Martin Bradley

Brief Life History of Martin

When Martin Bradley was born on 6 February 1810, in Staple, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nathaniel Bradley, was 32 and his mother, Mary Harvey, was 28. He married Frances Belsey on 20 September 1836, in St Laurence in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 2 June 1839, in St Laurence in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 29.

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Family Time Line

Martin Bradley
1810–1839
Frances Belsey
1815–1840
Marriage: 20 September 1836
Martin Bradley
1837–1915
William Tenney Bradley
1839–1877

Sources (9)

  • Martin Bradley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Martin Bradley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Martin Bradley, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"

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World Events (4)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley, from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire.

Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’, a diminutive of the personal name Brólach, compare Brawley . This was a learned family.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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