Letters from the Past – Aug 1901 Gruissy - Moore Letter

My family has letters from our Mark/Gruissy family. My paternal aunt, Genevieve A. Brown Wieland Schaperjahn shared those letters with me.  

 

This letter was written to my great grandmother, 

Nancy Regina Victoria (Gruissy) Mark 

31 Jan 1879 Medina, OH - 24 May 1959 Medina, OH

Daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Esther Barbara Wolf

Wife of Thomas Kenneth Mark

 

This letter was written by

Lillian Vera Moore Lowe 

4 Dec 1884 Medina, OH - 26 Oct 1967 OH

Daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy

Vera was a teenager when she wrote this letter to her aunt. It shared an envelope with a letter from Vera's mother.

 

 

Regina received this letter while was in Michigan visiting her sister, Rephenia Gruissy Nichols and her brother – in - law, Willis Nichols. The Nichols and their son moved to Michigan in late 1900 or early 1901 from Ohio.

This letter was in the same envelope as a letter from Vera's mother, Caroline. Vera's handwriting was much easier to read than her mother's. Vera's letter also had correct capitalization and punctuation. 

 

To: Miss Regina V. Gruissy, RFD No. 2, St. John’s, Clinton Co., Michigan

From: Lillian Vera Moore[1]

Postmarked: 2 Aug 1901

 

Dear Aunt Regina –

I am going to try and make up with you for not writing sooner but really I have been so busy. I have not had time. I suppose you are having a good time. I know I am. Well Fred looks kind of homesick lately. I wonder why.

Jerome is well and all right. He is coming down to-night if nothing happens. I wish I could see you now. Have you seen Emma[2] since you are out there? How are all of the folks up there?

Mama was up yesterday and helped Mrs. Morton iron. Mama[3] has been waiting for me to write my letter so her news is a couple days old.

Well I must close as it is nearly mail time. We are going to have our ice cream supper at Leroy Saturday night. Wish you were here. Good-bye. Write Soon. Your niece, Vera

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[1] Lillian Vera Moore, 1884 OH – 1967 OH, daughter of Peter J & Caroline (Gruissy) Moore. 

[2] Emaline Floy (Moore) Spice, 1883 OH – 1942 OH, oldest daughter of Peter J & Caroline (Gruissy) Moore. Married Feb 1901 to Arthur Spice in Michigan.

[3] Caroline L (Gruissy) Moore, 1863 OH – 1936 OH, daughter of Augustus C Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett; half-sister of N Regina Gruissy. She and Peter were living in Medina Co., OH.

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