My Own dearest Sallie[1]
May God bless you all and bring you safely over
the sea to the new country in S. Africa.
I pray the dear children may soon be strong again and that you dear wll
not suffer on the voyage. I hope Cis[2]
will let me know the name of yr steamer.
You must be weary of all the packing up but I hope you will have time to
get the naphtha & powder also camphor.
In a letter from Willie[3]
yesterday he said there were 40 masons & bricklayers at work on new mill
& next week he hoped to have 80 so the building is going quickly. I wish you had seen him. I had a letter from Bessie McMath[4]
yesterday she & Arthur[5]
are talking of California before next winter.
I hope dear you will let us know how you all get on. Father[6]
& Annie[7] join me in
fondest love & every good wish for your happiness.
Believe me always your most loving friend
Ellie McKean[8]
[1] Sarah (McCullagh) WHITESIDE (1852-1939)
[2] “Cis” possibly Sally McCullagh REID - a niece of Sarah McCullagh WHITESIDE – the daughter of Mary McCULLAGH & William REID
[3] “Willie” William McKEAn, brother of Alicia Eleanor McKEAN
[4] Bessie McMATH?
[5] Arthur?
[6] William McKEAN
[7] Annie McKEAN, sister of Alicia Eleanor McKEAN
[8] Alicia Eleanor McKEAN, b. abt 1852 – long time friend of Sarah McCULLAGH, daughter of William McKEAN and Mary Anne Jane BARTLEY of Millmount Keady, Co. Armagh.