| Title: | Emma McClintock, U.S.A., to "Dear Bertie." |
|---|---|
| ID | 3768 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcclintock, emma/11 |
| Year | 1935 |
| Sender | McClintock, Emma |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | upper middle-class socialite |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Huntington, West Virginia, USA |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Bertie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | distant relatives |
| Source | D/3561/A/5/3: Deposited by Dr. P.R. Green. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9806335 |
| Date | 20/8/1935 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:98. |
| Word Count | 926 |
| Genre | |
| Note | (Parents were Charles McClintock and Adeline Richey; lived in the Charles Ritter household with his wife Mabel) Source: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cabell/genealogy/d160.html |
| Transcript | HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA Ritter Place, Aug. 20/35. Dear Bertie: I have not received the promised photos nor heard from you since before Christmas. We all went to Florida the 29th of December, Mabel leasing a beautiful house in Miami where she and family stayed until Easter. I was there five weeks; then I went from city to city, stay a week or a month; at Deland, I stayed four weeks because friends were there. Florida has so many historic cities. It was quite cold during the first five weeks and never hot except in the sun. I met so many people and had a grand time. At Miami we were feted somewhere every day. We knew many people and we took turns entertaining at the grand clubs on the sandy beach or some elegant hotel. But the soil is white and irrigation every day has to be used to keep grass. We were on the bay and could see the many boats plying in and out; also many planes. There was a demonstration of U.S. planes 600 in all. While I was at Detona Beach, Sir Graham Campbell was making his runs. The beach becomes quite hard. That is why Mr. Campbell selected that particular one. He wears out a set of tires each trip every day. I ended my trip at my sister's Mrs. Walburn (Laura) at Washington. Having been looking up ancestral data, I went to the Library of Congress every day during the month. But did not find much. A Lois Richey [Rithhie?] sent me her direct lineage yesterday. They live in Iowa, I do not know them. They are from John in this country in Penna. [Pennsylvania?] they wondered if I were from Nathan, David, or James. So, I have been reading all my letters and the records of deeds, I had copied while in Ireland in 1925 and 30. Her record says that 48,000 left Belfast early in the 18th century because the Marquis of Donegal refused to (accept) renew their leases. In reading the deeds and wills, I find an assignment from Wm [William?] to James 1790. One deeded by Richard to Wm [William?] witnessed by David 1785. A will from Nathan naming wife Sarah, children John, Patrick, James, Wm [William?], Sarah, and Margaret. A cousin wrote me that Gr. [great?] grandfather Wm [William?] who married Nellie Dugan (and whose father and mother came too Wm [William?] and Margaret Stinson) went back and brought Sarah, Sam, June, Mary, Polly, and John. They settled in the central part of Pa. [Pennsylvania?] for a while. Then Wm [William?] Jr. [junior?] was sent to the western part to teach English and the church literature. Wm [William?] Sn. [senior?] died 1806. I appreciated the paper you sent of the Jubilee. Noticing the name of Col. McClintock as entertaining the Duke of Gloucester, I wrote to his sister, Mrs. Willis, asking if she knew anything about the McClintocks coming to America. Col. [Colonies ?] replied; and sent me a big manuscript gotten up by Sir Francis Leopold's son. Was I pleased! Yet, no one knows of the ones that came here. This inclosed letter is so indefinite I don't know what to say to gey a definite reply. Mr. Abel Richey sent me two genealogies after going to churches to find tombstones, but while the names are the same, I can't solve the problem. Abel came to Ireland 1649 as a military officer. Son was James 1653-1730 No record for a while. Then a Wm [William?] - no date and (Thos. [Thomas?] 1786). Son Thos. [Thomas?] 1787, Wm [William?] 1789, John 1794. I do not know if they are brothers. 1st Thos. [Thomas?] m. [married?] Letitia Nesbitt 2nd one m. [married?] Agnes Hall. Children of Thos. [Thomas?] and Agnes, Jane 1813, Jas [Jason?] 1815, Wm [William?] 1816, Agnes 1819, Robt [Robert?] 1821, Phoebe, 1823, Mary 1825. Thos. [Thomas?], Geo. [George?] and Abel without dates. Jas. [Jason?] m. [married?] Eleanor D -. Wm [William?] m. [married?] Anna Bell, Robt. [Robert?] m. [married?] Jane Gorman. The Abel that sent this descended from Robt. [Robert?] and Jane. They live at Rivene Kensington Rd., Knock Belfast. He got records from Covonary Pres. [presbytarian?] church. 1st Abel was given estate by Cromwell for valient Christian service. James is the head of the other branch but many Abels are in it. George is the living head at Callies, Co. Cavan. My ! I wish I were in Ireland with a car! Will Robt [Robert?] see that the inclosed [enclosed?] letter is sent to the proper office. We would call it Clerk of the Probate Court. Huntington has been very busy with social events all summer. There have been so many visitors and friends have been loyal to entertain. Mary Ann Walburn the eighteen year old paralytic portrait painter is with us. and today two of Mr. Ritter's young cousins came from Philadelphia. They and sister Mabel are out tonight. So I am alone with little Don. The help do not stay in the house. We have had rain since before Easter nearly every day. Everything growing well. But depression pretty bad and politics rotten. The poor and the higher up get the relief jobs and the middle man who used to be the back-bone of America, just existing. I do not know how. One has to have a pull or be so poor he accepts the dole. Mary Ann is in a hospital for some correction to help her walk. A wonderful girl. Just finished painting a portrait of Grace Moore and widely published. Write soon. Emma McClintock. Word count: 926 |
