| Title: | Ada Edgar, Michigan To Annie [Weir?] [?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 968 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Edgar, Ada C/8 |
| Year | 1891 |
| Sender | Edgar, Ada C. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Oxford, Michigan, USA |
| Destination | Pontiac, Michigan, USA |
| Recipient | Weir, Anne |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mrs. Linda Weir, Tirmacspird, Lack, Co. Fermanagh, BT93 OSA |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9906063 |
| Date | 12/02/1891 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:99. |
| Word Count | 488 |
| Genre | |
| Note | Née Burns. N.B. she struggles with money and child-rearing, husband Thomas left one day while drunk, left to look for work somewhere else; landed in Glasgow, Scotland, and stayed there for at least a year; he wanted Ada to come to him but she'd rather stay in America. When she finally made arrangements to leave for Glasgow, the baby got sick. Thomas still wanted to stay in Scotland. |
| Transcript | Oxford, Mich [Michigan?] Feby [February?] 12th 1891 Box 378 Dear friend Annie. I received your welcome letter over two weeks ago was very glad to hear you were well. Baby is quite well, of course he is teething and that naturally would make him cross and fretful I have got a bad cold. my lip & nose are so sore I can hardly bear to touch them. I was in hopes you could go to the Old Country with me, I shall leave here six weeks from next Tuesday if all is well that will be the 31st of next month. and I shall go to B-ham [Birmingham?] and stay over night- and to Detroit April first and stay until the morning of Apr [April?] 3rd and I shall start for N.Y. [New York?] and sail Saturday Apr [April?] 4th Now Annie I must see you before I go. I should very much like to have you come and see me before I leave here but in case you would rather you could go along with me to B-ham [Birmingham?] and we would go to my brothers. I shall not make my visit very long there, for the reason I said before. but Bob would feel hurt if I should not go at all. Dear Annie you have neither said anything to offend or too deep for my husband he says every letter most that I get something about writing to you or others but he says he works late nights and has very little time to write and of course I come first in his mind. but Annie I will see that you hear from us regularly after I am once across I suppose I will have to have Baby vaccinated before I go. I will see to that next week or first of next. It seems as if I could hardly wait to see Dear Thomas. I hope God will spare us to meet again. Wont he be glad to see his little boy. he says If he only had Willie and Me in his arms he would ask no more. Willie can push a chair and walk for over two weeks. he says Ma [conclane?] a while. generally in the morning when he wakes up he will commence kissing me and saying ma they are holding revival meeting at the church I attend they have held them nearly three weeks. I have not been over. Mother has been 4 or 5 times. I cannot think of any more at present, have you made up your mind to go over in June If you do I should like you to come and see me. I have the promise of going to see Thomas [--th?] place. and his Mother. well I must close remember me to my friends and your sister Write soon and let me know about you making me a visit. Goodbye write soon. with Love. I remain your friend. Ada C Edgar. |
