Clarissa Belle (Hitsman) Bradley (1869 - 1936)

Born 25 Nov 1869 in Stormont, Ontario, Canada

Wife of William Gordon Bradley — married 20 Oct 1896 in Waddington, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1936 at age 66 in Bucks Bridge, Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

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Biography

Clarissa was born in 1869. She passed away in 1936.^[1]

Obituary

Mrs. Clara B. Bradley, 64, wife of William G. Bradley passed away at her home in Bucks Bridge Wednesday morning. She had been ill less than a week with pneumonia.

Mrs. Bradley was born Nov 25, 1871 in Chrysler, Ontario, Canada, daughter of John and Charlotte Baker Hitsman, and came with her parents to Waddington when she was eighteen years old.

On Oct 20, 189 she was married to William G. Bradley at Waddington by the Rev William Rist. The couple lived in Waddington for four years and then moved to Bucks Bridge where they have since resided.

Mrs. Bradley was a member of the Bucks Bridge M. E. church.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Walter R., of Bucks Bridge, Kenneth, of Canton; and two daughters, Mrs. Howard Thompson, of Canton, and Mrs. Bernice Toomey, of Pyrites; ten grandchildren; one brother, John Hitsman, of Burbank, N.Y.; five sisters, Mrs. Nettie Wright, of Fulton, Mrs. Laura Bellinger, Mrs. Fred Joyce, Mrs. Allen Hough, all of Madrid, Mrs. Jane Rupert, of Norfolk and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Buck's Bridge M. E. church Friday after at 2 o'clock. Rev Lawrence Heatherington officiating and interment was in the Bucks Bridge Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Sue (Bradley) Seaberg as remembered 16 Jun 2022.
2. ↑ The St. Lawrence Plaindealer; Canton, New York; 28 Apr 1936, page 5, column 3, 0384.pdf. Digital Images: Old Fulton, NY Postcards; Tom Tryniski. Search "Hitsman" and "Waddington". Accessed 12 Feb 2024. Clara Bradley Obituary

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSGM-TNQ : accessed 14 December 2015), Clara Bradley in household of Wm G Bradley, Lisbon Township, Election District 1, St. Lawrence, New York, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,157.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M543-FPD : accessed 14 December 2015), Clara B Bradley in household of William G Bradley, Lisbon, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,087.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVSS-YRT : accessed 14 December 2015), Clara Bradley in entry for William G Bradley, 1920.