| Title: | Isobella Kelso Ewart, Stranorlar, Ireland, to J.J Elder Indiana, U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1604 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Kelso Ewart, Isobella/98 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Kelso Ewart, Isobella |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | Indiana, USA |
| Recipient | Elder, J.J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | distant cousins |
| Source | T1320/4: Presented by J.F. Caldwell, Law Courts Belfast |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9409336 |
| Date | 25/08/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 26:09:1994. |
| Word Count | 504 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | "Meenglas, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. Aug. 25, 1891 "Dear Mr Elder; I have been hearing of you frequently & from different members of the family during the last two or three years, & I have been curious to know in what way you are related to us. I have often thought of writing to you on the subject, & happening to be at present in Co. Donegal at no great distance from Raphoe, to which I think your family must have belonged, I felt impelled to write at once "One of my oldest recollections is of my Uncle Jamie Mathewson, who lived close to the town of Raphoe. He was my father's half brother and much older: and I remember being taken, when quite a child, by my father when going to visit my Uncle, who was then ill and, it may have been, dying. My Uncle had a daughter Rebecca, who married a Mr Blair. She was very good-looking. I remember her being on a visit at my father's house, and of hearing of her marriage not long after: & I fancy you must be descended from her. As a family we have been very indifferent to family records (as I suppose you must have concluded from the difficulty you have had in obtaining the information you desired) Had my sister Hughes been alive, she could have given you a good deal, as she had a good memory, the want of which, especially in such matters, being a failing of mine. We were pleased that you and George Ewart (her grandson) had become personally acquainted, & sorry when we heard of your removal from Louisville: but I hope you have gone to a healthier place. George's health has broken down a good deal there, & he is at present in Belfast, visiting his mother, sister & other relatives, & hoping that his health may be improved by the voyage & change. George is anxious to return to Virginia, & is hopeful of being able to do so after some time. "I shall be glad if you will write to me when you have leisure, & also if you can tell me anything about the family at Raphoe, & if there are any of them still there. I have been living more than fifty years in Belfast, & for nearly as long my family have been gone from Newtownstewart, so that I have had no connection with Raphoe whatever. There were also in former times McClintocks in Raphoe, a doctor, married, I don't know about children, but I think there were some, and two unmarried sisters, Bess & Jane, but I suppose they must be long since 'gathered to their fathers. They were related to father, but I think by his mother. Rose Ker [Kerr?]. "It is my character to be very clannish, as told by a phrenologist & by those who know me: so that with all truthfulness I may ask you to accept the kind regards & good wishes of " Your (in some degree) Cousin " Isabella Kelso Ewart" |
