| Title: | Elizabeth Fleming, Ontario to her cousin, [Belfast?]. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1060 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Fleming, Elizabeth/22 |
| Year | 1899 |
| Sender | Fleming, Elizabeth |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins (haven't met) |
| Source | T 1850/8: Copied by Permission of Mr W.H. McCafferty, 15 Glanleam Drive, Belfast 15. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9403192 |
| Date | 27/03/1899 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:03:1994. |
| Word Count | 535 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. (n. Brown; married William Fleming; mother was Mary J. Scott and father was James Brown; they had three children, all died during infancy) |
| Transcript | Owen Sound March 27th 1899 My Dear Cousin I sit down to answer your very kind and welcome letter and I suppose you will be thinking that I have forgotton [forgotten?] to write to you but I have not we have all of been sick with the Grip [Gripe?] and it is no easy thing to get rid of we were so bad that we were not able to be out for some weeks and could not even send you the papers and we are only getting able to be out a little now but I think when the weather gets warm we will be strong again but we have had the severest winter here we have had for many years the winter set in about the time I wrote to you last and it had been stormy and very cold ever since and Dear Cousin I received all the papers and cards you have mentioned and for which I am very thankful to you for and I was glad to see my cousins picture in the Paper to [too?] and that he was a brave man and now I must thank you for sending me your own photo and I was very agreeable surprised to see it you look so young and fresh and everybody seems to think that you look like a young woman I have often heard that people keep their youth longer in Ireland than any place else and I think they do we were sorry to hear of your husband not being well as rheumatism is a very lingering thing and hard to get cured there is a neighbour of ours here that was very bad with it and the doctors could not give him anything to do him good and he got cured by taking salts and ginger and whiskey of course there is no harm in it and perhaps your husband might be benefitted [benefited?] by it if he would try it and Dear Cousin I am going to put an advertisement in the Belfast Weekly Telegram about My Aunt Jane Brown for I do not want to give it up for I know that it is for me if I only can make it out I will tell them to call on you if it would be more convenient and you could find out more particulars than they would write about to me I know that she did not live very far out of Belfast and I think if we only get on the right track of it we will not have much trouble to get it I would like if you know the addres [address?] of My Cousins in New Zealand for you to send it to me as I would like to hear from them I do not know as I have any thing more to write about I hope this will find you all enjoying the blessing of good health and be sure and write soon my husband wishes to be remembered to you all and except [accept?] our love and friendship I remain your loving cousin Elizabeth Fleming P.S. Bella is growing well since she got over The Grip [Gripe?] and she send your little Maggie a kiss |
