| Title: | M. Feeny, St. John's N. B. to "My Dear Father & Mother" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1033 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Feeny, Mary and Roger/28 |
| Year | 1847 |
| Sender | Feeny, Mary and Roger |
| Sender Gender | male-female |
| Sender Occupation | domestic employee |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | St. Johns, N.Brunswick, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | daughter-parents |
| Source | British Parliamentary Papers, 1849, XX1, (122). pp 131-132 |
| Archive | The Main Library, The Queen's University of Belfast |
| Doc. No. | 9804881 |
| Date | 03/08/1847 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 727 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. John Mullowney writes a few lines towards the end, too |
| Transcript | Appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee Appendix X St. John's New Brunswick, 3rd August 1847 My Dear father and mother i [I?] take this pen with joy to write those few lines to ye hopeing [hoping?] to find ye and all inquireing [enquiring?] friends in as good health as i [I?] am at present thank god for his kindness to me my father I am regoiced [rejoiced?] to let ye know that I arrived safe in this Country and all the passengers which is a Blessing to us all thank God My Dear father as soon as i [I?] arrived i [I?] got Service withen [within?] 10 miles of the City at a place Called Mispeek which i [I?] am regoiced [rejoiced?] to let ye know that I live within a few yards of where John Mullowny lives and his two Sisters which makes me feell [feel?] content and John comes to see me verry [very?] often at knight [night?] and oftentimes in the Day my Dear father i [I?] would write to ye sooner still waighting [waiting?] to get myself settled for the winter and indeed i [I?] hope the next letter wile [will?] Be something Better My Dear father i [I?] feell [feel?] uneasy to know how ye are or is my Sister Kitty at home and Denis and my Brother Mick and i [I?] never will forget Elias Tailour [Taylor?] for she gave me a good present may the lord reward her for her kindness to me my Dear father i [I?] wish to let ye know that my uncle Frank died in quarentine [quarantine] Island and a great number of the passengers that come out a long [along?] with him and Mick and wife is gone out [sic] the Country and he got a Brash of Sickness But he recovered his health thank god for it My Dear father i [I?] wish that you would remember me to the Revd Mr. Jeffcot and May the lord reward him for this kindness to me Dear father I send my love and Best respect to my sister Bridget Wonery Mary and let me know how are them all and all the Neighbours about Bullinfell and Lissadell No more at present from your loveing [loving?] Daughter Mary Feeny till Death Dear father write to me as soon as you receive this letter and Direct it to Mr. James Brockeway Chelallot Street St. Johns New Brunswick. here goes for Roger Feeny My Dear father i [I?] wright [write?] those lines to you hopeing [hoping?] to find Ye all in good health as I am at present thank God for it Dear father I am well in health and lives [live?] in one house with Mary since i [I?] came to this place Dear father I sind [send?] my love and Best [sic] to you & Mother Mick Frances John Catherine Margret and Bridget tell [till?] Death No more at present from Your loveing [loving?] Son till Death. John Mullowney Commences to wright [write] a few lines to his Dearly Beloved Father & Mother and Brother Patt and my Dearley [dearly?] Beloved Brother Mick Mullowny till Death Dear father and mother I feell [feel?] uneasy for not getting an answer to the letter I sent you I went often times [sic] to town Expecteng [expecting?] a letter from you and Could Get no answer from you But some of the passenger [passengers?] told me that Sir Robert Gore got the letter and would not Give it untill [until?] the other Ships come out But Young thomas [Thomas?] Costolow [Costolloe?] told me that you received the [sic] and Andy long [Long?] and William Uncles readin [reading?] in his fathers hous [house?] My Dear father and my Dearly Beloved Mother till Death I hope ye will wright [write?] to me as soon as possible and I hope with the assistance of God that if will Be able [sic] to send you some money which i [I?] would have sent it Before this if i [I?] had got answer to this letter But I am verry [very?] happy to let you know that Mary Margret [Margaret?] and me is hired [sic] in the one house and will till May next I send my love and Best respect to you father and mother Brothers tell Dear father Direct your letter to Mr. George Ball of Misspeek parish of Port Simions St. Johns New Brunswick British North America. |
