William was born in 1800 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
Occupation: Potter.
In 1844, the Potters' Union, of Staffordshire, England, was supporting in idleness a large number of unemployed potters, at an expense of some £70 per week. The idea was then conceived of organizing an emigration society, in order to give these unemployed men, or others of their trade, an opportunity of emigrating to America, where lands were cheap and where industry would surely be rewarded, thus relieving their country of surplus labor, and enabling those that remained to obtain better wages.
In 1846 William was elected as one of the officers of the Potters' Joint-Stock Emigration Society, which would emigrate a large number of potters and their families to settle in America.
April 6, 1847, Liverpool, England: Sailed on ship Clifton from Liverpool to New York. Sailing are William Bradshaw, his wife, Harriet, and their children, Thomas, William, Henry, John, and Arabella. Arrived in New York May 17, 1847. [1]
By way of the Erie Canal they journeyed to Buffalo, N. Y., and thence to Milwaukee by lake.
He passed away in 1855.
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