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• Bee
  Alicia B "Bee" Long d. 1924.01.14. Younger sister to Richard William Long
• Boss
  R G Torrens has annotated this 'Henry Long'.
• Emmie
  Sarah Emma Devine 1876 - 1934.10.18. Wife of John Morrison Torrens.
• Father
  Henry "Harry" Long died 1906.12.20
• Father-in-law
  John Morrison Torrens' father-in-law was George Devine 1838.05.15 - 1915.03.31.
• Jack
  John Morrison Torrens, 1877.03.11 to 1944.02.22
• Gordon
  Robert Gordon Torrens 1881.07.18 to 1945.10.08. Jack's second brother.
• Mr H. Green
  Henry Green ran the post office in Youghal.
• Miss Green
  Unknown relationship to the Greens but the mortgage referred to was on (part of?) 85 North Main Street, the premises John Morrison Torrens acquired in Apr 1906.
• Harry
  Jeremiah Henry Long, Richard William Long's second younger brother
• Holmes
  Joseph "Joe" Holmes married Alicia B "Bee" Long.
• Hugh
  Hugh Merrick Torrens 1886.07.03 to 9.1919. Jack's youngest (third) brother.
• Aunt Jennie
  Robert George Torrens has annotated this "Elizabth Torrens" Presumably Elizabeth "Jenny" Long (died 1895.02.26), the mother of Jack, Lil, Gordon, May and Hugh. There are many other places where R.W.Long gets family relationships muddled.
• Joe
  Joseph "Joe" Holmes
• Lil
  Elizabeth "Lil" Martha Torrens b. 1880.01.08. Jack's first sister.
• May
  Alice Eveline Mary "May" Torrens 1882.11.27 to 1912.04.01. Jack's second sister.
• Martha
  As far as I know, Lil and May were the only sisters to John Morrison Torrens Martha Elizabeth Torrens was Lil and Alice Mary Eveline Torrens was May. So the refernce to Lil and May is clear, but who then is Martha? R G Torrens (John Morrison's oldest son and my father) has underlined Martha and noted 'Torrens'.
• Sam
  Samuel Long, Richard Long's younger brother, also was in America.
• The wee boy
  Robert George Torrens, 1903.08.04 - 1981.05.12. Oldest son of John Morrison. He was 7 when this letter was written.
• Verlin
  Wm J Verlin, a solicitor

Places

The old Post Office was originally part of 85 Main Street, Youghal.

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