| Title: | Bella Smyth, Castledamph, to James A. Smyth, Ontario. |
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| ID | 2599 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/93 |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Presbyterian |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0310014 |
| Date | 14/10/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 16:10:2003. |
| Word Count | 525 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Envelope Addressed to:- Mr. James A. Smyth Essex Essex County Ontario Canada Postmarked on Front: - NEWTOWNSTEWART OC 14 97 Written on front of envelope:- [arrd?] Oct 26 97 Postmarked on Back of Envelope: - ESSEX ONT. OC25 1897 PLUMBRIDGE OC[14?] 97 Castledamph October 14th 97 Dear Brother We received your letter and photo : on Friday morning : it s not a bad one at all for to be done for so little some say you are thinner than you were when you left and I think you look like that too;; [Mc Creinor?] said you were getting nicer every day every one has their own opinion but you look pretty well no matter what they say I m glad you sent it its always another in the album. All the hay and corn is rid [brought?] in for another year it was got in pretty safe this year. not near as bad harvest as last. some people are at the potatoes and our men are on the road constant. The surveyor was round on the 1st and the stones was not ready for him so they got a summons to attend at Gortin. and they were fined in 15 and he gave them to the first next month to have all done he had four others summoned as well and they got the same he gets this money himself for having to come twice so he is well paid for his day They have a notion of getting rid of it at March for they can t please him if they can manage it they will have nothing more to do with it Mr and Mrs Stein was up the road yesterday she was talking to William about the singing she wants him up again Sunday and raise it the same as usual she said there was things told that Mr Stein never said and he heard a lot that she did not believe to be true she said she had tried to make a change on him since she came but it was all no use he is always the same and has a very bad temper she is anxious for William to go up and not to be too stiff. Sandy made a total failure on Sunday he spoiled two and the last one Miss Dunbar had to carry it on so they may try some one else for a while again There was a meeting of Orangemen here on the 1st there was two more initiated Bob M Kernan and Andy J [Campbell?] so this leaves the band all in except three Daniel Henry has sent in his resignation so isn t it a pity that they will lose him Joe Gilkison has applied for his certificate to join the Strabane Lodge as he could not attend here this is all the news I can give you concerning this We had a letter from Lizzie hay they are all well they got a letter from Tommy when he was about half way over it was twelve days coming and he wrote on the 24th so they are pretty near over now We are all well at present I suppose by this time you have Willie John (sic) nice letter he is at school now so he will learn some more I think it is time you were writing to Willie Gilkison Good Bye Bella M Smyth Transcribed by Elizabeth Prentice Verified by Mohamed Souissy Validated by Lorraine Tennant |
