| Title: | McIlrath, Emily A to McIlrath, Mary (Minnie), 1914 |
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| ID | 4540 |
| Collection | The McIlrath Letters: A family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland (1860-1915) [Bassett, McKee et al.] |
| File | mcilrath/59 |
| Year | 1914 |
| Sender | McIlrath, Emily A |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Springfield, New Zealand |
| Destination | Killinchy, Co. Down, Northern Ireland |
| Recipient | McIlrath, Mary (Minnie) |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 428 |
| Genre | photographs, weather, local economy, socialising, family |
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| Transcript | Thorndale Springfield 26th Mary 1914 Dear Coz Minnie, I was so pleased to receive your nice long letter. I think it is nice to hear how our relations are getting on. Father was delighted with the photos, and so were we all. They are very nice, and you all look so well. Uncle and Auntie look remarkably young and well. Uncle William looks a good deal stouter than my Father, who is rather thin. None of us have had any photos taken for a long while, but when we do get them taken, I shall send you some. Our winter is fast approaching, and we are having some very cold stormy days. We get hard frosts too. Mt. Torlesse, at the back of our place is covered deep in snow, so we get some very fresh breezes at times. I wonder if your winters are more severe than ours are? If so it wouldn’t suit me to live at Home as I don’t like the cold. Our harvest turned out very well this year. This district is very good for dairying, but we never went in for it, altho' it seems to pay well. We all think there is less labour in cropping and keeping sheep than in milking cows. We are practically the oldest residents in this district now, as our neighbours have all sold and gone to different parts to live. I have been to several "Euchre Parties" this season, and altho' I have never succeeded in bringing home a prize, I always enjoy them. I am going to a party tomorrow evening, so I may have better luck. Olive has played a good deal at socials & dances this year. In fact they depend on her to play at everything that's on. You ask me to come and see you. I should love to take a trip and see you all, but goodness knows if ever I shall have the chance. I daresay I would find it a great change from New Zealand. I wish some of you would come and see us. Frank is getting on well in the "Times Office". He writes a column on "Education" every week, also a column every week for ten weeks on the "Peace that has existed for so long in America" and gets well paid for each article he writes. I hope Uncle, Auntie and you all are enjoying good health, as at present we all are, and with love to you all from Father, Mother & all here, I am your loving Coz, Emily A. McIlrath. |
