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Subject: BRADFORD'S In Illinois
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:42:14 -0400 (EDT)


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following, please let me know.

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Descendants of William T. Bradford

Generation No. 1

1. William T. Bradford, born: June 1839, in Illinois. Wife: Grizella A.
Parkinson, married: Oct 1, 1861, in Sangamon County, Illinois3.

Children of William Bradford and Grizella are
i.Thomas P. Bradford, born: March 1867, in Illinois or Missouri1; married
Rosina Wheeler March 30, 1896 in Sangamon County, Illinois2.
.................one child: Isabelle Bradford b: December 25, 1898, probably
in Springfield, Illinois, and died: November 1976, Springfield, Illinois
(according to SSDI)
ii. William A. Bradford, born: August 1875, in Illinois;
(unknown at this time if married)
iii. Martha L. Bradford, born: Feb. 1878, in England,
married: Laurence
(NOTE: 1900 SOUNDEX LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A "D" FOR DAUGHTER NEXT TO
MARTHA....HOWEVER, WHY WAS SHE BORN IN ENGLAND, AND NOT ILLINOIS?)

More About Thomas P. Bradford:
Fact 1: 1910, soundex reads born Illinois
Fact 2: 1920, soundex reads born Missouri

Endnotes

1. 1920 Illinois census soundex, M-1559, #51, B-631, states Thomas is 52
years old.
2. micro fiche #061on Illinois marriages at Clayton Gen. Lib. Houston, Tx.,
9-4-1997, states Thomas P. Bradford and Rosina Wheeler married in Sangamon
County, Illinois, 3-30-1896, vol 7, pg 88.
3. same micro fiche #061 states William T. Bradford and Grissela A.
Parkinson married in Sangamon County, Illinois, Oct 1, 1861, License #1377

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