When Mathew Bradbury was christened on 23 July 1775, in Rainow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Bradbury, was 42 and his mother, Mary Arnold, was 37. He married Mary Whitelegg on 12 July 1802, in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1811 and England, United Kingdom in 1816. He died on 31 December 1815, at the age of 40, and was buried in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: habitational name, usually from Bredbury (Cheshire), occasionally perhaps from Bradbury (Durham), although evidence for the latter origin is yet to be found. Both placenames meant ‘stronghold or manor house built with planks’, from Old English bred ‘board’ + burg in the dative case form byrig.
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