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BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« on: Tuesday 22 February 11 12:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi
I have been chasing William BRADLEY born in Hereford/shire for several years now. There are 3 Wm Bradleys on the IGI (Aymestry, Little Birch & Lingen)-at the right time,1825,  but how do I know which is mine?
1901 census-born in Thorne? Haftonbury Hill? - a tin worker
1891 born Hereford Town - a pedlar
1881 born Hereford - a pedlar
I cannot find him before this, even though he and his wife JANE had several children including my G grandmother ROSANNAH b 1863. I cannot find ROSANNAH born in All Stretton, Salop in 1871 census.
I now think he was a gypsey or traveller of some kind. JANE was from Sedgley in Staffordshire-presumable he was there buying nails for his work. Help! Avril

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Re: BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 13:04 GMT (UK) »
If possible, you need to find his marriage cert - that will give his father's name.  (if you don't know Jane's maiden name, you might need to get a birth cert of one of their children to get her maiden name).

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Re: BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 13:08 GMT (UK) »
I know her maiden nme was Davies.
Can't find the marriage- but there was a marriage between William Bradley and jane Davies in Aberystwyth around 1868. Why go all the way to Aberystwyth and wait until after all the children had been born? A long way for a day out?

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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 13:15 GMT (UK) »
It does seem like a long trek - but hey, maybe they went to the seaside and got caught up in the moment  ;)

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Re: BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 13:22 GMT (UK) »
Have been looking for Rosehannah (and variant spellings) in 1871 - no luck.

But, I also cannot find a birth registration for her in 1863-1865?

Are you basing her age and place of birth on the 1881 census?
Or do you have other evidence of her birth?
E.G. Marriage certificate? Death certificate?
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Re: BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 13:28 GMT (UK) »
No, I definitely saw Rosanna Bradley on freebmd - perhaps June qtr Church Stretton (haven't got the page open at the moment)

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Re: BRADLEY family-possible travellers
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 22 February 11 14:02 GMT (UK) »
I have Rosannah's  birth cert- born May 1863 All Stretton, Salop. She has siblings born in Cardington, Diddlebury and a few other Shropshire parishes. If they went to the effort of having 9 children baptised, I'm surprised there was no marriage, but as William is 9 yrs older than Jane, maybe he was already married.I've heard of sailors having a girl in every port, so maybe travellers did too???????....
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