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Keating Cousin Zoom 7-13-25

Hello to everyone who joined our Keating Cousin Zoom yesterday! I did not record the session, but here are the photos we discussed...I plan to do another session in September to highlight a few of our female ancestors who had particularly interesting lives...Then in November, I want to focus on some veterans.

 


We started with a quick view of our family tree.  Our closest shared ancestors are Edward M. Keating (1864-1944) and Eleanor "Lillie" Motie Keating (1869-1958).

 
This is a photo taken of Eleanor and Edward around their marriage in May of 1893.
 
Eleanor's parents were Mary Maguire Motie (1828-1896).  Mary was born in West Clare, Ireland and immigrated to Iowa with her parents and siblings.  She married Joseph Motie in Iowa.  Joseph was born in Portage des Sioux, MO in 1818.  His mother was Felicite.  Joseph moved to Iowa as a young man and got into the brick business.  
 

 
We are most fortunate to also have a photograph of Edward M. Keating's mother, Bridget Creagh Keating.  (1838-1921).  Bridget was also an Irish immigrant from West Clare.  She immigrated to Iowa and married another Irishman, Michael Keating.  Unfortunately, Michael died young, leaving Bridget a widow with three young children.
 
Eleanor and Edward both moved from Davenport to Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exhibition in 1893.  Edward worked at the fair as a security guard (his worker's pass is now part of the Newberry Library's collection of ephemera from the 1893 World's Fair).  Edward was friends with Eleanor's brother George back in Davenport.  George Motie married Mary Keating (Edward's sister) in 1892.  Here are some photos from Eleanor and Edward's marriage.  The photo includes other Motie siblings and cousins.  I do have all of the names recorded (thanks to Ann O'Brien).

 

The three people highlighted here are the three Keating siblings, the children of Bridget Creagh and Michael Keating.  The woman on the left is Ellen Keating and the right is Mary Keating Motie.  Edward was the oldest of those three children. 

Edward and Eleanor (Lillie) had nine children. The children were: Edward (1894), Louis (1896), Mary (1898), Elizabeth (1900), Geoffrey (1902), Charles Basil (1904), Laurence (1907), Irma (1910), and John (1913). The first six are shown in an undated photo from around 1905.  The second three are shown in another undated photos, likely around 1914.

 


 

According to Census data, Eleanor and Edward lived at the following addresses:

1900-- 7017 Princeton Ave, Chicago

1920 --6759 Ada, Chicago

1930-- 7723 Euclid Ave, Chicago

1940-- 8025 Euclid Ave, Chicago

Around the time of WWI, the family moved to Palos Heights, IL, a more rural area outside of the city.  Here are a few photos from that time.  Their daughter Mary died in the 1918 flu pandemic, this may have had something to do with the decision to move out of the city. However, I do not see any photos of Mary in the pictures from Palos...


 



 

We have several photos of the family from their Chicago home.  I believe these are from the home at 7723 Euclid Avenue.  There's one of my grandpa, Louis, reading.  One of the four brothers (John, Eddie, Geoff, Laurence) playing cards (likely post-church on Sunday), and one of my grandma meeting her in-laws.



 

We also have several photos of the siblings when they are adults.  Here are a few:


Finally, here are some mystery photos for people to peruse...I forgot to show the nun photo yesterday.  Lillie had two sisters who were nuns, they visited her with some frequency.

My top mystery person is the man I call "Colonel Sanders".

 


 



Finally, here is the photo that Petra mentioned.  Cousin John Michael took it of Petra in the summer of 1972.  It is a lovely photo, indeed!


 

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