Family Tree of Sgt. James Bradshaw of Hillsborough

Photograph by kind permission of Stuart MacKay

National Archives of Ireland - Marriage Record

James Bradshaw & Margaret Greer

 

Family of James Foster Bradshaw & Myrha Turner Lewis of Hillsborough, Co. Down
				02-Nov-08
Husband		James Foster Bradshaw	Gentleman Brewer, Banker	Reference
Born:		1808	Hillsborough, Co. Down
Baptised:		10 June 1808 (51 days old)	Hillsborough Parish Church	PRONI - mic 1/62A
Married:		1831	Diocese of Down, Connor & Dromore	PRONI - D/671/D8/8/109
Died:		1863	Quebec Canada	Family Record
Buried:
Father:		James Hill Bradshaw	Lieut in Lower Iveagh Yeomanry Infantry, Hillsborough	Belfast Linenhall Library
Mother:		Margaret Wright	Hillsborough, Co. Down
Wife		Myrha Turner Lewis
Born:		13 October 1810
Died:			Quebec, Canada
Buried:
Father:		James Lewis
Mother:
Children
	Name	Myrha Harriet Bradshaw
	Born:		Hillsborough, Co. Down
	Baptised:	07 July 1833	Hillsborough Parish Church	PRONI - mic 1/63/v7
1	Married:
	Died:
	Buried:
	Spouse:	Francis William Gowen Austin
	Name	James Hill Bradshaw	Lieut in 52nd Light Infantry
	Born:	21 August 1834	Hillsborough, Co. Down
	Baptised:	16 September 1834	Hillsborough Parish Church	PRONI - mic 1/63/v7
2	Married:	Bachelor
	Died:	14 September 1857	Delhi, India
	Buried:		Graveyard of the Cantonment, Delhi, India	Col. Campbell's Letter
	Spouse:	None
	Name	Elizabeth Maria Bradshaw
	Born:		Hillsborough, Co. Down
	Baptised:	18 February 1836	Hillsborough Parish Church	PRONI - mic 1/63/v7
3	Married:
	Died:
	Spouse:
	Name	James Lewis Bradshaw	Capt. 80th Foot Regiment	National Archive Kew
	Born:	19 July 1837	Hillsborough, Co. Down	National Archive Kew
	Baptised:	24 September 1837	Hillsborough Parish Church
	Address:	1857 - 1874	9th & 80th Regiment of Foot	National Archive Kew
4	Married:
	Address	1871 (33 yrs)	Hartley Witney, Farnborough, Hampshire	E & W Census
	Died:
	Spouse:	Wilhelimena Emma (24 yrs)	born, London Canada	E & W Census
	Name	Maria Sophie Bradshaw
	Born:	abt. 1840	Hillsborough, Co. Down	Marriage Record
5	Married:	26 April 1876 (36 yrs)	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Nova Scotia Records
	Died:	05 May 1912		Family Record
	Spouse:	Archdeacon James Albert Kaulbach, son of Col. Henry, Albert Kaulbach		Family Record
	Name	Julia Alice Bradshaw
	Born:		Hillsborough, Co. Down
6	Married:	09 November 1871		Family Record
	Died:	02 August 1872	Bangor, Co. Down	Family Record
	Spouse:	Rev. Alfred John Townend (1839-1911)		Family Record
	Name	Emma Katherine Bradshaw
	Born:		Hillsborough, Co. Down
7	Married:	12 December 1872		The Peerage
	Died:	23 October 1911	Southsea District, Portsmouth, England	Canadian Biography
	Spouse:	Frances Blake Crofton (1842-1911)	Son of Rev. William Crofton & Melesina Woodward	The Peerage
	Name	Florence Margaret Bradshaw	Sixth daughter	Armorial Families
	Born:	abt. 1850	Hillsborough, Co. Down
8	Married:	10 December 1877		Armorial Families
	Died:	03 April 1918 (67 yrs)	Bitterely, Shropshire, England	Church Memorial
	Spouse:	Henry Talbot Walcot	son of Cecil & Margery Kate Walcot	Armorial Families
	Name	Robert Conner Bradshaw
	Born:	abt. 1855
9	Married:
	Died:	1910
	Spouse:	Sylvia Leah Kemkes
Notes: James Foster Bradshaw   8 July 1806 at Hillsborough, James Hill Bradshaw married Margaret McPherson (Widow, ors Wright aged 38 yrs)   10 June 1808, birth of James Foster Bradshaw, son of James Hill Bradshaw & Margaret Wright   16 February 1813 Hillsborough, death record of James Hill Bradshaw, Lieutenant, Lower Inveagh Yeomanry Infantry   1820-29, Hercules Bradshaw is recorded in Royal Belfast Academic Institution, Belfast School Records as parent/guardian of James Foster Bradshaw. PRONI Reference - SCH/524/1A/1   1824, Margaret Bradshaw is recorded as a grocer with timber & iron stores in Hillsborough.   17 March 1832, Conveyance - Margaret Bradshaw to James Foster Bradshaw  .... by a certain deed of marriage settlement bearing date the  eight day of July 1806 between James Hill Bradshaw since deceased of the first part the said Margaret Bradshaw then Margaret McPherson party have to  ........... to the said Margaret Bradshaw to her son James Foster Bradshaw ...... first son of James Hill Bradshaw and Margaret Bradshaw. PRONI Ref:  D/671/D8/8/109  Margaret McPherson was a widow when she married J H Bradshaw.  Her maiden name was Margaret Wright   On his children’s baptismal records, James Foster Bradshaw’s occupation is stated as Gentleman Brewer.   1837 Hillsborough Charitable Society - “Moved by W.E. Reilly Esq. and seconded by Lieutenant Clark, that the following gentlemen be requested to act as the committee of management for the ensuing year: …….Hercules Bradshaw Esq. …….. Mr J F Bradshaw…” Book  Reference - Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Down III, 1833 - 38, Page 102 - 1837     James Foster Bradshaw immigrated to Canada, where he worked as a bank manager of Quebec Branch, Bank of Upper Canada.  Ref: Privy Council Case; The Bank of Canada Appellants; and James Lewis Bradshaw and Other Respondents (see ebooksread.com)
Niotes: James Lewis Bradshaw   National Archive Kew: James Lewis Bradshaw - Rank Ensign to Captain, 9th Foot & 80th Foot. Service 1857 to 1874
Notes: Florence Margaret Bradshaw   Henry Walcot  Walcot, Gentleman, b. Oct. 28, 1848 \m.. Dec. 10, 1877,  Florence Margaret, sixth dau. of James Foster Bradshaw of  Quebec, Canada ; and has issue, Basil Walcot, Gentleman,  and Margery Kate   Reference: Armorial-Families by Charles-Fox-Davies
Notes: Robert Conner Bradshaw & Sylvia Leah Kemkes Children; Lloyd Bradshaw Ralph Foster Bradshaw, died in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada Lenorah Bradshaw James Bradshaw, died in Canada

Canadian Marriages, 1661 - 1949

Jas. Albert Kaulback & Mary Sophie Bradshaw

Florence Margaret Bradshaw

Bitterely, Shropshire, England

Lieutenant James Hill Bradshaw, 52 Oxford & Light Infantry

 

Letter from Colonel G. Campbell, C. B., to Lieut. Bradshaw’s Father (James Foster Bradshaw of Hillsborough, Co. Down)                                                                                                                                                                   Jalandhar,                                                                                                                                                   6th February, 1858   My Dear Sir,             I had the pleasure to receive your letter regarding your son yesterday, and I am most happy to give you all the information in any power concerning his glorious though sad death, for it is indeed sad to be cut off so young.               He had behaved most gallantly, and, in taking the Bastion shortly after our entry at the Cashmere Gate, he was very conspicuous.  I directed a company to go and clear it – there was only one small entrance, sufficient to admit two men at a time.  He was with the company, and they forced their entrance in a most intrepid manner.  Your son had a personal encounter with a Sepoy inside the Bastion, and he cut off the native’s head with his sword at one blow.  The scene of your son’s death, which was instantaneous, was in a narrow street.                There was a gun placed in the centre of the street, which was about fourteen or sixteen wide, and in taking this gun he was shot dead on the spot.  I saw him immediately, and there was not a sign of life, so that he could have suffered no pain whatsoever.  I can assure you that he is much regretted by his brother officers, one and all.   I saw sufficient of his conduct on that eventful day to pronounce him to have been a fearless and intrepid officer.               We have his case, with several trinkets in it, which shall be sent to you by the first opportunity, but owing to the difficulty of obtaining carriage even for a small parcel in safety just now, there may be some delay.  I received a letter from his brother-in-law at Hong Kong about a fortnight ago, requesting that a memento might be reserved for him, and I have put aside a prayer Book and two rings, which, anticipating your approval, I will forward at the first opportunity.               An officer of the Regiment witnessed his interment in the graveyard of the Cantonment at Delhi.  Thirteen other officers were buried at the same time.  It was impossible that more officers could attend, as they were urgently required against the enemy in Delhi.  As soon as affairs are in a more settled state, a tablet will be erected to his memory by his brother officers.  At present it is impossible to get anything of the kind done.               Offering to Mrs. Bradshaw and yourself my sincere sympathy in your great loss,                                                                                       Believe me,                                                                                            My dear Sir,                                                                                                     Sincerely yours,                                                                                                             G. Campbell

Family Vault of James Bradshaw & Jane Norwood, Hillsborough Churchyard

Castro Petre Churchyard, Edenderry, Co. Offaly, Ireland

St. Mary's Church of Ireland, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF THOMAS MURRAY OF EDENDERRY WHO DIED 4 AUG 1856 AGED 84 YEARS ALSO HIS WIFE MARGARET DIED 27 MARCH 1847 AGED 59 YEARS HERE LYETH THE BODY JOHN MURRAY OF BLESSINGTON WHO DIED 31 MARCH 1840 AGED 70 YEARS ALSO HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WHO DIED 13 NOV 1839 AGED 49 YEARS THOMAS RICHARD MURRAY DIED 1ST JANUARY 1901 ALSO HIS WIFE CAROLINE MURRAY DIED 13 JANUARY 189

Note : two above graves for Thomas Murray and Margaret Bradshaw?

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