Excellent Photos come to Light confirming owner of Keady Family Bible.
The following two photos confirm the identity of the couple, who’s photos appear in the Keady Family Bible.
While the only known Keady Family Bible almost certainly belonged to John Francis Keady (1840-1902), the two small photos(with many mould marks) tucked away in the back cover have no names or markings to help identify them.
It has been assumed that they were John Francis Keady and his wife Margaret O’Leary (1835-1923).
Two photos have recently come to light through relatives of the Crawford Family which confirm the identify of the photos in the Bible.
What’s the connection you say ….
The 4th son of John and Margaret Keady, Thomas Patrick Keady (1874-1946) married Lilian Catherine Crawford.
The detail in the photos is certainly much better than the mould stained photos which are in the Bible.
If you look carefully at the photos you will notice the slightest sign of colour for various features in both Margaret and John’s Photos. This is typical of photos of the time, with the photographer enhancing the black and white using colour paints.
Margaret has a tinge of red on her cheeks, a turquoise necklace and the gold on her broach and wedding ring have been painted. Likewise the cheeks on John have been given a bit of colour, his eyes painted blue and the gold chain and broach on his vest have been enhanced with some colour. (Not sure what the little vertical broach thing is, perhaps its just the end of his watch chain.)
Keady Family in Victoria 