Edmund Bradfield, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1797 - 1870  (72 years)

• Name	Edmund Bradfield
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	Nov 1797	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	7 Dec 1797	Nottingham Church (St Mary's), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	13 Feb 1820	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	Calton's party on the Albury
  Settler ID	115
  Name	Edmund Bradfield 1820
  Occupation	a Turner  [4, 5]
  Residence	22 Aug 1833	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [7]
  Occupation	1840	Mancazana Valley, Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [8]
  a Farmer & Storekeeper
  Death	12 Jun 1870	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I10985	master
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	John Bradfield, 1820 Settler,   b. 1774, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  Mother	Mary Dennis, 1820 Settler,   b. 1775, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d. 14 Sep 1847, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F4118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Turvey, 1820 Settler,   b. 1813   d. 5 Apr 1837, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1832	Grahamstown Church (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [9]
  	Description: Rev William Carlisle
  Children	+ 1. Julia Bradfield,   b. 1 May 1833 + 2. John Bradfield,   b. 13 Dec 1834   3. Richard Bradfield,   b. Apr 1837
  Family ID	F9265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella Thompson Daniel, 1820 Settler,   b. 21 Apr 1820, at Sea on the SIR GEORGE OSBORNE d. 23 Oct 1877, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1840	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [10]
  	Description: Rev John Heavyside
  Children	+ 1. Amelia Margaret Bradfield,   b. 12 Sep 1841, Mancazana Post, Cape, South Africa d. 19 Jul 1863, Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa (Age 21 years) + 2. Edmund Dennis Bradfield,   b. 19 Mar 1845   3. Isabella Sarah Bradfield,   b. 23 May 1843   d. Bef 1870, Cape, South Africa (Age < 26 years) + 4. Mary Eliza Crooks Bradfield,   b. 9 Jul 1847, Cape, South Africa   5. Alfred Bradfield,   b. Nov 1850, Cape, South Africa d. 6 Dec 1851, Cape, South Africa (Age 1 year) + 6. Charles Frederick Bradfield,   b. 27 Oct 1854, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 May 1885, Wepener, Free State, South Africa (Age 30 years)   7. Eleanor Mary Bradfield,   b. 13 Nov 1857, Cape, South Africa + 8. Eleanor 'Dolly' Bradfield,   b. 13 Nov 1858, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Cape, South Africa
  Family ID	F4116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Birth - Nov 1797 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Baptism - 7 Dec 1797 - Nottingham Church (St Mary's), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Settler - 13 Feb 1820 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Marriage - 15 Aug 1832 - Grahamstown Church (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Residence - 22 Aug 1833 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 2 Sep 1840 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 12 Jun 1870 - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  June 24, 1870 - Queenstown free press transcribed by Sunelia Heath. Local and General. DEATH OF MR. E BRADFIELD. – It has become our painful duty to record the addition of another name to the list of those original Settlers who have closed their eyes in death during the Jubilee year of their settlement. At the good old age of seventy-three, Mr. E. BRADFIELD, of this town, expired, almost suddenly, on Sunday morning last. Up to the time of retiring to rest the previous evening, the deceased gentleman was all appearance, n his usual health and spirits, having merely complained of a slight pain in the chest for a few days previously. At about six o’clock on the Sunday morning Mrs. BRADFIELD was alarmed by a rattling in his throat, but before she could procure a light he had ceased to breathe. His funeral, which took place on Monday afternoon, was followed by a large number of those who had been acquainted with him during his lifetime, and who thus testified to the esteem in which he had been universally held. The late Mr. BRADFIELD came to this colony in 1820, with the Nottingham party, and was with his companions, located at Clumber, where two of the deceased gentleman’s brothers are to this day residing on their original allotments. His own life in this country had partaken largely of the vicissitudes which marked the career of many of the early settlers. By each of the three successive Kafir wars which have desolated the Frontier was Mr. BRADFIELD completely ruined; and as often did he press manfully forward in the battle of life and recover his lost ground. The circumstances of the last of these calamities which befell him were exceptionally cruel. Carrying on business at Mancazana Post, he upon the first rumour of war, removed the whole of his stock to Fort Beaufort. Reassured by the proclamation in which Sir Harry SMITH discountenanced the belief that war was impending, and believing that Government would be responsible in case it did occur, he returned to his place of business. Immediately the war of 1851 actually broke out, Mr BRADFIELD was just able to make his escape from the Post with his family of eight children leaving the whole of his property at the mercy of the enemy. He never recovered anything, or received the slightest compensation from Government. After spending a year or two in Somerset and Port Elizabeth, Mr. BRADFIELD took up his abode in Cradock , where he resided for the last seventeen years. In the general regret which has followed his loss, and the sincere sympathy accorded to his family, we have the best testimony to his worth, and to the respect entertained for him while living. – Cradock Expres.

  
  

• Sources

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