| Title: | From Belfast to Grand-pa [Frank?] Martin, USA |
|---|---|
| ID | 1659 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Martin Cook, Anna/18 |
| Year | 1929 |
| Sender | Martin Cook, Anna |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Destination | North America |
| Recipient | Martin, F. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | granddaughter- grandfather |
| Source | James McLeister 236 Craigs Road, Cullybackey, Ballymena, Co. Antrim |
| Archive | See Source above |
| Doc. No. | 712001 |
| Date | 15/6/1929 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document Added by JMullan 10/12/2007 |
| Word Count | 508 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | F. [Frank?] Martin Aunt & Uncle of Lila [Martin?] 1929 ULSTER IMPERIAL LINE M.V ULSTER MONARCH Belfast Ireland June 15, 29 Dear Grand-pa Martin, We are this evening crossing the Irish sea from Belfast over to Liverpool We have spent the day out at your old home and as I have s ome wild flowers and heather gathered from the farm Im going to send you some time tonight and and we will have some more for you also some [word scored out] peat (small piece) We found the folks very glad to see us and we had a fine visit with them although it rained nearly all the time we were there, but the sun came out a few minutes and I took 2 pictures of the house the McMasters live in and wanted to get some more but the rain. We met an old man by the name of Willie John Carson who [Page 2] is the husband of Bell Martin a sister of Thos.[Thomas?] Martin your cousin, he is now 92 years old and went over to the cemetery with Tommie [?] to visit the grave of your father. The spring is still giving them water just the same and Mr Carson located all land marks for us and he seems quiet, spry and is typically Irish, but he seems to remember Uncle Matt Martin better than you maybe they were together more. The country is beautiful and I never saw a lovelier sight than the north of Ireland was the other night when our big boat was coming into [word scored out] Greenock. It was more beautiful than a picture and the fields of Ireland are lovely from the sea [Page 3] CANADIAN PACIFIC S.S DUCHESS OF ATHOLL they are laid off like a checker board [word scored out] with a hedge fence around each little patch there are a few rock fences but most all hedge, we had lunch at Ballymena and visited the markets and Grand-pa we saw that pig in a poke you have told us about in fact we saw two, a woman had the first one a squealing and kicking and a man the second and we had a good laugh and the meat markets were all open and the meat hanging out on the street with the dust blowing, just like when you lived here Ill bet and do you remember [Page 4] the 2 wheel carts? They are thick as fleas yet, and we took a picture of 2 little boys in one with their donkey pulling them. There are 3 sisters in [place of one(?) scored out] and we gave two gold pieces to all of them their names are Agnes, Lizzie and Annie. Mrs McMaster is an invalid cant walk, she has 3 daughters and 2 sons all home. the sisters live there too, they still live just as they did when you left I believe. Well Grand-pa it is a long, long story we will have to tell you when we come home, But we send our love to all of you and listen, don’t forget to stay out of the sun this summer and we like your Ireland to look at. (This letter was written by Americans visiting Ireland in 1929 and writing back to family in America.) Document transcribed by AlisdairMoran. Checked by CMcIvor. |
