The family photo below is Daniel Keady (1838 – 1928), wife Bridget O’Shea (1839 -1914) and seven of their eight children. In addition, the young woman standing directly behind Daniel is Margaret Frances Keady (1886 -1982). The photo was taken sometime before 1914.
Margaret is the 2ndyoungest daughter of James Henry Keady (1843-1936), the younger brother of Patrick and John Francis Keady whose pictures appear in earlier blogs.
Daniel and Bridget raised Margaret after her mother (Margaret Rose McManus) died in 1890 at which time Margaret would have been only 4 years old. The other four children of James Henry Keady and Margaret McManus seem to have been raised by the McManus family.
It would appear that James Henry felt he could not raise five children under 10 and he leaves the Nagambie/Murchison district and moves to the Koetong area near Corryong where he is identified as a miner in a number of sources.
Back to the mystery !
No one has yet found any shipping record for Daniel, nor any articles or resources which might shed any light on a relationship between Daniel Keady and the family of John and Honora Keady.
The fact that Daniel fostered James Henry’s daughter and they owned adjacent properties in the Murchison area suggests a family tie, but who knows, maybe they just met in a pub and struck up a strong friendship based on a common surname.
Keady Family in Victoria 
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