| Title: | Bella Smyth, Castledamph to James Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 6692 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Eliza Catherine/2B |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Smyth, Eliza Catherine |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co, Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| 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. | 604029 |
| Date | 20/10/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 262 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter 2] [Page 1] Castledamph October 20th 1892 Dear Brother I am going to write you these few lines to let you know how we are getting along We are all well at this present [present?] time hopping [hoping?] these few lines will find you all the same. Dear James [I?] [am?] [sorry?] to tell you that there is another death since we last wrote to you Tilda Gilkison [Gilkinson?] isdead she died on Wednesday last October 12 she was ailing since April last with consumption she was not confined to bed until a month before she died. We have all the corn in we put in the last of it on Monday the 17th Plum fair day they were over at Uncle James at four [Page 2] o'clock on they [the] morning Father, Mother Tommy and Bella and William did not feel to [too?] well and he [they?] did not go over it was Dinner time when they got over and then went to they [the?] fair We got Vacation for six weeks it is opened now she opened it on October 10 their [there?] is not many at it yet nor wont I suppose until they [the?] potatoes is gathered Mary John and me is at it we have to stay day about to watch they [the] cows they [the?] weather is not very pleasant now it is raining away to [too?] but I hope that their [there?] will be good weather yet to we get they [the?] potatoes dug I must close my short letter by saying goodbye No more Eliza Catherine Smyth it is not very well wrote |
