Homer Walker Bradney

Brief Life History of Homer Walker

When Homer Walker Bradney was born on 1 October 1891, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States, his father, Walker Pulliam Bradney, was 33 and his mother, Julia Jeanette Wells, was 30. He married Minnie A Harrison in 1911, in Alexander, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Atlas, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Fall Creek, Adams, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 June 1963, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer Walker Bradney
1891–1963
Minnie A Harrison
1887–
Marriage: 1911
Walter E Bradney
1911–1983
Mary K Bradney
1913–2011
Alice Jeanette Bradney
1916–1933
Calvin Harvey Bradney Sr
1919–1971

Sources (12)

  • Homer W Bradney in household of Walker P Bradney, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Homer W. Bradney, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • Homer W Bradney, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Somerset named Bradney, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (dative -an) + ēg ‘island’.

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

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