John Edward Morrissey was born to Laurence Morrissey (1842-1905) and Mary Julia Crennan (1843-1905) and had siblings Ellen Julia (1874-1941) and Julia Margaret Morrissey (1877-1944), and a half brother James O'Connor (1867-1944). He married Gilberta Josephine Nicolson (1880-1965) on December 30th 1908 at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...