EDGOOSE, Harriet

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• Name	EDGOOSE, Harriet
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4313	Edgoose
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

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  A Letter written by HARRIET RIGGALL (nee EDGOOSE, 1858-1916) from Malta House, Alford, Lincolnshire, on 24 July 1900 to her sister ELIZABETH STROHMEIER (nee EDGOOSE, 1852-1944) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA: "STANLEY and MAMIE go to North Wales for their honeymoon. My love to your friends My dear Sister. I have been thinking of writing to you to tell you how busy & happy we are now that sickness & death are far from us in the past PAULIE did splendidly with his operation & is fast becoming a strong & happy boy. when we got nicely over it DORRIE took sick with measels & then the other three took them also GEORGE one of our big boys & one servant so we had a lively time between Easter & whitsun tide. DAVID arrived just in the thick of it. After 'May' holiday my cook who was a treasure took sick & as she had been awfully good to me when MAMIE was in the hospitta having her training & I just gave her every care. MAMIE went off to Malvern to see Mr BUTTERS father & step mother & thought the girl would soon be all right - but alass as soon as MAMIE had gone she became unconscious & died in six days of consumption of the brain. We buried her gave her a nice coffin & Mr RIGGALL & I followed her to her grave. Her parents weere very poor but very respectable & I was awfully sorry for them for they did not see her until she was unconscious & they felt very bad as you can imagin. I did every thing I could for her & she seemed to be very happy in her soul she belonged to the Church of England & we sent for the clergeman to bury her. Do you know BETSY she suffered & died just as Brother WILLIE did it all came back to me so clearly after all these years. Now dear for the bright side of the pecture. we are all well I am strong & bonny rosey & grey. I think STANLEY & MAMIE have been so anxious to have me get strong for MAMIE would not have got married yet if I had not been better that they have just prayed me back to strength again. The Dr don't understand but I do. we shall have the wedding about the time you get this. There will be four bridesmaid EDITH RHODES Mr COCKERs cousen SISSEY MANTLE MAMIEs cousin & DORRIE & VALETTA DAVID will give her awaw & my husband & his father will Marry them, we shall have refreshments in the garden & nearly one hundred guests. She has had such a changeful life I thought she should have a pretty wedding, her dress is Cream Sattin long & plain with yoke & sleves of tucked cream crepe. The neck & sleves are nearrly transparent She will have a courenett of orange blossom & a large brussells net vail which she will wear corner wise & it will reach to the end of the train & a large boquet of cream flours. The bridesmaids dresser are as enclosed they have large black hats with pink & damask roses & one large fether the little girls have soft green silk to their ..oles with hats of the same colour only lighter shade trimed with daises & they will carry bunches of daises the bridesmaids light pink & dark damask roses. My dress is the purple shade made long with pretty triming & my bonnet is the same shade with three feathers of the same colour tiped with cream. Now dear this is a long tale, but I thought you would like to know all about it we shall have photos taken & I will send you one as soon as I can. Mr & Mrs CHARLES CLEGG are coming for the day. DAVID is splendidly well. he would like very much to see you all but he will not be able this time My husband is now at our conference which meets at Burselem in Staffordshire. he is going to try to find aunt AGUSTA he wont mind threr been rather poor he is so friendly & homley, & yet he looks such a a refined & delicate man. I am proud of him, but often fear he will slip away suddenly, his heart is so weak. I trust God & am thankful for present blessings"