Among our family treasures are a number of letters which were sent to my great, great grandfather, John Charles Ryan. John was born in Portlaw, Co. Waterford, Ireland in about 1837. He died in Sydney on 15th November 1910. The letters were written from Portlaw, Co. Waterford, Toowoomba, Laidley (both in Queensland) and the property Yanga in Balranald, New South Wales. Various names and places are mentioned in the letters. My aim is to work out the connections between the letter writers, those mentioned in the letters and John Ryan. I've written about the first letter here . The next letter is from Portlaw, Co Waterford, Ireland. It was written after John sent money to the doctor to pay for his mother's medical expenses before she died. It may have been written in the last half of 1883 or 1884. Miss Charlotte is ...