Unknown subject might be my Gr Granny Sarah McLaughlin/ McNamee.

[Eileen B.]

Thank you so so much McGroger, you and all the restorers are so talented.

 And thank you everyone for your input. I don’t know that I will ever know who she was…but never say never…..

Eileen

[Eileen B.]

I neglected to say the original photo was sepia……..that would be important!

Eileen

[Lola5]

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?

[Ian Nelson]

here's another, cheers, Ian

[Eileen B.]

Thank you very much Ian..that is lovely….
Eileen

[Eileen B.]

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.