Maria Jane (Atchison) Bradley (1870 - 1954)

Born 28 Jan 1870 in Shellharbour, New South Wales Colony

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Died 24 Mar 1954 at age 84 in Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Maria (Atchison) Bradley was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Maria Jane Atchison the daughter of Samuel Charles Atchison and Clorinda Thomas was born in the Shellharbour District of southern New South Wales in January 1870.

Maria Jane Atchison married John Swinford Bradley in August 1896 at or about Philip Street in Sydney, New South Wales in what was soon to become Australia,

Maria Jane Bradley passed away in March 1954 at Lawarra Street Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia.

from the Illawarra Daily Mercury newspaper of Thursday 25 March 1954 we see a small Obituary as reproduced below:

MRS. M. J. BRADLEY

The death occurred yest-erday at her residence in Lawarra St, Port Kembla of Mrs. Maria Jane Bradley, aged 84. She was prede-ceased by her husband, John, and was the mother of Alex, Jack, and Cloe (Mrs. O'Mealey). The fun-eral will leave the Presby-terian Church today for the Wollongong Cemetery. Rev. Williams will officiate.

Sources

• First hand information from her grandson as given on the 5th of June 2021.

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: Birth: AITCHESON, MARIA JANE - registration no. 11217/1870 - father: SAMUEL - mother: CLORENZA - district: KIAMA. from New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages search

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: Marriage: registration no. 4490/1896 - BRADLEY, SWINFORD J. & ATCHISON, MARIA J. - district: SYDNEY. New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages search

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: Death: BRADLEY, MARIA JANE - registration no. 6769/1954 - father: SAMUEL CHARLES - mother: CLORINDA - district: WOLLONGONG. New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages search

• Family Notices from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Thursday 25 March 1954, Page 20. first accessed online on the 5th of June, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18416267?searchTerm=%22Maria%20Jane%20Bradley%22

• OBITUARY from the Illawarra Daily Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1950 - 1954) of Thursday 25 Mar 1954, Page 11. first accessed online on the 5th of June, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133780565?searchTerm=%22Maria%20Jane%20Bradley%22

• Family Notices from the Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954) of Friday 26 March 1954, Page 4. first accessed online on the 5th of June, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225697045?searchTerm=%22Maria%20Jane%20Bradley%22

• Advertising from the South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW : 1900 - 1954) of Monday 5 April 1954, Page 13. first accessed online on the 5th of June, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142728071?searchTerm=%22Maria%20Jane%20Bradley%22

• Inscription 7548612 - Maria Jane Bradley from the AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES INDEX. first accessed online on the 5th of June, 2021 at: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=7548612

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 05 June 2021, memorial page for Maria Jane Atchison Bradley (1870–24 Mar 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #149858834, citing Wollongong Cemetery, Wollongong, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by jlong (contributor 48741020) .