| Title: | William Gilkinson, Castledamph, to James A Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 6685 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gilkinson, William/49 |
| Year | 1894 |
| Sender | Gilkinson, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex, Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge |
| Doc. No. | 604037 |
| Date | 01/03/1894 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 256 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter 2] [Page 1] Castledamph March 1st 94 Dear Cousin I send you a few lines now for the first I will not have much to say as Willie has give [sic] you all the news you have good times of it going to school what do you intend to be a doctor or a minister you have more lessons to get there than you had to get when you were at school here you have to get them better than when we were at school [Page 2] with Martin McKelvey you say you have no notion of Marriage yet is it over there that you are for building the cage or will you wait till you come home and build it for some of your old girls when you be sending [sic] your picture you can send your sweethearts along with it to see what she is like is she as good looking as the ones you left is it two to three boys you mean that the girls has here or what is it [Page 3] the Duncans is going all wrong this last while the [there?] are not many girls round here but the [they?] have said something about it is not doing us much harm but it is doing themselves far more The [there?] are [sic] a brothers daughter of Charles Gordons coming again the first of April its in Gordons she is for stoping [stopping?] she is in England with her mothers people for there past to [two?] months you must excuse this scribble your Lovin [Loving?] Cousin Matilda Gilkison [Gilkinson?] Write soon |
