| Title: | Cassie Smyth, Woodslee, [Ontario?] to [Smyth Cousins?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 2619 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Cassie/9 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Smyth, Cassie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | teacher |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 506080 |
| Date | 22/02/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 07:07:2005. |
| Word Count | 428 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [No Envelope] [Page 1] Woodslee, Feb,22,1890. Dear Cousins, We were much pleased to get your letters, and would like to have you write often. The bible arrived safely last Saturday; we think its very nice indeed. I think a great deal more of it than I would of one I should buy myself, or if one bought in this country; I feel quite proud, when I tell people it came from the old country as we always call it. I will tell you all that I think will interest you about ourselves, although [Page 2] father may perhaps have told you. Annie who was 25 her last birthday, last month, learnt the dressmaking several years ago but she does not do much more than our own sewing as her eyes get sore if she sews much. Belle will be 24 next May; she learnt the tailoring or at least a part of it - vest making last fall in the tailor shop in Woodslee; she came home almost every day for her dinner & was home every night, and now she sews when ever [whenever?] there is any work in. For myself, I am now 20 and have been teaching school for more than two years; [sic] have given it up now; [sic] have not taught any this year & [Page 3] do not think I will again as I do not like it very well. We often wish that we could see you all and I hope we may some time: if you do not come out I hope we shall some time visit you all there, I would dearly like to go to see all my uncles, aunts and cousins. How is Uncle Moses McIwaine? We heard he was very ill. We will send some pictures by the same mail as this: One of father & mother for Aunt Matilda, father’s sister, and one of father & mother & one of we [sic] girls for yourselves. We would like to have your pictures in return for these. [Page 4] Hoping to hear from you soon I remain, Your loving cousin Cassie Smyth. P.S. I almost forgot to thank you for the bible but I do thank you I put our names at the bottom of the picture so that you would know which is which, Annie is standing I am in the centre and Belle at the left hand side. The only thing that I will say about it is that we are not so good-looking as it makes us. C.S. [Cassie Smyth?] Annie says to tell you she will send a picture of the house before long Transcribed by Tony Flanagan |
