Cavananore[1]
Dundalk
19th Oct 1874
My dear Sarah[2]
I received your note this morning & am not surprised that you have
not found the coat, as it was only on speck I wrote about it. Dear knows where Andy[3]
left it or who got the loan of it. I am
glad to have such favourable accts of your father[4],
I trust he will continue to improve. I
am very sorry there is no word of Andy.
He must have left N York. Do you
know the name of the parties he boarded with?
It would be worth while to write to them & enquire.
If
you have the envelope of Tom's[5]
letter you might write to him to the post town that the mark is in the Jan of
the letter & he might chance to get it. Other wise he will not remember
that he neglected to give his address & wont be in a hurry writing when he
gets no reply. I have not had a line
from Mary Reid[6] for a long
time. I am sorry to hear of the pain in
her knee. If it is rheumatism to paint
it with Iodine would likely start it.
I had
a letter from Minnie[7]
to day from Killarney[8]. They are enjoying themselves & the
scenary greatly. I know not when we may
expect them home.
There
is a letter from Mr. [McC???h[9]]
to day & counsels opinion is that the Oliver estate[10]
must go with chancery to be administered, & I believe my brother Andy[11]
is going to take proceedings to lease Kilynure[12]
from Thompson[13], so there
are a fresh lot if [????]
I
thought Thompson would have been up for Mary[14]
on Saturday, but he could not [get] so I do not know when she will [get]. We are all well and unite in love to you all
Ever your affectionate
Aunt Mary[15]
[1] Cavananore, Co. Louth, a townland outside of Dundalk.
[2] Sarah McCULLAGH (1852-1939), first cousin once removed of Mary Jane OLIVER, later married WHITESIDE.
[3] probably Andrew Bradford McCULLAGH (?-1897), a brother of Sarah McCULLAGH
[4] Thomas McCullagh (1793-1877)
[5] This Tom could be Tom McCULLAGH (1854-1920), a brother of Sarah McCULLAGH
[6] Mary (McCullagh) REID (d. 1919) married William REID (1829-1906) in 1864, a sister of Sarah McCULLAGH
[7] possibly Amelia Lydia (Dare) JACKSON (1851-1944), wife of Sir Thomas JACKSON (1841-1914), a nephew of Mary Jane OLIVER
[8] Killarney – I will check out this connection for the JACKSONs. Help appreciated.
[9] Mr. McC?
[10] Oliver estate. I am unsure whose this might be.
[11] Andrew Bradford OLIVER, son of Benjamin OLIVER (d. 1831) & Elizabeth BRADFORD (1785-1825), brother of Mary Jane OLIVER.
[12] “Kilynure” is Killynure, Co. Armagh, the townland where Eliza JACKSON (1843-1923) and her husband Thompson BROWN(E) (1837-1915) lived, built a house and raised their ten children.
[13] Thompson BROWN(E), husband of Elizabeth JACKSON, niece of Mary Jane OLIVER.
[14] Probably Mary MENARY née JACKSON (1844-1921), widowed in February of this year and likely living still at Maghery, near Thompson BROWN(E) and her sister Elizabeth BROWN(E) née JACKSON. She was a niece of Mary Jane OLIVER.
[15] Mary Jane OLIVER (1821-1875), owned the lease at Cavananore.