor?] was [also?] brought to see Mother in the beginning of hr [her?] sickness he give [gave?] her some medicine that relieved her for a time. But it was only for a time he could not cure Death our poor Mother was the Last of that Family We have got neither Uncle or Aunt But I hope in God the [they?] are better off May their Souls rest in peace Wishing you Dear Brother & Sister a happy New Year hoping yourselves and the children are all well Willie or Bridget might write to me From your Loving Sister Alicia Doran Write Soon excuse my writing on this occasion (Transcribed by Tony Flanagan.) |
