William Marsh Bradbury, 19041975 (aged 71 years)

Name
William Marsh /Bradbury/
Given names
William Marsh
Surname
Bradbury
Birth
January 25, 1904 26 24
24 Grosvenor Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Latitude: 53.025933 Longitude: -2.183493
Citation details: birth certificate (copy for Factory and Workshop Act 1901) and personal knowledge ofWilliam
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Q1 1904 Stoke 6b 216
Occupation
Coal miner
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Arthur Balfour
from July 12, 1902 to December 5, 1905
Birth of a brother
Source: Census
Citation details: 1911 on-line look up
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Wolstanton 1906 Q2 6b 122
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
from December 5, 1905 to April 5, 1908
Birth of a sister
Source: Census
Citation details: 1911 on-line lookup
Birth of a sister
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Wolstanton 1913 Q1 6b 218
Birth of a brother
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Wolstanton 1914 Q3 6b 243 Mother maiden name Lemmings
Birth of a sister
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Wolstanton 1916 Q3 6b 192
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Herbert Henry Asquith
from April 5, 1908 to December 6, 1916
Olympic Games
Games of the IV Olympiad
from April 27, 1908 to October 31, 1908
London, England
Birth of a sister
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: Stafford 30 1271 aged 67 dob 26 Oct 1918 death registered May 1986
The Great War
Death of a sister
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: Wolstanton 1921 Q3 6b 95
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
David Lloyd George
from December 6, 1916 to October 23, 1922
Death of a sister
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: 1923 Q1 6b 107 Stoke on Trent and Wolstanton
Shared note: Age 22
Death of a sister
Death of a sister
Death of a maternal grandmother
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Bonar Law
from October 23, 1922 to May 22, 1923
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Stanley Baldwin
from May 22, 1923 to January 22, 1924
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Ramsey MacDonald
from January 22, 1924 to June 7, 1935
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Stanley Baldwin
from June 7, 1935 to May 28, 1937
Death of a brother
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Neville Chamberlain
from May 28, 1937 to May 10, 1940
Death of a father
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: Q1 1942 6b 244 Stoke Aged 64
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
from May 10, 1940 to July 26, 1945
World War 2
Death of a mother
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: Stoke Q1 1946 6b 261 Aged 67
British King
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Clement Atlee
from July 26, 1945 to October 26, 1951
National Health Service
Free healthcare for all
from July 5, 1948
Olympic Games
Games of the XIV Olympiad
from July 29, 1948 to August 14, 1948
London, England
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
from October 26, 1951 to April 6, 1955
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Anthony Eden
from April 6, 1955 to January 10, 1957
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Harold Macmillan
from January 10, 1957 to October 19, 1963
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Alex Douglas-Home
from October 19, 1963 to October 16, 1964
Death of a brother
Source: BMD Death Index
Citation details: Stoke on Trent 1969 Q4 9b 1510
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Harold Wilson
from October 16, 1964 to June 19, 1970
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Edward Heath
from June 19, 1970 to March 4, 1974
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Harold Wilson
from March 4, 1974 to April 5, 1976
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Medical
Type: Suffered typical miner's diseases complicated by smoking which he gave up later in life
Death
Family with parents
father
18771942
Birth: July 3, 1877 22 21 9 Remer Street, Cobridge, Staffordshire
Death: about February 1942Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
mother
Alice Bradbury (nee Lemmings) and daughters Ivy and Nelly
18791946
Birth: June 5, 1879 26 17 Beswick Street, Tunstall, Staffordshire
Death: about February 1946Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
Marriage MarriageMay 7, 1899Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
3 months
elder brother
18991969
Birth: August 12, 1899 22 20 Tunstall, Staffordshire
Death: about November 1969Stoke on Trent
14 months
elder sister
19001923
Birth: October 1, 1900 23 21 Tunstall, Staffordshire
Death: February 20, 1923Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
21 months
elder sister
19021921
Birth: about June 1902 24 22 Tunstall, Staffordshire
Death: September 9, 1921Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
20 months
himself
Williams Deakin and Bradbury
19041975
Birth: January 25, 1904 26 24 24 Grosvenor Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Death: December 25, 1975NSRI Hartshill, Stoke on Trent
2 years
younger brother
19061940
Birth: about May 1906 28 26 Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
Death: before 1940
5 years
younger sister
The younger Bradbury children c1926
19111929
Birth: January 31, 1911 33 31 Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
Death: about September 1929Stoke on Trent
2 years
younger sister
The younger Bradbury children c1926
19131998
Birth: January 13, 1913 35 33 Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
Death: February 7, 1998
19 months
younger brother
The younger Bradbury children c1926
19141993
Birth: August 5, 1914 37 35 Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
Death: June 1993Chester
2 years
younger sister
Alice Bradbury (nee Lemmings) and daughters Ivy and Nelly
19161931
Birth: about July 1916 38 37 Turnhurst Cottages, Packmoor, Staffordshire
Death: about 1931
2 years
younger sister
Alice Bradbury (nee Lemmings) and daughters Ivy and Nelly
19181986
Birth: October 26, 1918 41 39
Death: May 1986Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Trentham, Stoke on Trent
Family with Millie Hughes
himself
Williams Deakin and Bradbury
19041975
Birth: January 25, 1904 26 24 24 Grosvenor Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Death: December 25, 1975NSRI Hartshill, Stoke on Trent
wife
Millie Hughes
19081998
Birth: May 17, 1908 23 26 William Terrace, Fegg Hayes, Staffordshire
Death: February 6, 1998Park Lane Nursing Home, Knypersly, Stoke on Trent
son
Private
Birth
Citation details: birth certificate (copy for Factory and Workshop Act 1901) and personal knowledge ofWilliam
Source: BDM Birth Index
Citation details: Q1 1904 Stoke 6b 216
Death
Shared note

Lung disease caused heart failure

Shared note

Went to work on a farm when he left school in 1913 aged 11 but later went to work in the mines. He remained a coal miner until he retired in about 1968. The mines paid better than farm work and his family needed him to contribute to their upkeep.

1939 William, lived at 19 Moorland View, Fegg Hayes (later renamed Oxford Road). He was describes as coal hewer (below) heavy worker, with Millie described as a market stall assistant. 1939 entry doesn’t show living people.

William died on Christmas Day 1975 after a short illnes. He was cremated at Carmount side in January 1976.

Grandfather James Davis Bradbury d 1878 was son of James Davis (see marriage certificate). Evidence indicates Elizabeth (nee Bradbury) was his wife. The ages, occupations and birth places on the followng census entry match them. From his birth certificate, William was born at 24 Grovesnor Street, Hanley in 1904.
1881 census
Dwelling:24 Grosvenor Street
Census Place:Stoke Upon Trent, Stafford, England
Source:FHL Film 1341651 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2718 Folio 69 Page 8
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
James DAVIESM47 MHanley, Stafford, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Potters Crate Maker Employing 4 Men
Elizabeth DAVIESM45 FColridge, Stafford, England
Rel:Wife

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Williams Deakin and Bradbury
Williams Deakin and Bradbury
Note: 1955 at wedding of William Deakin's granddaughter and William Bradbury's son
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William and Millie Bradbury
William and Millie Bradbury