Kingsden Park My dear Sally [1] , Thank you for your very kind letter. I cannot begin to tell you about my dear old man [2] , only he was so ill at last, we were thankful to see him at rest. We were 42 years together all but a month. I send you P.O. for £7. Six is yours and the other will you send to Tom [3] from me. I would like to do more but cannot at present. I did not send Ellen McMahon [4] any money. James [5] was here and advised me not, that if you had any to spare it would be better to give it to Tom [6] . I was very glad to hear you were so much better. Take good care of yourself and do not do so much. Have you heard of Mr. McKean's [7] death. I wrote to Annie [8] . They only sent a card so I have not heard any particulars. Andy [9] leaves us on the 21st of this month. We will miss him greatly. Jim [10] has not got his length yet. Willie [11] writes that he hopes to get home next spring. Only think, he gives me £144 yearly now. Is he not good - and the other boys have been very good also. We have a very snug wee house here and a good garden. Cis [12] was at Slieveroe for a week, at the ordination of a new minister, a Mr. Montgomery. She brought Mollie [13] back with her. They were all well in Slieveroe [14] . I have no news. Cis [15] will write you soon. I have been very poorly however I think I am improving. I hope Mr. Whiteside [16] and the children are well. Give my love to them. I forgot to say the property at Dromault [17] is yours and Cis's [18] now and she has put it in Mr. Martin's [19] hands to collect the rents and send you your share as we were afraid we could not manage it. I can not give you any statement of A/Cs I just send you half of what came. Now dear I must stop. Good bye and God bless you all, Your loving sister
Mary Reid [20] [1] Sarah “Sallie” (McCullagh) Whiteside b. 1852 [2] William Reid, husband of Mary Reid, d. 26 May, 1906 – a little over two months before this letter [3] Thomas McCullagh, brother of Sarah “Sallie” (McCullagh) Whiteside [4] Ellen McMahon (?) [5] James McCullagh, brother of Sarah “Sallie” (McCullagh) Whiteside [6] Thomas McCullagh, brother of Sarah “Sallie” (McCullagh) Whiteside [7] William McKEAN (1822-Aug 6, 1906) of Millmount, Keady. I believe he owned mills at Laragh. [8] Annie McKEAN, daughter of William MCKEAN & Mary Anne Jane BARTLEY. [9] Andrew Reid, son of William & Mary Reid [10] possibly a son of the sender, James McCullagh REID [11] William Reid 1866-1923 – NOTE in other correspondence, he is noted as being in Yokohama Could it be HSBC? [12] Sally McCullagh Reid, daughter of William and Mary Reid b. 1870, age 36 at time of letter [13] probably Mary McCullagh, age 16, daughter of Andrew Bradford McCullagh & Margaret (Jackson) McCullagh [14] Slieveroe, Co. Monaghan where Margaret McCULLAGH née JACKSON lived. [15] Sally McCullagh Reid, daughter of William and Mary Reid b. 1870, age 36 at time of letter [16] William Sherlock Whiteside [17] Dromault – I need to check this. Probably an alternative spelling. [18] Sally McCullagh Reid, daughter of William and Mary Reid b. 1870, age 36 at time of letter [19] William MARTIN, land agent handling accounts in Ballybay. [20] Mary (McCullagh) Reid, sister of Sarah “Sallie” (McCullagh) Whiteside |
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