Joan Bradbury

Female5 November 1920–November 1997

Brief Life History of Joan

When Joan Bradbury was born on 5 November 1920, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Hubert Bradbury, was 27 and her mother, Winifred Eveline Tuke, was 24. She married William Edward Lambert in October 1939, in Hyde, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. She died in November 1997, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Lambert
1919–1982
Joan Bradbury
1920–1997
Marriage: October 1939

Sources (2)

  • Bradbury, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • Joan Bradbury, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    October 1939Hyde, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1924

    Age 4

    First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

    1924 · Terry's Open the Chocolate Works

    Age 4

    Terry’s in York, England was a confectionery factory, later named the Chocolate Works. It opened in 1926 and closed in 2005 causing around 300 people to lose their jobs. Some of the treats that were made there consisted of Chocolate Apples and Chocolate Oranges.

    1942 · Baedeker Blitz

    Age 22

    The Baedeker Blitz took place from April 1942- May 1942. The attack on York took place on April 28-29, it caused minimal damage but 79 people were killed.

    Name Meaning

    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.

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

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