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- No record of her baptism has been found yet. The family must have moved some time between 1835 and 1837. The last three children, Ann, Patrick and James, were baptised elsewhere in another church.
He claimed to be a native of Cross Keel,( Crossakeel,today) County Meath, Ireland and must have told everyone so. We have not found any record of his birth or baptism in Cross Keel. We wrote to the Parish Priest in Cross Keel in 1991 seeking help in this search. He replyed that he checked all his records, which date back to 1795 but found no record of a Patrick Bradley. We did find a record of a" Pat Bradley, Son of Owen Bradley and Rose Mc Nally, baptized 3 Dec. 1836, witnesses were Owen Mc Nally & Besse Murry." This may or may not be the Patrick we are searching for. If it is he was born and baptized in Oldcastle and he would have been about 75 years old at his death. Since there is no record of a marriage between Owen and Rose and there were other children born of Owen and Mary then Pat was the illegitimate son of Owen and Rose? Until we find more firm information, we will accept the 1841 date as correct.
At the age of 29, on Wednesday 21, of September,1870 he took his Naturalization Oath Of Allegiance to the USA. Winnesses to this Oath were Luke Moore and J.J. Lugenbuhl. According to the Naturalization Records he established proof to the court that he arrived in the US in 1849. (This information is from the Naturalization Records on file in the N.O. Main Library on 1/29/91.) Why he did this is unknown. He was Naturalized as a minor child when his father was Naturalized up in Boston. The wife and all minor children become Naturalized when the Husband/Father is Naturalized. Could be Patrick was not aware of this.
He is listed on the 1860 census as a boot clicker ( a merchant's servant who stands at the door and invites customers into the store; or a foreman in a shoemaker's shop) in Milford, Mass. On the 1870 census he was listed as a _____. The 1880 Census shows he was a "clerk, undertaker " in New Orleans. Since the 1890 census was destroryed we do not know what his occupation was. On the 1900 Census he was a hay-inspector and in 1910 his occupaion was NONE. Shortly thereafter he passed on.
In 1867 Patrick Walsh sold the Walsh portion of the "Walsh-Bradley" tomb in St. Patrick Cem.#2 to Patrick Bradley. The tomb is still held by the decendants of Patrick,(1991).
The following is an exact copy of his Obituary from the August 2, 1910, New Orleans Daily Picayune, page 5, col. 6 :
" ____PAT BRADLEY'S DEATH_____"
" There passed away yesterday morning at 5 o'clock a resident of New Orleans for over fifty years, Mr. Pat Bradley, a former well known grain merchent of this city. Mr. Bradley has been in ill health for the past fourteen months, and though the end was not unexpected, his death came as a sad loss to his family circle. He died yesterday morning fortified with all the rights of the Roman Catholic Church, of which he was a member, and his furnal will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the Church of The Immaculate Conception.
" Mr. Bradley was 69 years of age at the time of his death, and was a native of Crosskiel, County Meath, Ireland. He came to America at an early age with his father and mother, and landed in Boston in 1847. The family, which consisted of five boys and three girls, with their parents, next moved to the State of Vermont, and later returned to Massachusetts and settled in the town Milford, where a very large family sprang up. Mr Bradley at the present time numbering, in that state, thirty-three nieces and grandnieces, nephews and grandnephews.
" In 1860 Mr. Bradley set sail for New Orleans, and upon his arrival secured employment with Mr. M. McMannigle,one of the oldest grain men in New Orleans. He later entered into business with a dear friend, Mr. J.
H. William, under the firm name of P. Bradley & Co. This firm continued until the enchroachment of the railroads and the withdrawl of the boats from the grain trade caused him to close his business in 1877. In 1880 he allied himself with the West End Railroad as a conductor and resigned in 1904. In 1905 he re-entered the grain business representing H. T.
Lawler, with whom he remained until attacked by his last fatal illness, which began about fourteen months ago.
" Mr. Bradley was married in early life to Miss Jaine Walshe, and their married life was an ideal one. He was a devoted husband and father, a man of much culture and broad views. His wife and seven children- four sons and three daughters- survive him."
The following is a exact copy of his Obituary as it appeared in the (New Orleans) Times Democrat, Aug 2, 1910, page 2. col.7.
"On Monday, August 1, 1910, at 5 o'clock a.m., Patrick Bradley, beloved husband of Janie Walsh, aged sixty-nine years, a native of Cross Keel, Ireland, and a resident of this city for the past fifty years. He was 69 years old and lived at 916 Bartholomew St. N.O.,La.
"The relatives, friends and acquaintances of the Bradley, Walsh and Rareshide familes are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1910, at 4 o'clock p.m. from the Jesuits' Church in Baronne Street.
"Interment St. Patriock Cemetery No. 2
Boston Papers please copy."
Date of his birth, on the tomb is 1 Jun 1841. He was 69 yeasr old at his death and he lived at 916 Bartholomew St. N.O.,La.
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Abt 1841 - 1910 (69 years)