| Title: | E. Megaw, Southfile, to "Dear friend" |
|---|---|
| ID | 1762 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Megaw, E/7 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Megaw, E. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Southfield, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Annie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 OSA |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9904031 |
| Date | 10/02/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:04:99. |
| Word Count | 238 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Southfile Anney Febury [February?] the 10 1891 Dear friend i thought i wood [would?] send you a few lines to let you know that we are all well hoping you are the same i may let you know that my brother Joseph is dead out weast [west?] he dide [died?] on Crismiss [Christmas?] morningn [morning?] we got no word to last fride [Friday?] the 6 he was about six weeks dead he got killed with a tree fallen on him in the woods i think he was a sleep at the time the letter went to my sister in Ireland and came back to us we will not hear much for tow [two?] weeks as William wrote to hear all the Particulers [particulars?] about him it a sad thing (sic) that happened but the will of the lord be don [done?] i may let you know that [Will Henning?] got mared [married?] on the 4 to Dollie Cannon the [they?] both went home that night school was out for a week to the [they?] got another miss Armstrong she is a neece [niece?] of means Mr Bell no better the [they?] are sitn [sitting?] up with him over 6 weeks and the [they?] are all just about don [done?] out i will be glad to see you when you Come down to make us a visit com [come?] as soon as you can write soon i clos [close?] with love from us all E. Megaw |
