1921 Inquiry from America
To the Editor "The Nationalist and Leinster
Times"
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- Sir ---The subjoined letter was passed on to me by Mr.
Michael Governey, County Council.
- I shall be glad to hear from anyone who is interested.
- I would remind your readers that the original parish of
Fenagh included parts of the present parishes of Aghade and
Tullow. ----
- Yours faithfully,
- T. W. Pettipice.
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To the Mayor of Carlow.
- Sir---Would you be kind enough to find out for me if any
relations of Thomas Salters, who came to the city of Allegehrey,
Pennsylvannia, about 1845, are still living?
- He came from the parish of Fenagh, with his wife --Jane
Joyce ---who had a brother, the Rev. John Joyce of Trinity
College Dublin. Mr Joyce was one of the first ministers of the
city of Pittsburgh.
- Thomas Slaters made a Will in 1858, in which he leaves a
hundred dollars to every widow in the parish of Fenagh, and five
hundred dollars to his nephew, one Peter Neill.
- I am a grand-niece of Mrs. Jane Salters. I found this old
Will, but no mention is made of the money having been paid to
the widows. If you will kindly look into this matter I will
consider it a great favour. ----
- Yours respectfully,
- Ida J. Forsaith,
- Pittsburgh, Penn. U.S.A.
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Footnote:
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The interesting thing about the Ida Forsaith
letter looking for Salters relatives is that Ida was also in the
Pat Purcell Papers looking for Watson relatives from
Fenagh!....her family were connected to the "Union Steel Casting
Company" in Pittsburgh which in 1922 was valued at three million
dollars...a considerable sum in 1922 ... (says I, not
considering it considerable today!)
The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2010.
- Old newspapers in the PPP.
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