| Title: | Askey Family, Sheffield to "Dear Nephew" [Belfast?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 103 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Askey, Uncle & Aunt/33 |
| Year | 1855 |
| Sender | Uncle & Aunt Askey |
| Sender Gender | male-female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Destination | Belfast?, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | uncle and aunt - nephew |
| Source | T 1573: Copied by Permission of G. Ward Esq., 82 Clonard Gardens, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9404100 |
| Date | 09/12/1855 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 18:04:1994. |
| Word Count | 276 |
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| Transcript | Sheffield Dec 9 1855 Dear Nephew We received your letter on the 4th and is glad to hear you are doing well We thought you was dead or left the Country like your Brother and Never sent us word the Last Account we had of him was that he was coming home to dine with us Christmas two years since, we think he must have happened some misfortune or other for we have not heard from since. Your Uncle George Anderson is dead likewise Tom Kirby. We are all glad to hear you are dooing [doing?] [Well?] and in a good situation your Cousin Sam is married and talks of coming to Manchester Christmas and if he does he will come to Preston William & Mary is very well they Buried George 2 years Last August since they have one child called Sam 2 years old Sarah Ann & Joe 2 children Arthur 3 yrs [years?] & Harriet 9 months old Claras is still living but no better Mary sure will wright [write?] to you likewise Emma. Clara & Harriet send their best respects your Uncle & Aunt is very well but [has?] been very bad [off?] for work We have left Commerical Street 12 months since. We one and all send our Best to you and your Wife and would be verry [very?] glad to see you both in Sheffield any time you can come Mary Kirby is living in Sheffield she sends her respects to you William would like to hear from you any time he lives at 34 Copper St Gibralter St Sheffield So no more at present from Uncle & Aunt and great Batch of Cousins Direct George Askey Garrick Yard Sycamore St Sheffield |
