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The BRADLEY Biography

The BRADLEY Family owned several coal mines in Staffordshire and Worcestershire, England around the 1870's and 1880's. Tividale Hall at Tipton, Bradley Hall at Oldbury, Shut End at Dudley are a few mines believed to have been owned by my BRADLEY's.
All my BRADLEY's came from around Dudley, Worcester, England. My line starts with one couple, John and Mary, and finishes (in England) with one couple, Charles and Phoebe. Sounds confusing ? They were related, I'll explain.

The oldest BRADLEY parents I have (so far) are John BRADLEY and Mary (unknown).

John was born about 1770 in Worcester, England. I actually have 3 possible births for John. 1768, 1769 & 1775. (although the last is less likely). John and Mary had nine (9) children, and all were born in Saint Thomas, Dudley, Worcester, England between 1794 and 1811.

John and Mary's 4th child, Edward (born 1800), married Phoebe JUKES 23 Sep 1821 at Saint Peter Or Collegiate, Wolverhampton, Stafford, England. (Phoebe was born 1800 Sedgley, Stafford).
Edward and Phoebe's son John was born March 1822 in Dudley, Worcester. John married Ruth (unknown) about 1842. (Ruth was born about 1820 in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England.)
John and Ruth's daughter Phoebe Ann, born about Jul-Sep 1846, married her 2nd cousin, Charles Edwin BRADLEY Jul-Sep 1870 in Staffordshire. (or is that 1st cousins 1 time removed ?)

John and Mary's 9th (and last) child, Simeon married Mary MOUNTFORD 28 Feb 1837 at Edgbaston, Warwick, England. (Mary was born in Worcester about 1812-1815.)
Simeon and Mary had 10 children between 1837 and 1852, they also were all born in Saint Thomas, Dudley, Worcester, England.
Simeon and Mary's 7th child, Charles Edwin was born in July 1846. He married Phoebe Ann BRADLEY.

Charles Edwin BRADLEY and Phoebe Ann BRADLEY had seven (7) children between 1871 and 1880.
The 1881 Census shows:

Dwelling: Tividale Hall  Census Place: Rowley Regis, Stafford, England
Source: FHL Film 1341685     PRO Ref RG11    Piece 2858    Folio 62    Page 35
                Marr Age Sex Birthplace
BRADLEY Charles E. M 34  M  Tipton, Stafford, England   Rel: Head    Occ: Coal Master
BRADLEY Phoebe A.  M 34  F  Dudley, Worcester, England  Rel: Wife
BRADLEY Annie M.      9  F  Dudley, Worcester, England  Rel: Daur    Occ: Scholar
BRADLEY Charles E.    8  M  Dudley, Worcester, England  Rel: Son     Occ: Scholar
BRADLEY Herbert S.    7  M  Tipton, Stafford, England   Rel: Son     Occ: Scholar
BRADLEY John A.       6  M  Tipton, Stafford, England   Rel: Son     Occ: Scholar
BRADLEY George W.     4  M  Tipton, Stafford, England   Rel: Son     Occ: Scholar
BRADLEY Mary M.       2  F  Tividale, Stafford, England Rel: Daur
BRADLEY William A.    7m M  Tividale, Stafford, England Rel: Son

PARSONS Sarah A.   U 30  F  Bordsley, Stafford, England Rel: Servant Occ: Cook Dom
WALTERS Emily      U 20  F  Cambridge, England          Rel: Servant Occ: Nurse Dom
ANSLOW Martha      U 16  F  Tipton, Stafford, England   Rel: Servant Occ: General Servant

Charles Edwin BRADLEY and Phoebe Ann BRADLEY - my great great grandparents - left England about 1888, as there had apparently been a fire in the mines, and whether they had lost everything and it wasn't worth starting again, they came out to Australia to make a fresh start.

Charles and Phoebe's youngest child, William Albert (Bert) was my great grandfather. Bert married Rosie Hilda KETLEY in 1905. Bert worked for Dunlop-Perdriau's from 1893 until his retirement in August 1945. (See his VALE). During that time, he helped develope many rubber products including a portable rubber bath that was used during the war to treat soldiers suffering from such things as phosperous burns.
Bert and Rosie had four (4) children between 1906 and 1922. He was a keen sportsman and angler. He died the 9 January 1957 at Five Dock, NSW.

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