| Title: | Ellen Dunlop, Canada, to Rev. Alex. Kirkpatrick, Co Antrim. |
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| ID | 925 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Dunlop, Ellen/21 |
| Year | 1877 |
| Sender | Dunlop, Ellen |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev. Alexander Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D 1424/11B/2: Purchased From John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG Ellen Dunlop at Peterboro [Peterborough?], Canada to [Reverend?] Alexander Kirkpatrick, Craigs, County Antrim, 1 November 1877. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003043 |
| Date | 01/11/1877 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 22:03:1990 JM created 18:09:1990 CD input 18:09:19 |
| Word Count | 733 |
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| Transcript | To:- The Reverend Alexr [Alexander?] Kirkpatrick Craigs Co Antrim Ireland From:- Peterborough Novr 1 - 1877 [November?] My dear Alexr [Alexander?] Your welcome letter with the good news of your Wifes recovery so far & the dear baby given to you both was most satisfactory - thank you for writing it was the first intimation since your father mentioned the expected event some time before by the same mail the "Weekly News" contained the event & Bessie got it there & told me as I handed her the leter to read it for herself - We all feel thankful & trust this wee dear may be long spared, & be a healthy child a comfort for the Mother & a great blessing - We have had a very unsettled comfortless time moving - but are now in a fair way to enjoy our new home which is a lovely spot, & excelent [excellent?] house - but enlarging carpets & getting painting done & many things necessary for a house which had been inhabbited [inhabited?] kept us back - my sister in law Louisa William[s?] Widow was preparing to return to the states where her two elder sons are farming & wish her and the remainding [remaining?] 2 boys to join them - I gave a good family party in our unsettled house rather than miss the pleasure so a week ago 37 of us met here the elder members of the families for high tea as it is called, a good sustantial [substantial?] tea of cold meat - Ham & roast chickens I prepared - but these high teas generally consist of all hot, - all the younger ones came by [8 o clock?] & had games - music & a little dance - the older ones sat round at 11 o clock for a little refreshment & the table again spread for the young to partake of Ham - fowl cakes & coffee preparing for all was an undertaking & a relief when over - Louisa left us yesterday all feel sorry & lonely she is an excelent [excellent?] good little body & will be long missed from our midst her eldest daughter Frances will remain a year with me, & join her mother next Autumn the little boys go now - a whole family makes a blank from our midst - Anna Hay has been very poorly I fear she over exerted herself when moving as she has taken the end of her house we occupied & the Collices remain in the other dear Anna she is our elder now, I feel her very precious - Tom is on the new Survey with George & Henry a long way home - nearly 3 months since he left & not to return till [untill?] the new year - they enjoy the Woods & camping life - When I was in the midst of our move Johnny Noble came for his wife [remind?] one day - so I missed seeing them they have four very fine boys - but Helen is very delicate - they say Petrolia is a healthy place but I would not fancy the smell of coal oil anything but agreeable - I wrote this by gas light last evening from fear of not having time today I see it looks but indifferent - The [Duncan?] bill has taken in Peterborough the majority for it last evening was 118 ahead it has caused great excitement - I am glad to have it tried for 1 year stopping selling licquor [liquor?] in Taverns is my plan to raise families sunk down in misery from this custom - I was so glad to hear such good accounts of your dear fathers health & strength & power to speak very touching & pleasing to his old friends about him - I took down all his texts the time I was at Hazelbank, & always enjoyed the Sundays there - give him my affect [affectionate?] love - I have not heard from any one since June - but will soon write I had quite an idle summer but so fully enjoyed myself at the seaside and bathing - I hope Alice will write to me when she can & tell me much about herself & the wee baby - I hope you will feel inclined to write again - to your affectionate cousin - Ellen Dunlop I hope this is the right [direc?]tion - taken from your letter, it must be. |
