Francis Michael Bradley

Brief Life History of Francis Michael

When Francis Michael Bradley was born in August 1861, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Bradley, was 54 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Rugh, was 39. He married Elizabeth Margaret Schneider on 1 September 1886, in Fillmore, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fairmont Township, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years. He died on 21 January 1952, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States.

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Francis Michael Bradley
1861–1952
Elizabeth Margaret Schneider
1868–1952
Marriage: 1 September 1886
Arthur Francis Bradley
1887–1973
Mabelle E. Bradley
1891–1970
Elmer Leo Bradley
1897–1977

Sources (20)

  • Francis Bradley in household of Elizabeth Bradley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Francis Michael Bradley - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Francis Michael Bradley
  • Frank M. Bradley, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1864

Earliest headstone death date 1864

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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