Ann Eliza Bradford

Female26 May 1840–5 April 1914

Brief Life History of Ann Eliza

When Ann Eliza Bradford was born on 26 May 1840, in Allegany, New York, United States, her father, Shiply M Bradford, was 28 and her mother, Adaline Fowler, was 22. She had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Levi Stockwell. She lived in Birdsall, Allegany, New York, United States for about 10 years and Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 5 April 1914, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Stockwell
1832–1885
Ann Eliza Bradford
1840–1914
Addie J. Stockwell
1857–1920
Mary A. Stockwell
1863–1925
Susan B. Stockwell
1868–1937
Edward G. Stockwell
1871–1919
Levi G. Stockwell
1874–1917

Sources (12)

  • A L Bradford in household of S M Bradford, "New York State Census, 1855"
  • Ann Eliza Stockwell, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
  • Ann E. Bradford in entry for Adaline J Gintz, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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Children (5)

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 6

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad

Age 11

The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.

1860 · Perry Monument on Public Square

Age 20

The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places, large and small, called Bradford; in particular the city in Yorkshire, which originally rose to prosperity as a wool town. There are others in Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Greater Manchester, Norfolk, Somerset, Cheshire, Wiltshire and elsewhere. They are all named with Old English brād ‘broad’ + ford ‘ford’.

History: This name was brought independently to North American by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Bradford (1590–1657), born in Austerfield in South Yorkshire, England, the son of a yeoman farmer, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who emigrated to North America on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signer of the Mayflower Compact and in 1621 he was elected governor of Plymouth colony, being re-elected thirty times. Another William Bradford (1663–1752), printer, came from Barnwell, Leicestershire, England, to Philadelphia, PA, in 1685, subsequently moving to New York, where he set up a printing press and founded a paper mill. His grandson, also called William Bradford (1721–91), was known as ‘the patriot printer’, famous for his Philadelphia newspaper, which among other things denounced the Stamp Act, "which no American can mention without abhorrence".

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

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