Eliza Cynthia (McPherson) Bradford (1846 - 1934)

Born 12 Feb 1846 in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Peleg Bradford V — married 7 Oct 1866 in Carmel, Penobscot, Me

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1934 at age 88 in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, USA

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Biography

Eliza McPherson was born on February 12, 1846 in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, USA. Her parents were Asa McPherson and Cynthia Small.

She married Peleg Bradford on October 07, 1866 Together they had 8 children:

1. Fred Bradford
2. Benjamin Bradford
3. Eva Bradford
4. Emma Cynthia Bradford
5. Charles Bradford
6. Asa Bradford
7. Edward Bradford
8. Frank Bradford

In the 1900 census Eliza (age 54) was the wife of Peleg Bradford in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, United States.^[1]

She died on April 27, 1934 in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, USA and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Carmel, Penobscot, Maine. Obituary^[2] Her obituary says she was in her 90th year, suggesting she was 89 and about to turn 90, which would give her a birth year of 1844, not among the candidates for the right year. Her gravestone as well as her 1900 census^[1] report a birth date in Feb 1846.

Research Notes

• headstone has birth year as 1846 funeral record has 1845. Harvey Funeral Home/Carmel /Mv C211.2 vol 3 pg145
  • Unable to locate funeral record; 1900 Census also says Feb 1846.^[1] Updated data accordingly.
• per Civil War Pension Records, she wrote they were married in Stetson, Maine.
• Marriage Index (listed as Eliza McFerson)

Source S739

Title: Early Vital Records of Carmel, Maine

Author: Anna Chandler Kingsbury of Needham, Norfolk, Mass.

Publication: NEHGR, Volume 83, April 1929

Abbreviation: Early Vital Records of Carmel, Maine

Note: Copied July 1926 from old book of records of Carmel, Penobscot, Me.

NS127043

Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S8

Title: World Family Tree

Author: Family Tree Maker

Abbreviation: World Family Tree

Note: Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 71; FHL microfilm: 1240597; Record number: 31866;
   FamilySearch Record: MMLT-QCX (accessed 12 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6G1Q-MY8 Image number 00658
   Eliza Bradford (54), wife, in household of Peleg Bradford (59) in Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, United States. Born in Maine.
2. ↑ The Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine 28 Apr 1934, Sat • Page 25

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78081890/eliza-c-bradford : accessed 14 June 2021), memorial page for Eliza C McPherson Bradford (1846–1934), Find A Grave: Memorial #78081890, citing Highland Cemetery, Carmel, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Sharon N (contributor 47529600) .
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QDJ8-QKL : accessed 14 June 2021), entry for Eliza Cynthia McPherson, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.