Bradley Family

[Lori Bradley Coleman]

thank you SO much!!...That is them!!!!! I printed out the wedding information!!! I am trying to figure out now when Edward was born...there are 4 Edward Bradleys that were born in 1898 in Magherafelt

[aghadowey]

Marriage of Edward (father Lawrence) & Susan in 1898 show them both residing in Cahore townland. Son Edward born there in 1902-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1902/01904/1739107.pdf

This birth in 1878 for Edward Lawrence Bradly shows his father as Lawrence and mother Ann Quigly and birthplace as Bancran (Bancran Glebe, Ballynascreen civil parish- west of Draperstown)
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1878/02957/2083385.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/loughinsholin/ballynascreen/bancran-glebe/

Cahore townland runs south from Draperstown so not far away from where Edward was born-
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/loughinsholin/ballynascreen/cahore/

[aghadowey]

Edward, Susan & son Joseph in Cahore in 1901-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Draperstown/Cahorl/1543814

Lots more children in 1911 with her sister Rose-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Draperstown/Cahore/609996

Sadly, Edward died 1914-
Bradley Edward of Cahore Draperstown county Londonderry farmer died 10 July 1914 Administration Londonderry 26 May to Susan Bradley widow. Effects £63.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1914/05298/4473261.pdf

Death Laurence Bradley 1905 shows widow Ann- possibly Edward's parents-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1905/05589/4570574.pdf
Administration (with the Will) of the estate of Lawrence Bradley late of Moyard Draperstown County Londonderry Farmer who died 27 August 1905 granted at Londonderry to Hugh Bradley Farmer.
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Sixtowns/Moyard/1544562
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/The_Six_Towns/Moyard/610696

[Lori Bradley Coleman]

it would be Lawrence and Ann Quigley Bradley because my grandfather's middle name was Quigley. you are an absolute blessing to assist me with this information...each link to a record I open is like a present...Thank you SO much!

[Lori Bradley Coleman]

Even more sad, and a bit eerie...Edward's son, Daniel..who was 3 when Edward unexpectedly passed away....died of a PE (pulmonary Embolism) in 1950, here in the states in Beacon, NY at the age of 38...leaving my father who was only 8 and his brother 7 and my grandmother Mary Morse Bradley, entirely too early....

[Lori Bradley Coleman]

Do you know why there is a gap in the census from 1851 to 1901?
I am looking for the 1891...

[aghadowey]

The first complete census for Ireland is 1901- only small fragments of earlier ones for a few areas survive. For County Derry there is the 1831 but only head of household listed by name.

Back to hospital for evening visiting but will try to post more later if I get a chance.

[J R Bradley]

 
Hello Lori!!!  My name is Jared and I have been digging into my families past.  It appears that our families are connected.  My Grandfather, Edward Lawernce, born 1902 in Belfast, was cousins to your grandfather, Daniel Quigley Bradley. 

I can fill you in on the details if you'd like, or send you a link to what I have found on Ancestry.com. 

You're the first living relative we've found on my Grandfathers side!  We've been looking for around twenty years.