Cole Letters

1879 Elizabeth Cole's (age 14) letter written in Clones to R B Cole in New Zealand

Mr Power

Mrs Thompson

John Martin Coates Cole studying

James McMurray Cole & William Newell Cole school

 

1880 James McMurray Cole (age 9) letter written in Clones to R B Cole New Zealand

    Father working in the fields
    Averal, Moore, Fleming, John Dudgeon, Billy Hamilton, James Ferguson, Robert Walker, Biddy Haley
    John Martin Coates Cole visiting

    The Grove and Dromore

 

1880 Jane Cole letter written in Clones to R B Cole New Zealand

    Sending photo of David Cole

    David Cole planning to go to his Aunts Catherine and Ann in Mangapai New Zealand

    All well at Dromore

    Cousin Maggie is visiting

    Bob Moorehead, Henry Stonebridge, Rev Finlay,  Jas Ferguson, Mrs Flemming

       

 

1883 John Martin Coates Cole letter written in Clones to R B Cole in New Zealand

Dublin for examination

English Cholera in Dublin

Cousin Mrs Rennie

Dick Robt John and Maggie Mitchell in Dublin

Tommy Lowe in Dublin jilted by Lizzie Blakely

Mrs Robert Lowe had son and Robert broken leg

Beattie and George Nerain to America

Bob Bailey Presbyterian clergyman Strangford

Courting Daisy Greer

Margaret Anne Coates looking after the McBurney children after their mother's death

Rose Melville nurse died in Strangford

Martin Ritchie the Grove

James Newell is in Ballynahinch Northern Bank

Addie Averal and Ballagh

Mrs McKee going to NZ to Joe McKee

Bob and Joe Moorhead in Africa

Frank Leghorn sent home Fred's passage

 

1898 Elizabeth Cole's letter written in Clontivrin to R B Cole in New Zealand

John Martin Coates Cole and family visiting from Venezuela
Selling the Clontivrin after John Cole's death
Fanny Bawden
Mac's health

1915 Dorothy Ross Cole letter written in Venezuela to Robert Bell Cole New Zealand

Death of John Martin Coates Cole

John Martin Coates Cole British Vice-Council and Lloyds Agent

John Martin Coates Cole Hospital of the Poor

John Martin Coates Cole private hospital

 

1916 Elizabeth Cole's letters written in Portaferry to Mac in Dunmurry & Blanche Cole in New Zealand

Working for Mrs Savage Barr Hall and her daughter in law Mrs Hastings in Portaferry
Mrs Savage's mother is Jane Coates" cousin?

Impending trip back to Africa
1900 offer to War Office to serve free in South Africa ignored
Mentions Scotland
William Newell Cole visiting New Zealand
Mrs Gass

Mac Murray staying four days with Mr Gibson

Sailing 18th March by "SS Baltimore Castle"
Mrs McLeod's illness
Mac Junior had his appendix removed

Enemy submarines in the Irish Sea near Portaferry

 

1920 James McMurray Cole shipboard to Blanche Cole New Zealand

Going to England, Scotland and Ireland

Rev & Mrs McCaw

Mary Boyd Cole also going out to England

 

1938 Mary Boyd Cole Onehunga to Blanche Cole New Zealand

Blanche not well

David Graeme Cole returning from visit to Blanche

 

1952 Envelope to James McMurray Cole Ireland

James McMurray Cole living at Fernlea Belfast

 

1952 Blanche Cole letter written in New Zealand to Kathleen Corkey in Ireland

Richard Burley and his father occupations in NZ

Richard Burley in Maori Wars

Thelma Cole and Jim Walker courtship and return to Canada

Lottie and Will Merhrtens

Lottie and Harry Middleton

John Coates Cole artist
Mrs Greer in Auckland

Dick Cole and daughter Nancy

 

1955 Jan Robert Bell Cole's letter written in Te Kuiti to Kathleen Corkey Merockbrun House

Death of James McMurray Cole

Death of Daisy Cole wife of John Martin Coates Cole

New York Address of Martin Cole John Martin Coates Cole's son

Upcoming wedding anniversary

 

1955 Feb Robert Bell Cole transcription of Mrs Vera C Greers letter

Death of James McMurray Cole

Description of James McMurray Cole's children

John Martin Coates Cole's daughters

Julie Penso Cole Cheshire address

 

1955 May Robert Bell Cole's letter written in Te Kuiti to Kathleen Corkey Merockbrun House

Old Mill in Auckland painting
Bob Grant
Upcoming wedding anniversary

 

1955 Aug Robert Bell Cole's letter written in Te Kuiti to Kathleen Corkey Merockbrun House

Old Mill in Auckland painting J Carabain

Wedding anniversary

Clontivrin purchased for Coates and row over purchase

John Martin Coates

Herringtons

 

Family Addresses

Elizabeth Boyd Cole Wellington N.Z

J Martin Coates Cole New Jersey U.S.A

Mrs Morgan

Lyndon

 

Letter Fragment

Marshall Wright at Millview

Joe's wife with three children at Bundoran

Jennie Wright at Bundoran

Bob a rector near Derry

Joe is a Dr in Liverpool

Daisy Greer's father dead


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