The Silver Bowl: 1938 December 5 Letter

            Once more as the festive season “rolls” around I am thinking of you with sweet memories, and how I enjoyed visiting you and knowing you all.
            The weather here is still beautiful and quite mild, and plenty of sunshine
            I hear from John [2] and Cosy [3] . They were to Dublin and North Ireland last summer, also to Ferries (near Glasgow) where they visited a George Menary [4] . He is a writer and historian. They are very fine people.
            I have to be very careful of myself and rest. I have neuritis in hips and legs and not walking so well.
            I do hope you and Mr. Wright [5] are keeping well.
            How we still miss dear Minnie [6] and to think Willie [7] is gone.
            Edna [8] is writing you. Her husband [9] was appointed Manager of the Heinz Company Here, and they are both happy.
            I send you love and best wishes for a merry Xmas, and a bright and happy New Year.

[1] Mary (née MENARY) WRIGHT (1872-1946) of Gilford Castle, Co. Down.

[2] Probably John Alexander MENARY (1865-1956) of Orangeville and later Toronto, Ontario, brother of Anne Jane MENARY (1869-1939)

[3] “Cosy”? Would this be a nickname for John's wife - Mary Abigail TRIMBLE?

[4] George MENARY possibly the MENARY who was the author of a book on Lord President Forbes as well as “The Life and Letters of Duncan Forbes of Culloden”.

[5] James Francis WRIGHT, husband of Mary MENARY

[6] Possibly Mary Wilson CALVERT (1864-1934), daughter of Henry CALVERT & Jane MENARY. She lived in Dublin.

[7] “Willie” could be many of the Williams available to us. Given the context and the date of the letter, I am guessing that the reference is to William CALVERT (1867-1937), son of Henry CALVERT and Jane MENARY

[8] Edna MENARY (1907-2001), daughter of William R. MENARY of Windsor, Ontario, brother of Anne Jane MENARY. Devoted niece of Anne Jane MENARY.

[9] Frank T. SHERK, husband of Edna MENARY

[10] [10] Anne Jane MENARY (1869- 16 March, 1939), daughter of William MENARY & Sarah Jane COTTON. She makes no mention of her own health battles with cancer which would kill her within three months of writing this letter.