| Title: | Sadie Wright, Ontario, to Mr J. G. Perry, Armagh, Ireland |
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| ID | 3420 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wright, Sadie/17 |
| Year | 1899 |
| Sender | Wright, Sadie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Armagh, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Perry, J.G. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | Ms Wright writes about her late father's |
| Source | D 889/7/1: Deposited by Messrs. Joshua Peel & Son, Solicitors, Armagh |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9909034 |
| Date | 30/04/1889 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:08:99. |
| Word Count | 658 |
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| Transcript | Fowlers Corners, Ant. Apr. 30. 1899 Mr J. E. Perry Armagh, Ireland Dear Sir, - Thro [through?] the recommendation of Mr Jno [John?] McLellan of Armagh I write to you regarding some family affairs of which I shall relate. I am a grand daughter of Mr Samuel Wright who emigrated to Canada from Armagh in 1832 and who was a son of McNeil Wright and grandson of Samuel Wright. My father's name was Gordon McNeil Wright who died Nov. 10; 1898. McNeil Wright had a brother Captain Michael Wright who never married. It is of their property I would speak. - McNeil Wright had a farm containing about 100 acres in the townland of Enawary also he owned the townland of Bellard. Margaret sister of McNeil owned the townland of Lislea. Capt. Wright owned a property near Bessbrook and it is now owned by a Counselor [Councillor?] Harris who got by will from his Uncle Wm. [William?] Edmund Green, who got by purchase from Mr. J. G. Richardson, who got it from the executors of the Late Jno. [John?] G. White J.P. who died in 1864 & who was nephew of Capt. Wright. On Mr White's death word was sent my grandfather Mr Samuel Wright to send over the power of attorney but my grandfather died shortly after in 1866 and it was never done; his family until recently being ignorant of the fact. The property formerly owned by McNeil and Margaret Wright is now owned by Mr James Richardson son of the late Mr J. G. Richardson it is believed that McNeil Wright made a will but of its contents we are ignorant. Mrs White (widower) who lives near Bessbrook and who is a grandniece of the late Capt. Wright says - his wife, whose maiden name was Bettie McNeill, sold it in bits and spent it on herself and family by what right she did this we do not know, her husband died young. My grandfather, on the death of McNeill and Capt. Wright was the only male left by the name of Wright and was supposed to have been the heir; but unfortunately he married about 1830 Mary Gordon who was considered very much beneath him and therefore wounded the family pride and on account of this he emigrated in 1832 to Canada where he was forced to live in very different circumstances and possibly his pride prevented him from sending the power of Attorney when requested to do so on the death of Jno. [John?] G. White. Now I would like to know why the executors sold the estate of the late Jno. [John?] G. White when they knew that Samuel Wright though dead had heirs; and when they did sell it what did they do with the money and also the money accruing from the sale of the property of Margaret Wright. The money must be somewhere and part of it must belong to the heirs of the late Samuel Wright this is what I want you to find out and if it can be got as I am sure it can with a little trouble you will take whatever are your expenses out of it. There are a great many intermarriages, McNeill Wright's wife was a McNeill & her mother's name was Gordon; Mrs McNeill's W's [wife's?] sister married a Relton and another sister married a McNeill a relative of her own, the J. Reltons and Gordons and McNeills are Co Louth friends. Sir Jno. [John?] McNeill is also some friend. He was the engineer who constructed the Great Northern Railway. Mrs [Nicholas?] White (widow) of whom I spoke & whose maiden name was Fletcher is the only relative I know and I learned of her from the Rev. Thos. [Thomas?] Cromie Bessbrook. It is from Mrs White I received what information I know, and I refer you to her for any information else you may require. Kindly let me hear from you at your earliest possible convenience I remain your sincerely Sadie Wright Fowlers Cor's [Corner's?] Ontario Canada |
