| Title: | Jane Ritchie, Antrim, to Samuel Warwick, U.S.A. |
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| ID | 2289 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Ritchie, Jane/27 |
| Year | 1913 |
| Sender | Ritchie, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | USA |
| Recipient | Warwick, Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Carol L. Green, 334 Wyatt Court NE, Salem,OR 94301 |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9807262 |
| Date | 13/01/1913 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:07:98. |
| Word Count | 492 |
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| Transcript | Dunsilly Antrim 13th January 1913 Dear Brother I write you a few lines to let you know that we are all well hopping [hoping?] you are all the same I got your letter and was glad to to [sic] hear from you The Old country is much the same but the Old people is passing away and young ones getting up It was a very wet season last the crops was not to [too?] good Potatoes and Turnips was very small it was very hard to get Hay and Oats saved with so much wet weather I keep one Cow and three Calves and a few fowls it is quite enough for me to feed and look after. Well Brother i [I?] will tell you about some of our friends as far as i [I?] know. James daughter Maggie she is a widow and has six of a family there is Four boys and two girls the [they?] are all at business [business?]. [Hessie?] she is Married and lives in Ballymena she has six of a family. Two boys and Four girls the [they?] are small the [they?] are at school Samuel and Margery lives at Larne the [they?] are still single the [they?] keep a posh shop and is getting on well the rest of James family is in New York i [I?] do not Know what occupation the [they?] follow Davids [David's?] widow and family is well The two oldest boys work at home with their Mother his Daughter Jane is married she lives in Belfast her husband is a chip carpenter the [they?] have four of a family the [they?] are all boys. The to [two?] youngest boy is in Belfast [?] there is one of them a ship carpenter he is married about eight months ago the youngest one is learning to be a [-latter?] Martha Ann and Husband and son is well and getting on well Brother John and Mistress [Mrs?] and Family is well the [they?] have four 2 girls and 2 boys Sarah Lizza [Eliza?] she lives here with [me?] she is six years old There is Maggie and [Sam?] and John are the youngest Margets [Margaret's?] son andy is well he is still working with John I will tell you the ages of our family as near as i [I?] can when the [they?] died Father was 78 when he died Mother was 90 James was 77 David 73 Robert was 76 Margret was 69 Mary 36 Sarah Eliza 46 I am 73 past myself so you see i [I?] am wearing pretty old myself we belong still to Kilswatter [Kilswater?] and goes pretty regular Brother John has a car. And his Mistress [Mrs?] can drive to [too?] so i [I?] can get with either of them as the [they?] generally go sabbeth [Sabbath?] about I will now Close at this time hopping [hoping?] to have a letter from you soon I remain you [your?] Loving Sister Jane Ritchie |
