| Title: | Anna Hay, Ontario to Rev G Kirkpatrick, Craigs, Co Antrim |
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| ID | 1352 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Hay, Anna/30 |
| Year | 1888 |
| Sender | Hay, Anna |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Craigs, Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | niece-uncle |
| Source | D 1424/11: Purchased From Mr John A. Gamble, 44 Taunton Avenue, Belfast 15. #TYPE EMG Letter From Anna Hay, Peterboro [Peterborough?], Ontario, Canada, to her Uncle George Kirkpatrick, Hazelbank, Craigs, Co Antrim, Ireland, 24 September 1888. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9003060 |
| Date | 24/09/1888 |
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| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 04:04:1990 JM created 01:10:1990 CD input 01:10:19 |
| Word Count | 904 |
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| Transcript | Rev George Kirkpatrick Hazelbank Craigs Belfast Ierland [Ireland?] Peterboro' [Peterborough?] Sept [September?] 24th 1888 My dear Uncle I hope that illness with you has not been the cause of such a long time as has passed since any of us have heard from you - I wrote to you just before I went with Dunlops a trip to Prince Edwards Island this July & would have written after I came home again, only I took cold returning & was very poorly for some weeks afterwards, unable to do much as the rheumatism became so bad my hands were so still & painful that I could not write first as I was getting well Annas 9th arrival a fine large and healthy daughter on the 6th of this month both the dear mother & baby are doing well now, tho [although?] last week they both had very heavy colds as a cold with bad sore throat were going about & the whole house hold have took the same, with such a number of stirring children there is plenty to look after - 15 now in the house Tom & his family have had a sick time as his eldest child took malaria fever about 4 weeks ago She was very ill for some days but is getting on nicely she was much reduced the Dr [Doctor?] ordered her to be rubbed all over with cold [cod?] liver oil besides strenghing [strengthening?] medicines & [?] but the fever is gone I am thankful to say & she is able to sit up & taken out in the air - we have most lovely weather Sept [September?] warm & bright slight frost some nights & now & then nice rain which has been much wanted - The crops are better than last year - tho [although?] hay is not plentiful as there was little or no rain in the spring & early summer The Dunlops are well & so is Bessy & her family - Kate & hers were well by last letters tho' [although?] there has been very wet weather there so much so that the grain crop is much damaged John & his family are well their crops better than any year in the 20 years they have been there, George & his family are well, his 3 sons are now in good situations in Toronto - & he has full employment at the Rockie [Rocky?] Mountain Park his wife & 3 daughters are with him - his eldest daughter who is married & lives in Toronto has been for the summer on a visit to them for her health & has returned home very much benefited from the fine mountain air - Henry & his family were well their crops were excellent - but the last wheat & oats suffered from frost in August - his root crops are good & his cattle fat & well - Louisa & her family who live in Kansas are well & their crops are very good this year & their cattle all fat & well - they expect to have twenty head of fat cattle to sell this season & make nearly a thousand dollars on them - Joan & her family were well her eldest grandson who is past two years old has just recovered from scarlet fever - her son Willy has been appointed Agent by their doctor who has envented [invented?] a new instrument to take it to the states & sell it or show it they expect good results from it We often hear from Charlotte Stewart through my neice [niece?] Bridie Williams her Aunt is very kind to her & so are her cousins, Bridie has been staying with her Aunt Charlotte while her husband George E Williams has been attending the Worlds Conference in Stockholm sweeden [Sweden?] the account of it I suppose you have seen - What a wonderful time it must have been & such members from every part of the world - George in his letter to me says the Queen & her sister in law & other members of the family are earnest christians & they were well treated by the Kings orders sent by the Crown Prince & taken to one of the Palaces - The Prince shown such kindness - How pleasant to see such good will shown by the High people of the earth - & what good the YMCA is doing all over the world & how the way for the Gospel is opening on & on - and still wickedness seems so much on the increase all over it is dreadful now to take up a news paper & see the murders & robberies &c mentioned - & so much set done [down?] to insanity [?]ick is dreadful - surely the wicked [?] [?] - & he is busy - I hope that this long letter will not tire you too much dear Uncle I wish that Alicia or Geraldine would write to some of us some times & tell us all their news of themselves & families - Bridie wishes much that your Katy had been in London now that she is living there - she would very much like to know her as her cousins & Aunt are so fond of her Anna & her girls join me in kind loves to you dear Uncle & to our cousins too ever your affect [affectionate?] neice [niece?] Anna Hay Tom & Joss send kind regards |
