Biography of Keomi aka Keytumas Gray 1841-1914
On 21 Mar 1841 Keomi aka Keytumas Gray was born to Osery Gray at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [Map]. The year of her birth complicated - the Census records are inconsistent. Her grave states "Died 19 Sep 1914 aged 73" which would make her birth year 1841.
30 Mar 1851. Census. Fishtoft, Boston.
Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 10). Aged 2.
1863. Retouched 1873. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 34). Die Geliebte aka The Beloved aka The Bride. Models: Alice aka Alexa Wilding (age 16), Ellen Smith, Marie Ford Model, Fanny Entwhistle aka Eaton (age 27) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 21).
Two Biblical texts are inscribed on the frame below the painting.
My beloved is mine and I am his. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: For thy love is better than wine. [The Song of Songs by King Solomon]
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.
Fanny Entwhistle aka Eaton: On 23 Jun 1835 he was born. On 04 Mar 1924 he died.
In 1863 [her illegitimate daughter] Ethel Gray was born illegitimately to Frederick Sandys (age 33) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 21).
1863. Frederick Sandys (age 33). "Vivien". The subject of the picture is Vivien, also known as the Lady of the Lake, the enchantress of Merlin from Alfred Tennyson's (age 53) poetic work Idylls of the King. The model was Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 21).
Around 1863. Frederick Sandys (age 33). "Cassandra". The model was Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 21).
Around 1864. Frederick Sandys (age 34). "Morgan-le-Fay". The enchantress of Arthurian legend also known as Morgana. Fay meaning Fairy. The model was Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 22).
In 1865 [her illegitimate son] Frederick Cyril Gray was born illegitimately to Frederick Sandys (age 35) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 23).
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1865. 05 Dec 1865. December 5. To Gabriel Rossetti's at Chelsea. He at home and Wm. and Fanny—Sandys and his gipsy girl (Kiomi (age 24)) there also.
In 1867 [her illegitimate daughter] Madeline Gray was born illegitimately to Frederick Sandys (age 37) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 25).
1868. Frederick Sandys (age 38). "Medea". From Wikipeadia: In Greek mythology, Medea is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, appearing in Hesiod's Theogony around 700 BC, but best known from Euripides's tragedy Medea and Apollonius of Rhodes' epic Argonautica. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress and is often depicted as a priestess of the goddess Hecate. The model was Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 26).
In 1868 [her illegitimate son] Henry Herbert Gray was born illegitimately to Frederick Sandys (age 38) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 26).
02 Apr 1871. Census. Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk [Map].
Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 30). Aged 28.
On 24 Sep 1875 Charles Stewart Bonnett (age 22) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 34) were married at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map].
After 24 Sep 1875 [her daughter] Nellie Bonnet was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Bonnett (age 22) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 34).
After 24 Sep 1875 [her daughter] Rose Bonnet was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Bonnett (age 22) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 34).
After 24 Sep 1875 [her daughter] Florence Bonnet was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Bonnett (age 22) and Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 34).
03 Apr 1881. Census. Litcham, Norfolk.
Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 40).
On 19 Sep 1914 Keomi aka Keytumas Gray (age 73) died at Gorleston on Sea, Norfolk [Map]. She was buried at the Old Cemetery, Gorleston on Sea [Map].
Photos by Adam from Find a Grave.
On 16 Jun 1925 [her former husband] Charles Stewart Bonnett (age 72) died. He was buried at the Old Cemetery, Gorleston on Sea [Map].