Yet another letter from William McKay to his cousin Edward Frasier. This one shares the latest farming news – weather, crops, prices and so forth. Then William describes a story involving a recently widowed Mrs. Russell, his Grandmother, and his Uncle Bowley and Aunt Mag and their interactions with someone named Josiah (who could be […]
Frasier letters – William McKay 1876
This is the third letter in the Frasier series. This is again from William McKay to his cousin Edward Frasier. Here are some photos of Edward around the time of this correspondence. William’s letter mentions a “kissing bee”. As best as I can tell, this is a […]
Frasier Letters – Addie McKay
The previous letter in this series was from William McKay to his cousin Edward Frasier (my great-great-grandfather). This next letter, written just two days later, is from William’s sister Addie. This letter was mailed to Edward together with the letter William wrote.. I have not done any independent research on the McKay family. According to […]
Frasier Letters – William McKay
And now for something completely different. I was on Ancestry.com this morning and noticed that there is quite a bit of good stuff out there about the Frasier side of the family. I have in my files about 20 original, personal, handwritten old letters, many dated before 1900. Some of them have valuable genealogical information, […]