| Title: | Martha Morrison, Illinois, to [Dorothy?] Doran, [Chicago?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 1892 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Morrison, Martha/14 |
| Year | 1928 |
| Sender | Morrison, Martha |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | works for Interstate Iron |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Waukegan, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Chicago? USA |
| Recipient | Mrs Doran |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Document presented by & Copyright Retained by Sharon DoranTurnbow, 6321 Roosevelt St., Coloma M1 49038 616 849 0240Sharon@parrett.net or info@sandcastles.com. |
| Archive | Centre for Migration Studies |
| Doc. No. | 107138 |
| Date | 15/4/1928 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, Td by Tony Flanagan, 23:07:0 |
| Word Count | 573 |
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| Transcript | Waukegan, I11 [Illinois?] April 15, 1928 My dear friend Mrs Doran No doubt you won't remember me or who I am so I will tell you before writing any further. I am Martha, sister of Sr. [Sister?] M. Boniface. You will remember me as working at the Interstate Iron & Steel Co. in Grand Crossing and that my sister and your sister in law Sister M. Antonine were on Mission together at Our Lady of Victory Parish on the N.W. [North West?] side in Chicago where we folks met each other. I saw Sr. M. Antonine at Milw. [Milwaukee?] last Aug. 15th or rather she was on the same train that I was & at Harrison St. in Milw [Milwaukee?] where we took the Str [street?] car to the Convent I had a chance to speak a few words with her. She looks fine and surely is doing wonderfully now being a High School teacher. My sister is in Nebraska (Petersburg) for about 8 yrs [years?] or more already & she had not been to the Mother House in Milw [Milwaukee?] for three years until last Summer when we saw her again & she was even home for a few days to visit us here in Waukegan. Now Mrs. Doran I am writing to let you know I just last Wed (Wednesday) learnt from the Boylan girls (who are neighbors of yours) that you lost your only girl Dorothy. It seems so impossible, I cannot believe it and hope you will write me when you can and let me know what caused her death so suddenly. The Boylan ladies did not know more than that she died following an operation at the Jackson Park Hospital. I surely wish to express my most heart felt sympathy to you Mrs. Doran. Surely it must have been for the best and she is happier & safer than we are & would never care to come back to this world if she were given a chance. I also recalled that you lost your husband about two yrs ago, read his death notice in the Chicago paper at the time. I get the Chi [Chicago?] paper each eve. Meant to write to you then but it seems so hard to get at it. You surely have had your share of sadness and sorrow, it seems to me I recall that when I last visited you on Cregier Ave you had lost an infant child. Am I right? I recall your children as I knew them, there was Raymond, Francis, Dorothy and Vincent. I have snapshots of them all as little tots & so dear how we did love your children! One can hardly believe they are grown up now. Won't you please write me sometime, Mrs Doran? Could you come to see us? I am married since Oct 1922 and am living up here in Waukegan. It is 37 miles North of the Loop on the Chicago North Shore & Milw. [Milwaukee?] R.R. [Railroad?] or else by North Western R.R. [Railroad?]. I would so like to see you & talk to you. We have a little boy 3« years old. We live in a very little 5 room bungalow, only renting though. Will close then, hoping to hear from you soon if possible and believe me when I say I am deeply & sincerely grieved over your loss of your dear good daughter. With sympathy and love I am your true friend. Martha Morrison Note:- The writer is a sister of Sister M. Boniface, a friend of Sister M. Antoine both referred to in the letter. (Transcribed by Tony Flanagan.) |
