| Title: | Lisa Smyth, Co Tyrone to James A Smyth, Ontario |
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| ID | 2646 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Eliza Catherine/39 |
| Year | 1905 |
| Sender | Smyth, Eliza Catherine |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Castledamph, 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. | 0410301 |
| Date | 03/07/1905 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:11:2004. |
| Word Count | 542 |
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| Transcript | Front of envelope Mr James A Smyth Essex Essex Co Ontario Canada STAMPED 10 PM JY 3 05 Back of envelope POSTMARK PLUMBRIDGE A JY 3 05 POSTMARK ESSEX JY 16 05 ONT [Page 1] Castledamph July 3rd 1905 Dear Brother Mother wishes me to write and thank you very much for you [sic] present which she rec [received?] Tuesday it certainly will be very useful at the present time as she was just going to get a new outfit so I am sure it will do it alright and you will not miss it so very much I suppose you were still [Page 2] waiting to have more but if one would always wait in that way they would never accomplish anything so their [there?] is nothing like doing a thing no matter how small it is it is just rec [received?] as well as if it had been four times as large and again it shows some rememberance [remembrance?] of ones parents as Mother thought she might never had reared a child so she is rewarded at last Everyone was asking if you were sending any when you had so much so now they tell you sent a [Page 3] good one Mc [Crenor?] [McCreanor?] gave you all sort of prayers but I am afraid they did not go any higher than the roof with her. The twelfth July will be celebrated at Artigarvan a few miles below strabane These [the?] men are thinking about going will have a meeting Thursday to make arrangements the band is not so good as it used to be I dont know how the drumming will do this year they will miss John very much Father and Wm [William?] are summoned [Page 4] to attend the assizes from 10 to 12 July as Jurymen they are in a great way and if they dont get away it will be worse (Tom is clipping sheep and they are making more noise just now every mother bleating) Mary McKnight came home last Monday she has been away six years was dressmaking she visited McFarlands and Duffies people before she left was with a Dr Young a cousin of her Fathers were [where?] she was there was not one Irish nor they knew nothing about it I must close now as I have not anymore time today but will write again soon Lisa [Page 5] PS Excuse this pencil writing as I broke the only pen we had and you know how far we have to go to get nibs and our supply is [has?] run out, Mary came in from Stewarts so she has gave [given?] me orders to not use her notepaper or envelopes I always think when we are one family we should not make such strict rules I gave her everything and [Page 6] would yet if she wanted and still I cant much more than look at anything that belongs to her if she had been as careful with you she would not have spent so much money in so careless a way I hope John does not change so much as she done [did?] I could not beleive [believe?] it if I was not with her night and day she has not the same temper atall [at all?] alright so long as anyone is about I have made up my mind on several occassion [occasions?] to not lift or touch anything belonging to her as I would rather go without as get a scold. L C S [Liza Catherine Smyth?] Transcribed by Greg Floyd |
