Item 4 - Letter from Mary Perkinson to John Monaghan

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IE OCL P6/4

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Letter from Mary Perkinson to John Monaghan

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  • 30 April 1862 (Creation)

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(1800-1876)

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Born c.1800 in Croghan, County Tipperary, and near to the town of Birr, County Offaly, Mary Monaghan married William Perkinson in or around 1825.

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Photocopy of letter from Mary Perkinson to John Monaghan, enquiring whether he knew if her sister, Judy and her family who had emigrated to America, were still alive. Informs him of the marriages of her son, William and daughter Eliza. Also mentions her intention to send two of the other children to America.

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