Cramlington Terrace
March 10th 1884
My dear son & daughter
I am in receipt of your letter and was very glad indeed to hear from you.
But I
was sorry to find by your letter that times are rather dull, which is not a
very pleasant thing for a start in married life. But we all have to hope for
better things.
My dear son, since my last letter to you things have greatly
change, a change I hope which is not for the worse but for the better.
I know
that you will receive it with regret & sorrow of heart as we do. But our loss
is her gain.
I scarcely know how to break the message to you, but I am sorry to say that we
have lost mother from amongst us on Friday evening March 7th at 9.30pm.
Her
passed away from our presence to the land of light and joy. Far beyond this
world of
sorrow.
The last two days of her earthly life was full of intense pain. But
that now has come to an end. The loss is great to us, but the gain to her is
greater. It is true we miss her from us, and the miss is great. We miss her
presence, her wise counseling , her love for us as children and her prayers.
But
the miss is not forever. I hope that you with me and the rest of us will try to
meet her again. We are trying to bear up under it with the prospect of meeting
her again.
She was anxious to see you but knew she could not.
I hope you will
try to meet her again. Try to live for it.
The funeral was on Sunday March 9th. It was a very nice one. There was a
grand company, I should think about 300.
Frank has sent a present to you. (Pocket handkerchieff) You may expect it a few
days after this letter.
We are pretty well considering. Hope you are the same,
your wife and little boy. We had a letter from Bill the day before mother died,
he is doing very well.
I have nothing more to say at present, except asking you
to write soon. Our kind regards to you and family.
I remain your aff. father.
W
m
Endean
