William Holland Bradley

Male30 May 1886–19 June 1971

Brief Life History of William Holland

When William Holland Bradley was born on 30 May 1886, in Swain, North Carolina, United States, his father, Andrew G Bradley, was 35 and his mother, Minerva J. Conner, was 27. He had at least 7 sons and 5 daughters with Agnes Martin. He lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1930 and Civil District 3, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 19 June 1971, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Dean Cemetery, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Holland Bradley
1886–1971
Agnes Martin
1891–1974
Hobart Andrew Bradley
1912–
Austin Arie Bradley
1914–1991
John Lee Bradley Sr.
1916–2008
Marie Georgia Bradley
1918–1994
Willa Lee Bradley
1920–2004
Magnolia Bradley
1922–1996
Namon Harley Bradley
1925–2002
Paul William Bradley
1928–2008
Joseph Eugene Bradley
1932–1932
Maxie Ellen Bradley
1934–2017
Ruth Nadine Bradley
1936–1936
George Wayde Bradley
1938–2017

Sources (18)

  • Holland Bradley in entry for John Bradley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Holland Bradley, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Holland Bradley in entry for Paul Bradley and Mildred Bailey, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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Children (12)

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 4

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

Age 11

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 23

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

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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