This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/1362 Message Board Post: I have a photocopy of a letter my ggg grandfather, James BARR wrote to his daughter (unnamed) Mrs. James BLACKBURN. The letter was addressed to her as follows: Mrs. James Blackburn at Mount Johnston near Chambly, In Care of the Honourable John Johnston, Baronet, Mountreal, N. America. In this letter her tries to console his daughter (whose Christian name was never mentioned) over the recent demise of her husband, leaving her the sole provider for herself and their children (names and number of not given). He mentions that he heard that she was considering returning to Scotland, and he informed her of the economic conditions in Scotland at the time following the war with France. He also mentions her sister Jean BARR living in living and working in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, and her brother (unnamed) living and working in Paisley. He was apparently a widower, as he mentioned that “I had as much money of my own that I wanted for nothing that I stood in need of. I have been for this sometime bypasst in a good State of Health...” He mentions his daughter’s aunt, Mrs. Aitkins, who lived in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, with whom he stayed overnight, and a cousin Aitkins (unnamed). James BARR apparently remarried, as his daughter-in-law, Jannet Pettigrew, wife of Robert BARR, mentions emigrating with her husband, their four children, and her husband’s parents. If anyone identifies with these people, I would appreciate hearing from them. dick barr Syracuse, NY