| Title: | Thomas Armstrong, Ballinamallard, to Christopher Armstrong |
|---|---|
| ID | 92 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Armstrong, Thomas/65 |
| Year | 1849 |
| Sender | Armstrong, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | USA |
| Recipient | Armstrong, Christopher |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | T 2125/7/6: PRONI Exhibition. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9406163 |
| Date | 28/10/1849 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:06:1994. |
| Word Count | 598 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Parties: Thomas Armstrong, Ballinamallard, to [Christopher Armstrong] Document: Ballinamallard, October 28th 1849 Der [Dear?] Brother I take op [up?] miy [my?] pen to rite [write?] A few lins [lines?] to you hoping to finde [find?] you in good helth [health?] as this leves [leaves?] me and us all in the perusent [present?] thankes [thanks?] be to god for all his mies [mercy?] to us I wante [want?] to lete [let?] you now [know?] that we had sum [some?] hard trils [trials?] sinz [since?] you left hom [home?] and the worst of them all was the Deth [Death?] of our der [dear?] frend [friend?] Margret [Margaret?] Armstrong as we mith [might?] say the mother of us all we regretet [regretted?] the Deth [Death?] of John Lidy ver [very?] much buth [but?] it was nothing to her Deth [Death?] She died in Juliy [July?] the 25th 1849 She onely [only?] Lay for 7 or 8 day till Lefte [left?] this worl [world?] of Sin and trobl [trouble?] on Sundy [Sunday?] nite [night?] at 10 o'cloke [o'clock?] as we mite [might?] Say it was a Soroweful [sorrowful?] our [hour?] to us all mary ane [Mary Anne?] was onely [only?] risin [rising?] outh [out?] of the fever at that time and miy [my?] father the sem [same?] he lay for 6 or 7 wekes [weeks?] and I hade [had?] no person takin [taking?] Cer [care?] of him onely [only?] miy [my?] self margret [Margaret?] kim [came?] down over nite [night?] to se [see?] him and he poth [putt?] it oer [over?] him with greate [great?] Deficuelty [difficulty?] and he seys [says?] he has bete [better?] helth [health?] now than he had befor [before?] he Lay down Devid [David?] wants him to go to live with him now I wod [would?] rather stay with him as long as he wood [would?] live onely [only?] I think that Devid [David?] woad [would?] be kind a nof [enough?] to him and he wood [would?] alow [allow?] me to go to America and I think of [if?] I was ther [there?] that I cood [could?] do beter [better?] for him and miy [my?] self than I cood [could?] do ate [at?] home for I am onely [only?] losen [losing?] miy [my?] time a bouth [about?] Ballinamallard I wood [would?] have wenth [went?] outh [out?] this [------?] a nely [only?] for the times living out of a bad a genst [against?] us and of [if?] you or Robert wood [would?] send me a five pounds he for spring I mite [might?] be abel [able?] to reples [replace?] it to yous agen [again?] Devet [David?] and family all well and Alreand [Alexander?] iz [is?] ebe [able?] to helpe [help?] him in the mill & rite [write?] well now miy [my?] father I wiches [wishes?] yous wood [would?] send word how mary is Doing for he is un nesy [uneasy?] to her [hear?] from hoir [her?] Mery [Mary?] Anne sends hor [her?] love to yous all in the kindes [kindest?] maner [manner?] makets [markets?] her [here?] is porty [pretty?] rasonabe [reasonable?] the mel [meal?] 30s. 5d. shilens [shillings?] per barel [barrel?] potedos [potatoes?] forom [from?] for [four?] pens [pence?] to 6 per ston [stone?] the a going the sem [same?] as the winter befor [before?] one ly [only?] not so fast Aer [Dear?] Christopher rite [write?] as soon as this coms [comes?] to hand the Deths [Deaths?] her [here?] is not so great as this wer [were?] befor [before?] this John gonz [joins?] me in ritin [writing?] a few lins [lines?] to Alxander [Alexander?] I nomor [no more?] at present but remens [remains?] your aftonet [affectionate?] Brother to Deth [Death?] Thomas Armstrong Ballinamallard |
