William Bradford and Alicia Rogers

Generation#1

William Bradford ( born in Ireland or England c. 1787) and his wife Alicia Rogers (born England c. 1798) emigrated from Ireland  to Quebec sometime before May 1820.  ( First  record found of the family in Quebec  was the burial of  their daughter, Alitia Prudence recorded at the Anglican Cathedral, Quebec City, at that time).   Records suggest that William ( Painter/Glazier) and Alicia had a family of at least 12 children though several died in infancy.

William Bradford died in 1840, aged 53 years - his burial recorded at the Metropolitan Church, Quebec.  Alicia, his wife, was aged 50 years and living at Roxbury, Boston, USA with married daughter, Henrietta, at 1850 census.  Alicia Bradford, widow, born England, aged 61 years died at Roxbury on 21 November, 1859 of lung fever.  Parents unknown was recorded at death.

The family of William and Alicia:

2:1 Andrew Bradford, c. 1818, Ireland  (My gtX3 grandfather)
2:2 Alitia Prudence Bradford, c. July 1818, ? Ireland; d. 3 May 1820, Quebec City
2:3 Henrietta Frances Bradford, c. 1819, Quebec City
2:4 George Pakenham Bradford, 21 Jan 1821, Quebec City
2:5 Alicia Maria Bradford, 1823, Quebec City
2:6 John Falloon Bradford, 3 Dec 1825, Quebec City
2:7 James Alexander Sussex Bradford, 22 Jan 1828, Quebec City
2:8 Nancy Bradford, 5 Feb 1830, Quebec City; d. 24 Aug 1830, Quebec City
2:9 Sarah Elizabeth Bradford, 3 June 1831, Quebec City; d. 6 March 1833, Quebec City
2:10 Elizabeth Mary Bradford, 23 April 1833, Quebec City
2:11 Margaret Delia Bradford, 4 Jan 1835, Quebec City
2:12 Catherine Amelia Bradford, 1 Jan 1838, Quebec city; d. 6 Jan 1839, Quebec City

Generation#2:1

Andrew Bradford was probably born in Ireland - as recorded in 1842 census of Quebec City.  Most records document him as a Painter/Glazier (as was his father, William), however, the
burial records for his first son named William on 7 January 1839 at Quebec Garrison list Andrew as a Gunner in the Queen’s Volunteer Artillery.  (The former occupation ties in with family stories of an ancestor working on Cathedral windows in Quebec.)

He married Ann Rice, also Irish born, at St Paul's Anglican Church, Quebec City as recorded:

Bradford Married to Rice

Andrew Bradford of the City of Quebec, painter, bachelor was Married (by Banns) to Ann Rice of the same City, Spinster this twenty first day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.

By me, I. Brown, Evening lecturer at the Cathedral and Minister of St Paul’s Chapel..

Contracting Parties (signed):
Andrew Bradford
Ann Rice

Present (signed):
Tho^s. Little
Laetitia Spotswood.

Andrew was probably in his early thirties at his death and left his widow with 4 young children: Elizabeth (13),William Henry (10), Robert (8) and youngest Henrietta just 2 years old.  His burial was  recorded at the Metropolitan Church Quebec City:

 Andrew Bradford, painter, aged ____yrs died on the twenty ninth and was buried on the thirtieth day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

By me A….d Mountain M.D. Curate.
 

Ann Rice was born in County Monaghan, Ireland about 1814 and probably emigated to Quebec with her family about 1830.  After Andrew’s death she married again - to George Trussell on 10 August 1854 at Trinity Anglican Cathedral.  They had one child Joseph Trussell born 26 May 1857. 

Ann Trussell (Rice) died 17 April 1888 and was buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal. 

Quebec records for family of Andrew and Ann show 7 children - 3 died in infancy.

2:1:1 Alicia Bradford, b. c. 1834, Quebec City; d. Jan 1836, Quebec City
2:1:2 Elizabeth Bradford, b. 17 June 1836, Quebec City  (my gtX2 grandmother)
2:1:3 William Bradford, b. c. 1838, Quebec City; d. Jan 1839, Quebec City
2:1:4 William Henry Bradford, b. 10 Feb 1840, Quebec City
2:1:5 Robert Bradford, b. c. 1842, Quebec City
2:1:6 Susan Bradford, b. c. 1845, Quebec City; d. 15 April 1847, Quebec City
2:1:7 Henrietta Bradford, b. 5 June 1847, Quebec City


2:1:2 Elizabeth Bradford, at about aged 16 years, married Walter Bidgood, Gunner and Driver serving with the English Royal Artillery, at the Garrison Church, Quebec, on 25 April 1853.  
 
Their first 2 daughters were born in Quebec but by 1861 Walter and family were in Kent, England at Bluetown Garrison, Sheerness.  At 1871 census, following his discharge from the army, Walter was Innkeeper at the Horse and Groom Inn at Kent Street.  In 1881, 1891 censuses the family was running a greengrocer/fruiterer shop in High Street, Bluetown.

Elizabeth Bidgood  died 3 Nov 1889 at 68 High Street, Bluetown, Sheerness of Cardiac Disease, Dropsy.   She died  Intestate and Letters of Administration of her Personal Estate gave a gross value of  £145 13s.

Walter Bidgood died 5 October 1891 at 68 High Street, Bluetown, Sheerness, aged 64years.

The family of Walter and Elizabeth Bidgood:

        2:1:2:1Susanna Bidgood, 21 March 1854, Quebec City  (my great grandmother)
        2:1:2:2 Matilda Bidgood, 21 Jan 1856, Quebec City; d. 1857, Greenwich, London
        2:1:2:3 Matilda Elizabeth Bidgood, b. 1858, Greenwich; d. 1859, Greenwich
        2:1:2:4 Frederick Andrew Bidgood, b.c.1860, Greenwich
        2:1:2:5 Albert Augustus Fitzroy S. Bidgood, b. 1862, Sheerness
        2:1:2:6 William Henry Bidgood, b. 29 Dec 1864, Sheerness
        2:1:2:7 Walter Robert Bidgood, b. April 1867, Sheerness; d. 1868, Sheerness
        2:1:2:8 Walter Thomas Bidgood, b. 1870, Sheerness

2:1:2:1 At 1871 census Susanna Bidgood was unmarried, 17 years, and living with her family at the "Horse and Groom" at Bluetown, Sheerness where her father Walter was Innkeeper..

Family stories tell of Susanna running away and joining the circus but this is unsubstantiated.  However it is interesting that at Susanna’s marriage to William Henry McDowell in 1875 she living was at Gillingham rather than her home town of Sheerness.   They married at the Parish Church, Gillingham on 19 August 1875, were both of 'full age' and unmarried.  William's occupation was Dealer; his father Samuel McDowell, a Sawyer and Susanna's father, Walter Bidgood, a Licensed Victualler.  The witnesses: Edward and Emma Bernthal and the vicar: Fred Fitzgerald. 

By 1881 William (Marine Store Dealer) and Susanna were living at 23/25 Charles Street, Bluetown, Sheerness with their 2 baby daughters Florence Mary (1) and Henrietta (5 months).  Susanna's parents were living at 68/69 High Street, Bluetown.

William McDowell died in 1895 only 16 days after their only son had died of  Scarlet Fever aged 3 years. He was aged 49 years and the cause of death was Erysipilas.

 At 1901 census Susanna, a widow now for six years, was listed as General dealer.  Daughters Henrietta (20), Alice (18) and Hilda (12) were still at home.  It seems Susanna ran a small delicatessen/sweet shop at Bluetown to support her family.  Susanna died at her daughter Florence's home, Ashford, Kent  in 1937 aged 83 years.

The family of  William and Susanna McDowell :  (see McDowell Family: #2:2:8:1-#2:2:8:9 for details)


            2:1:2:1:1 Annie Elizabeth Bidgood McDowell, 1878, Sheppey; d. 1878, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:2 Florence Mary McDowell, 1879, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:3 Henrietta McDowell, 1880, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:4 Elizabeth Susanna McDowell, 1881, Sheppey; d. 1882, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:5 Alice Maud McDowell, 1883, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:6 Emily Kate McDowell, 1884, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:7 Beatrice Jane McDowell, 1886, Sheppey  (My grandmother)
            2:1:2:1:8 Hilda Elizabeth McDowell, 1888, Sheppey
            2:1:2:1:9 Walter Albert William Bidgood McDowell, 1892 Sheppey; d. 1895 Sheppey

2:1:2:4 Frederick Andrew Bidgood appears in 1881 census as a Stoker on the Royal Naval vessel CONTEST.  It is believed that he drowned in 1893.  His niece Fredda May Bidgood who was born that year was named in his memory.

2:1:2:5 Albert A. F. S. Bidgood, Naval Contractor, 27, married Lizzie Kennett, 24, of Lyminge, Folkestone on 17 October 1892.  By 1894, and the birth of his son, Albert was a Licensed Victualler at 27 High Street, Bluetown.  In 1901 Albert, still a Licensed Victualler, and family were at Dover.

2:1:2:6 William Henry Bidgood was 16 years and a Cowman at census in 1881. He married Sarah Heigho of Sheerness in 1890. At 1891 census William and Sarah and their baby daughter Elizabeth were living with William’s widowed father, Walter Bidgood.  Walter at this time was a greengrocer and William his assistant.  By 1901 William was a Burner Coalman and had 4 children.  William and Sarah produced 13 children, although 3 died in childhood.

William Henry Bidgood (20 Charles Street) died 17 February 1914 aged 52.  There was an inquest into his death.  It appears that he had eaten pickled onions during the day following the extraction of some teeth. He died during the night - "Syncopal attack following overloading stomach with unmasticated pickled onions" was the cause of death.  William was buried at Halfway Cemetery, 24 February 1917.

First son of William Bidgood, Walter Frederick William Bidgood was killed in the explosion of HMS Princess Irene on 27 May 1915 at Sheerness.

HMS Princess Irene a mine layer had 225 officers and men plus 80 petty officers from Chatham and 76 dockyard workers on board when the catastrophic internal explosion occurred.  There was only one survivor and remains were scattered for miles.  This disaster occurred only 6 months after a similar catastrophe at Sheerness when HMS Bulwark exploded with 700 people on board on 26 November 1914.

2:1:2:8 Walter Thomas Bidgood  was a greengrocer assistant with his father in 1891 and was listed in 1901 as licensed victualler, not married, living at 5 Sheppey Street, Sheerness.  He married Rosa Annie Spain at Gravesend in 1910.           

2:1:4 William Bradford married Mary Cullen on 5 August 1862 at St Peter's Anglican, Quebec City.  The couple had one daughter:

        2:1:4:1 Eliza Ann Bradford, b. 18 June 1864.

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2:1:5 Robert Bradford, labourer, married Norah McKenna at St Andrew’s Presbyterian, Quebec on 5 April 1864.   Robert died on 6 March 1867 a few months before the birth of his third son – he was 22 years old.

On 22 April 1873 Honora McKenna married Charles Blaxall (Blaxill), Bar-tender, in Boston, Massachusetts.  The couple returned to Quebec and had 2 children.

Sons of Robert Bradford and Norah:

        2:1:5:1 Andrew Bradford,b. 1 Aug 1864, Quebec City
        2:1:5:2 Thomas Bradford, b. 26 Jan 1866, Quebec City
        2:1:5:3 Robert George Bradford,b. 9 Sept 1867, Quebec City

Children of Charles Blaxill and Norah:

        2:1:5:4 William Charles Blaxill, b. 21 Sept 1874, Quebec City
        2:1:5:5 Annie Blaxill, b. 3 March 1876, Quebec City

2:1:5:1 Andrew Bradford  became a harbour pilot in San Diego, CA.  No further records available.

2:1:5:2 Thomas Bradford was employed by the Ontario & Richleau Steamship Line (later Canadian Steamship Line).  He married Mary Ann (Mamie) Donheiser and their daughter Frances Nora Bradford was born in 1907.  The family lived in Buffalo, NY and Thomas was involved in City mission work around the Great Lakes.  Around 1907 they moved to Niagara Falls where Thomas opened a sewing machine agency and later a real estate firm, Reese and Bradford Realty Co.  He died at his home 1119 Roselle Avenue, Niagara Falls in 1933 aged 66 years.

2:1:5:3 Robert G. Bradford married Laura Bell.  He died at Niagara Falls in 1922.

2:1:5:4 William Charles Blaxill enlisted with the US army at Indiana but no further records have been found.

2:1:5:5 Annie Blaxill attended the Notre Dame Cathedral School in Montreal where she died, probably in her early teens.

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2:1:7 Henrietta Bradford married Scotsman John Miller, a moulder, on 13 October 1868 at Quebec City.  They do not appear to have had any family and Henrietta died in Montreal on 4 August 1880, aged 35 years.

 

Generation#2:3

Henrietta Frances Bradford married Scottish born James W Cathcart, Grocer, at St Andrew's, Quebec City in 1835.  At census in August 1850 they were at Roxbury, Massachusetts and living with them were Henrietta's widowed mother, Alicia, aged 50 years and Henrietta's two teenaged sisters, Elizabeth and Delia and an Irish servant, Mary Dillan.  There appear to be no children of Henrietta and James.  In 1860 Henrietta and husband James, a hardware merchant, were still at Roxbury, Boston; Elizabeth and Delia were also with them and Irish domestic, Frances O'Brien.

Henrietta F. Cathcart died at Roxbury on 23 Jan 1865, aged 46 years, of Erysipilas.  James remained at 10 Montrose Avenue, Roxbury, Boston and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Bradford kept house for him.  He died on 17 Nov 1883, aged 83 years of Typhoid Pneumonia.

Generation#2:4

George Pakenham Bradford enlisted with the US Army on 31 October 1841 and was discharged 3 Sept 1886 (per his widow's pension application in 1890).  He married Mary E. Martin of New Castle, New Hampshire and they were found  in census of 1860 at Fort Brown Garrison Brownsville, Cameron, Texas.  At census of 1870 they were listed at  Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts: George S. P. Bradford, soldier, 49, born in Canada, and wife Mary, 37, born in New Hampshire.  Their children included:

        2:4:1 Charles E. Bradford; b. c. 1854, South Carolina
        2:4:2 James Byron Bradford; b. c. 1856, New York (? Michigan)
        2:4:3 Henrietta F. Bradford; b. c. 1865, Massachusetts
        2:4:4 Mary Alice bradford; b. c. 1867, Massachusetts
        2:4:5 Bessie O. Bradford: b.c. 1869, Massachusetts.

In 1880, the family were living in New Bedford, Bristol County, MA.  George S.P. Bradford died 30 September 1886 in New Bedford, MA, son of William & Alice (both born England).  His 

Generation#2:10

 Elizabeth M. Bradford never married but kept house for her widowed brother-in-law, James Cathcart and after his death in 1883, she remained at Roxbury.  She died at Framingham, Massachusetts on 4 Jan 1896, aged 60 years of an Intestinal Obstruction and was buried at Roxbury.

Generation#2:11                                              

Delia M. Bradford married Francis T. Morton, Lawyer, of Plymouth, Massachusetts on 16 Nov 1871.  Both were reportedly aged 31 years.  Francis was son of Edwin Morton and his wife Betsey Torrey Harlow.  Delia died a few months later, 26 Feb 1872, at 157 West Canton Street of Pneumonia.  Francis Torrey Morton died in 1920 and was buried at Plymouth.

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