Mary Frances Toney

Female1835–6 April 1930

Brief Life History of Mary Frances

When Mary Frances Toney was born in 1835, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, her father, Carey Toney, was 30 and her mother, Talitha Bailey, was 27. She married George Wesley Bradshaw on 12 September 1853, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Potomac District, King George, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Washington District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 6 April 1930, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

George Wesley Bradshaw
1829–
Mary Frances Toney
1835–1930
Marriage: 12 September 1853
Armilda Bradshaw
1854–1928
Timanda Bradshaw
1857–
Emmazetta Bradshaw
1859–
William Henry Bradshaw Sr.
1861–1942
George Washington Bradshaw Sr
1864–1948
Martha Alice Bradshaw
1866–1949
Boy Bradshaw
1868–1868
John Wesley Bradshaw
1876–1936
Girl Bradshaw
1876–1876

Sources (17)

  • Mary F Bradshaw in household of George W Bradshaw, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Frances Toney, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Mary J Bradshaw in entry for Wm H Bradshaw, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 September 1853Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
  • Children (9)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 1

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

    Age 9

    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    1863

    Age 28

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Warwickshire; of Norman origin): habitational name from Tosny (Eure, France).

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

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