1888, Letter to Belfast from America.
From
Lizzie Clark, Minneapolis, to her sister, Mrs. Mary McKeown,
Belfast,
Ireland, 17 July 1888.
Dear brother & sister
We
were mairred on the 20th Day of June at half past 8 oClock in the
morning and had a Mass said for us both that is a rule here to have a
mass for the married peopple we road to Church in the finest Cover
Carrages Could be got in City We came to our one house & had the
wedding ther we had a big time we had all kinds of eating & drinking &
evry one seme to ingoy them selves but I would like to have more of My
friends to come it took about 2 hundred Dollar to put our wedding over
we had Cusan John & his wife was grooms man & brides made the were
about 4 month married then he is aunt Margret son lord rest her sole
in heavan he is head of the switch men on the ralroad & Can ern about
90 dolars a month my brother Mike dispointed us he was to Be grooms
man but he Could Not get away on count of the serkis being in town he
is still on the street Car but he past the examination and is going on
the fire Apartment he will have 80 dolars per Month he is getting from
12 to 13 per week on the Car dear sister & brother I am very happy
since i got married i got a very good kind young man for a husband his
name is John Thomas clark he is American born but i think his
grandfather was irish descent he is Counted A very hansom young man by
evry one that sees him he is 26 years of age his hair is dark brown &
blue iyz with a strate nose so that is what he is like you told me to
tell you in your letter he is a Machine Agant he had a house furnished
for me to go when i was maried But i dont think we will stay long in
it for the rent is pretty Hie & a smaller house would do us as well he
says he will write next time & he sends his his kind love to you all.