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From: "L & K Kingston" <>
Subject: Re: Clothier letter No. 2 - 1901
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:08:44 +1000
References: <20010614122726.80456.qmail@web13606.mail.yahoo.com>


Hello Cathy,
I'm not connected to any one mentioned in the letter,
but I really enjoyed reading it, Thank You.
Karen in Lismore just 20 minutes drive from Ballina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Pearson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:27 PM
Subject: Clothier letter No. 2 - 1901


> Glad some of you enjoyed letter No. 1. I have a couple more; if you're
> interested, let me know. I don't want to bore everyone on the list - but
then,
> maybe if I do post them all, someone somewhere will find something they
can
> use.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> No.2.Copy:some of this letter is missing.
> Marlette 5th November, 1901
> Mrs.F.E. Greenhalgh Ballina. NSW. Australia.
> Dear Cousin,
> Sometime ago I received a letter from you, as stated in your letter I was
> somewhat surprised to know I had a cousin in that part of the country, but
if I
> remember rightly cousin Fred in England mentioned something about
receiving a
> letter from a cousin in Australia one of Aunt Melina's daughters, but I
had
> almost forgotten it till I received your kind and welcome letter. My
father is
> still living nearby, he is 77 years old the second of October, he is quite
well
> only considerably stooped. Mother died about 13 years ago at the age of
60. My
> fathers family consists of 6 boys and 2 daughters, the youngest unmarried
and
> living with him at present. We are all living near each other and all own
farms
> except my youngest brother F.A.Clothier who lives in Montana in the
Western
> Part of the United States, he is a school teacher but now is attending
college
> in Bozeman Montana he expects to graduate this coming winter. Brother
Frank
> lost his wife soon after he went out there leaving no children so you see
he's
> now single again and no family to care for.. My family consists of 3 boys
and
> one daughter named after your mother, Edna Melina. Our eldest son Millar
is 24
> years old, Lena as we call her is 22, Earl our next is 19 and Hugh the
youngest
> is 3 years old in May last. Dear Cousin in regard to our relatives in
South
> Africa, we have two uncles in that country with quite large families, as I
have
> not written to them personally I know but little about them. Father heard
from
> them 2 or 3 years ago but for some reason or other they stopped
corresponding.
> The last we heard from there his youngest brother Tom has become demented
in
> the mind and had to be placed in an asylum, he visited England sometime
before
> he lost his mind. Cousin Fred Clothier of Yeovil England could perhaps
give you
> more information regarding them than I could. The other brother's name in
South
> Africa is Absolem................."this letter is unsigned indicating
there
> could be more of it somewhere".
>
> Discussion: This letter is clearly from William as you will see by
matching up
> the children and dates in his next letter dated 1913. Unfortunately he
doesn't
> mention his father's name. I believe the father of them all (Melina's
father)
> was John.
>
>
>
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