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Author: ediebreneman
Surnames: Bird, De Barge, Kalanquin, Molle, White
Classification: queries
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2nd letter
Universal Ind.
April 4 - 1944
Dear Friend Augusta
Just a few lines to answer your nice letter was so glad to here from you we have a car and
I am coming out to see you some of these days, you wanted to know if I married Mary Molle
son no I married her brother I think you neet him at Gusta fax (?) one day he remembes you
his sister Mary died about 8 years ago you said it been about fifty years since we seen
each other I havent seen you since I been married have I I was married 45 years last Dec
28th I have a boy 44 years
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years old he is married has four children his oldest girl is married she is 22 years old
her Husband is in the army He has another girl she will be 20 the 17th of this month Then
he has two boys one 13 and one 11 he thought he would start up anther family ho ho his
oldest girls stays home she was only married it be a year this coming June 26th they both
work. I have two girls Helen is 37 years she has a boy in the army he will be 20 the
first of Sept and two girls one will be 18 in May and the youngest will be 16 this month
My youngest girl is 34 she has two boys
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one will be 17 in august and the other will be 14 this month she has been pretty sick was
operated on in Nov but she is getting along fine now she was pretty bad we thought she was
going to die. you now my Mother and Dad are both dead long time ago and my Brother Adolph
got killed in Bunson Mine he was married and left four small children My Brother John
died about 6 years ago he was operated on for gall blatter truble he sure suffered there
is only four of us lift Arthur lives in Bedford Ind. and Louie lives in Bicknell and My
Sister Mary lives in
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Detrot Mich she only has one boy and he is married has three children he left for the army
29 of Feb he sure hated to leave his Family Sister Mary is not so well I think you are
older than me I think you and Arthur are about the same age I and your Sister Mary was
about the same age I sure thought lots of you and Mary and me living here so close and
didnt no where you were at I lived here in Universal for years I moved at Shirkeyville in
1914 then moves to universal in 1916 living so close to one another and didnt now it all
these
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years you said you have two boys in the army I
now how you feel that would get any body down I
now how we all feel I so nearvous any how I sure
was glad when Joe was telling me about you and
give me your address I had brought it home and
mistplaced it I was so glad When i gound it so I
could Write to you I sure felt bad when I heard
about your Mother and Mary-her Daughter being dead,
we went thrugh West Terre Haute so Many times and
Mary and your dear old Mother living there and didnt
now about it I would of given any thing
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if I would of only new they lived there I sure would
of stoped and seen them I sure feel bad about it as I
loved you all I am coming out to see you I cant drive
but I have a Friend that will bring me if you dont care she is nice you now My Husband is
on a Pension he cant work any More his eyes are afle bad he cant hardly see and he is
hard hearing with it he will be 68 in June we own are little house it isnt very nice but
it covers are head and we dont haft to pay rent that a good help well Honey I sure coing
to see you as I alsa liked you so much remember when you use to make me and Mary some
corsets ho ho Well I will close with best wishews love and kisses Come and see us when you
can regards to your Husband Family answer soon your old Pal Victoria Charlie
xxxxxxx
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you wanted to know where I lived I live in the First St when you come in Universal from
Clinton on the left side
in the third house from the Pavement on the right side after you turn any body can tell
you. where we live but I am coming as soon as I can will you tell me where you live and
how I can find you Escuse my poor writing I afle nearvous it is 11 P.M. and I tired so I
going to bed goodnight dear
Victoria
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