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Letter written by Miss Bridget Delia Henery to Mrs. M. S. Curley, her aunt in USA

Friday 5th April 1912
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Clonown,
Athlone,
Ireland.

Friday 5th

My Dear Aunt,

Just a line to let you know that I am to leave Athlone on Wednesday 10th April. I hope to God that we will get there all right. The ship is supposed to go in four and a half days. I hope you do have this small note. Hoping to meet you soon with Gods help.

It was a great dissapointment over that Miss Mee as she could not get to come. But there is some people going from Athlone. We must put our trust in God, he is the best.

Dear Aunt, I know sister Lizzie will feel bad not to know that I did not pick up with anyone from home, for the way it is home with the people is all to Boston they do go to. But I hope to God I do get there all right.

Well dear Aunt this is the name of the boat -Titanic- I am going on. I hope you do meet. I will wear a black coat and skirt and black hat with black and white ribbon on it.

I close with best of love to you all from your fond niece,

Delia Henry.



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  1. Mary Mcardle Mary Mcardle
    How tragic . I am a relation of hers and just found out from my cousin Marie Daly in dublin and I live in Australia. Her father died in a ditch and she had no one so went to her Sister Liz and aunty in Boston. All Irish from Galway went to Boston . It’s so tragic and all the trust she put In God . She Would have died in tormented terror but I hope she knew she WOUKD be with God when she died. I will have a mass said for her
  2. Peter Quick Peter Quick
    I note that a Michael Hynes has posted the letter that Delia Henry wrote to her aunt Mary in the US before she boarded the Titanic. I have seen the text of this letter before, from a woman who is a distant relative on the Curley side in Australia. (Delia's mother was a Curley). The note attached to the copy that this woman had said that the original letter was in the possession of Mr & Mrs Sean and Bridget Henry, of Togher, Clonown, Ireland. Does anyone have any knowledge of this?
  3. Peter Quick Peter Quick
    I'm not sure that Delia had no-one after her father died; she was one of 8 children and as far as I can tell her mother lived for many years after her husband and Delia's father died, in 1901. So far as I can tell, most if not all of her siblings were still alive when she went to the US. I would assume it was just a matter of seeking a better life for herself, as her aunt had done, and her elder sister. I am led to believe that Lizzie eventually returned to Ireland and married there?
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Encyclopedia Titanica (2003) Letter written by Miss Bridget Delia Henery to Mrs. M. S. Curley, her aunt in USA ( ref: #1780, published 8 November 2003, generated 29th November 2024 07:24:59 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/letter-written-miss-bridget-delia-henery.html