| Title: | James Alex. Smyth, Ontario, to Bella Smyth, Co Tyrone. |
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| ID | 2730 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/21 |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist) |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Bella M. |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| 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. | 308004 |
| Date | 06/06/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:08:03. |
| Word Count | 317 |
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| Transcript | Envelope Addressed to:- Miss Bella M. Smyth Castledamph Plumbridge Co Tyrone Ireland Postmarked on Front:- - ESSEX JU [June?] 8 97 ONT [Ontario?]. - ESSEX JU [June?] 8 97 ONT. [Ontario?] Written on Back of Envelope:- - Arrived June 14th 1899 - Bella Postmarked on Back of Envelope:- - HAMILTON - CANADA JU [June?] 9 97 - NEWTOWNSTEWART JU [June?] 20 97 ENVELOPE CONTAINS TWO LETTERS LETTER 1 Essex, Ontario June 6th 1897 Dear Sister I received your letter of May 20 last week I am pleased to know, that you are all well and that you have got better weather, We have very fair weather at present, usually a few showers during each week, which help the crops along. I am somewhat surprised to hear of William and Alex. Houston departure from Eden, I am sure they will be missed in many places, Eden will not seem the same now, I would not expect anything else but that both of them will be homesick in their new places. 2 This is another proof that, happiness does not follow those who have plenty of money. So this should not be the only aim in life, It seemed to me when I see Eden & Castledamph again that they will not seem the same, as there are so many changes taking place and meeting these all at one time, it will seem like a new place except for the natural surroundings, I sent you a paper last week containing accounts of the Queens Birthday celebration and also of the Annual Session of the Grand Orange Lodge and British America. I was in Windsor on the 24th and stayed over all night, The next day was the first day of the G.L.O.L. meeting so I went to it & had the pleasure of meeting Clarke Wallace, Birmingham, and other [prominent?] [orangemen?], |
