| Title: | Ada, [?], Birmingham, Michigan, to Annie Weir, Michigan |
|---|---|
| ID | 969 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Edgar, Ada C/22 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Edgar, Ada C. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Birmingham, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Anne |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 0SA |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9905016 |
| Date | 03/05/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:05:99. |
| Word Count | 51 |
| Genre | |
| Note | Née Burns. N.B. she struggles with money and child-rearing, husband Thomas left one day while drunk, left to look for work somewhere else; landed in Glasgow, Scotland, and stayed there for at least a year; he wanted Ada to come to him but she'd rather stay in America. When she finally made arrangements to leave for Glasgow, the baby got sick. Thomas still wanted to stay in Scotland. |
| Transcript | [POSTCARD REVERSE] UNITED STATES POSTAL CARD one cent Miss Anna Weir Pontiac Mich [Michigan?] E.M.A Bham May 3rd 1891 Dear Annie I can not meet you at [torn] noon train Monday when you get time come out to Oxford you may think it queer [my?] being here, but I will not leave America for any man. Write soon I remain your friend Ada I am going to drive home Sunday |
