Day Two

The portrait above was long held in London by my father's sister, my much loved aunt Joey,  and is now here with me in Australia.  On the back is an inscription "Abraham Creighton, Earl of Erne".  True or false?

The question of exactly who this particular Abraham Creighton was and who his father was lies at the heart of the family mystery. Or rather it is one of the family mysteries,  for there are many.

I was told by my father's sister Joey in London that this portrait was of her great grandfather, Abraham.  My father, Joey's brother, John Leslie Fitzmaurice Creighton was born on January 11, 1900.  My grandfather was John Henry David Creighton, born in 1870. My great grandfather was Fitzmaurice Creighton, born in 1835. The portrait is of Fitzmaurice's father so Joey told me.  This would mean therefore that my great-great grandfather was this Abraham Creighton. But I do not yet know exactly when or where he was born.