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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: McNamee Great Aunts, Belfast
« on: Sunday 17 December 23 18:21 GMT (UK)  »
Ooh sorry Carol, I did indeed miss it. Thank you so much, it is really lovely. I am in awe at the talent….I am still waiting for my talents to develop😂

Eileen

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: McNamee Great Aunts, Belfast
« on: Sunday 17 December 23 15:34 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: McGroger on Saturday 16 December 23 22:11 GMT (UK)
Thanks Carol, much appreciated. :)

Eileen, I'd say uncle Ted looks about 3, give or take some months; on that basis the lady could be either aunt, but it would mean Elizabeth died not long after the picture with Ted was taken--the feasibility of it being her might depend on what she died of.

Looking at the images below, if it's Sarah she would have been about 41, Elizabeth would have been about 36. To be honest I don't think either aunt fully fits the lady in the photo with Ted. If I were to choose one, I'd make it Sarah: despite the different styles, her hair is parted in about the same place in both pics and her nose/mouth/chin relationships are closer than that of Elizabeth who has a fuller face, larger chin and closer-together nose and mouth. There are some similarities to Elizabeth as well but, on balance, if there are no other possibilities for a "favourite aunt" I'd have to go with Sarah.

Peter

Thanks so much Peter, my thought was that it had to be Sarah. About a year before Uncle Ted died he discovered where 8 of the McNamee family were buried and he paid for a headstone and this is what he has on it. Sarah was obviously a favourite aunt. I just couldn’t reconcile the 2 women, although I did think the jaws were the same.  I grew up hearing from my Mom how much Sarah disliked her and how bad tempered Sarah was so it was a surprise to realize that Ted had a completely different outlook. Plus I was told that Sarah had flaming red hair but she must have died it at the time of that pic.
It is fun trying to figure out little stories from the past.

Thanks again to everyone, you are all such talented restorers and I appreciate you.

Eileen

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: McNamee Great Aunts, Belfast
« on: Saturday 16 December 23 17:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you both so much. I appreciate you taking the time to help me like this.

I love that background RJ.

Eileen

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: McNamee Great Aunts, Belfast
« on: Saturday 16 December 23 14:15 GMT (UK)  »
Wonderful Peter as always, thanks so so much. You are so talented.
John looks better with his head on straight🤣


Does anyone have any ideas if the middle lady is actually Elizabeth or Sarah? I have no idea who she could be  otherwise…

Eileen

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / McNamee Great Aunts, Belfast
« on: Friday 15 December 23 04:38 GMT (UK)  »
I realize these old pics are not in the best shape but if they could be tidied up please……I do not have originals of any of them.

The one of the couple and their son John  are John Kerr and his wife, my Gr Aunt Elizabeth nee McNamee. Their son was born in Feb 1916. Elizabeth was born in 1890 and  died in Oct 1926.

Then we have my Uncle Ted McNamee as a little boy. Apparently it says on the back of the pic “ A favourite Aunt” Ted was born Dec 1923, not sure how old he is in this pic?

The last pic is of my Gr Aunt Sarah McNamee, 1885-1935

I am trying to figure out who is the aunt with Ted. Elizabeth and Sarah were the only aunts still alive when Ted was born, I think it has to be one of them because he had no maternal aunts.


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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: William Hodgson Barnes
« on: Tuesday 27 September 22 18:08 BST (UK)  »
Excellent info, thanks so much.

Eileen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: William Hodgson Barnes
« on: Tuesday 27 September 22 14:47 BST (UK)  »
Ooh, thank you very much for this information. There will be a number of people in Australia interested in it.
I have suspected for a few years that William H was my Gr Grandfather, birth father of my Paternal Grandmother who was born in Belfast in Feb 1880. She was the daughter of John Ramsey and Eliza McFall. The Ramseys were a very big family but I do not have any Ramsey DNA matches and neither does anyone in my family who has been tested, sisters, cousins etc.
But…we have a group of people who live in Victoria Australia and we all share a decent amount of DNA with them.  I eventually figured out that William H was the common ancestor of these people. I have been working with a trained genealogist recently and just this past weekend he confirmed the relationships between all of us…..so the strongest match is my half 2nd Cousin, we share the same Gr Grandfather.
He and I are very pleased to have this sorted, we all have skeletons, no judgement from me. The fellow in Australia just sent me a message today saying he has always wanted more info on William H. Thanks to you Colin, we now know a bit more.
I wonder about the Hodgson name? Perhaps that was the birth name of Rebecca Barnes, tge grandmother?

I can’t thank you enough
Eileen

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / William Hodgson Barnes
« on: Tuesday 27 September 22 05:07 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for info on William Hodgson Barnes born around 1841 in Great Salkled. Some people have his middle name was Hodgeon but I suspect that was a typo along the way.
He married Mary Whalley on 21 Jan 1873 in Newcastle upon Tyne. They had 3 daughters and 2 sons
Edith was born around 1875 in Newcastle
Fanny Airley was born 5 May 1876 in Tranmere Cheshire
Henry Barnes born 1877 Tranmere Cheshire
Nora Barnes born  17 Aug 1879 in Belfast N Ireland
William Barnes born 1889  in Liverpool
Some Ancestry records have William H Barnes death as 1915.
He was an Engine Fitter.
Any information would be gratefully received.
Thank you
Eileen

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Unknown subject might be my Gr Granny Sarah McLaughlin/ McNamee.
« on: Wednesday 23 February 22 17:08 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Lola5 on Wednesday 23 February 22 07:10 GMT (UK)
The restoration is very good.

Now we can see the baby has a flowery frock and the photo creases are gone.

If Granny Mc Laughlin/ Mcnamee died in 1921 then I do not think this photo is of her, sepia or not.
The lady,s dress is not from before the 1920,s.
I  saw such dresses  in the 40,s
Is that a white belt around the waist?
Do you have a photo of Granny McL. that could be compared with this one?

I don’t have a photo of her Lola, there is a scarcity of old photos in our family. I have photos of one of her sons and 3 of her daughters but it couldn’t be her anyway.
I am thinking now that the pic might not be in Belfast, not the area where the McNamees lived anyway. Those homes had a small yard out back and the men would have whitewashed the walls just like in that pic but…..there appears to be a bush there and you wouldn’t have seen anything green in that area!
I have sent the pic to my cousin in Australia to see if she would know anything about it….we have no clue at all who this woman is.
It was my sister who mentioned the sepia but I remember seeing women dressed like that and I was born in 1950.

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