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• _UID: F3193E6E01D94B89A097255B6911AD1458CA

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• _UID: 076A5BA6F912419788684C81DA4D6D24CA0B
• Occupation: 1891, Wandsworth, , Surrey, England; Wine Merchant
• Occupation: 1901, Stockwell, Surrey, England; Traveller Wine Trade
• Occupation: 1911, Bordesley, , Warwickshire, England; Manager of Electric Theater
• Residence: 1911, Bordesley, , Warwickshire, England; 848 Coventry Road Small Heath

Gerald married Alice Maud FORDER in 1881 in Saint Pancras, , Middlesex, England. Alice was born in 1858 in Portsmouth, , Hampshire, England; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5DE0D2C3A3154A12945B8CD01EF33D7FFE23

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Birth:
South Sea, Hampshire in 1901 census

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Married:
Marriages Sep 1881 (>99%)
BRADBURY Gerald Pancras 1b 205
FORDER Alice Maud Pancras 1b 205

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• _UID: 554D7D575FBC4B6296E42607391B635CF846
• Occupation: 1851-1861, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Solicitor
• Residence: Bef 1863, Streatham, , Surrey, England; St Julian's Leigham Court Road
• Probate: 23 Feb 1863, London, , Greater London, England; Principal Registry

Notes:

Possible death

Deaths Mar 1863 (>99%)
Bradbury Augustus Brighton 2b 155

Birth:
Birth listed as 1833 in 1861 census

Probate:
BRADBURY Augustus. Effects under 4,000 pounds. 23 Debruary. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Augustus Bradbury late of St. Julian's Leigham-Court-road Streatham in the County of Surrey Gentleman deceased who died 5 February 1863 at 1 Junction-parade Brighton in the County of Sussex were granted at the Principal Registry to Ellen Bradbury of St. Hulian's Leigham-Court-road aforesaid Widow the Relict of the said Deceased she having been first sworn.

Died:
1 Junction Parade

Augustus married Ellen DREW on 4 Sep 1851 in Guildford, , Surrey, England. Ellen (daughter of George DREW, Esq and Mary HARVEY) was born in 1830 in Westminster, , , England; died on 15 Nov 1877 in Streatham, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4A966708F8AD4022B887FD9EC8F9B912BC39
• Probate: 12 Dec 1877, London, , Greater London, England

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Fourth daughter of George DREW Esq.

Deaths Dec 1877 (>99%)
BRADBURY Ellen 48 Wandsworth 1d 444

Probate:
Effects under 8,000 pounds

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Married:
At Stoke Next Gilford, Augustus Bradbury esq. of Weavers Hall London. Solicitor, second son of John Bradbury esq. of Streatham and Aldermanbury, to Ellen, fourth daughter of George Drew esq... of Streatham and Guildford

Marriages Sep 1851 (>99%)
Bradbury Augustus Guildford 4 215
Drew Ellen Guildford 4 215

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• _UID: 3C799DD78F3E4809B3BB2530C29AC3C5EE7B
• Occupation: 1815, London, , Greater London, England; Co-owner of Bradbury,Greatorex & Co.
• Occupation: 24 Aug 1816, London, , Greater London, England; Co-owner of Bradbury,Greatorex & Co.
• Occupation: 2 Aug 1819, Aldermanbury, London, , Greater London, England; Warehouseman
• Residence: 2 Aug 1819, Aldermanbury, London, , Greater London, England
• Occupation: 1821, Cheapside, London , Greater London, England; Co-owner of Bradbury,Greatorex & Co.
• Occupation: 2 Aug 1821, London, , Greater London, England; Merchant
• Residence: 2 Aug 1821, London, , Greater London, England; 39 King Street
• Occupation: 22 Jan 1823, London, , Greater London, England; Merchant
• Residence: 22 Jan 1823, London, , Greater London, England; 39 King Street
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1824, London, , Greater London, England; Merchant
• Residence: 7 Apr 1824, London, , Greater London, England; 39 King Street
• Occupation: 23 Aug 1826, London, , Greater London, England; Warehouseman
• Residence: 23 Aug 1826, London, , Greater London, England; Upper Clapton
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1829, London, , Greater London, England; Co-owner of Bradbury,Greatorex & Co.
• Occupation: 1841, Chingford, , Essex, England; Merchant
• Residence: 1841, Chingford, , Essex, England; Caroline Mount
• Occupation: 1845; Merchant
• Occupation: 1851, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Silk and Shawl Merchant
• Residence: 1851, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Occupation: 1851-1861, Aldermanbury, London, , Greater London, England; Silk & Shawl Merchant / Warehouseman, Bradbury, Greatorex & Co.
• Occupation: 1861, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Silk and Shawl Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Residence: 26 Feb 1863, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Will: 26 Feb 1863, London, , Greater London, England
• Residence: 18 Dec 1866, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Probate: 19 Jan 1867, London, , Greater London, England; Principal Registry

Notes:

Occupation:
Bradbury,Greatorex & Co. established London 1815

Capital Value

1868 0.023 Million Pounds (Value Abt 14.5 Million in 2004)
1894 0.40 Million Pounds (Value Abt 29.5 Million in 2004)
1899/1900 0.474 Million Pounds (Value Abt 33.2 Million in 2004)
1910 0.477 Million Pounds (Value Abt 31.5 Million in 2004)

* In terms of capital they were the 7th largest textile warehouse in London circa 1880

Occupation:
J. Bradbury and J. Greatorex dissolve partnership with B.H. Teale (London Gazette)

Occupation:
In partnership with Jeremiah Greatorex and Benjamin Hardwick Seal (note that John's father in law's name was Benjamin HARDWICK)

Occupation:
J. Bradbury and J. Greatorex dissolve partnership with B.H. Teale (London Gazette) (2nd Time)

Notice is herby given, that the Partnership heretorfore subsisting between us the undersigned, John Bradbury, Jeremiah Greatorex, and Benjamin Hardwick Teale, of Aldermanbury in the City of London, Warehousemen, was dissolved by mutual consent, on the 15th day of December, now last past, so far as concerns the said Benjamin Hardwick Teale: As witness our hands this 30th day of March 1829.
John Bradbury
J. Greatorex
B. H. Teale.

Occupation:
Also listed as such on Edward's 1864 marriage certificate

Residence:
19th Century Developments at Balham

Similar residential developments were extending the bounds of Balham where new roads were taking shape, notably Balham New Road, where the Loat family, who owned a local building firm, was putting up small cheap properties.

From the early 1820s larger and more expensive types of property began appearing along Balham High Road south of Bedford Hill Road. Richardson Borradaile, a speculative builder constructed Bedford Hill House, a substantial property built on land previously part of Covey's Farm.

At a later date Richardson Borradaile was to lie out the carriageway to Bedford Hill House as a thoroughfare in anticipation of future house building. However, this was slow to materialise, and it was not until the 1870s before the road saw any substantial building. On completion, in 1891, it was renamed as Bedford Hill.

Large mansions such as Furzedown House, Streatham Lodge and Bedford Hill House had gradually replaced the old farming estates. Agricultural land not taken up for building or parkland was being used for market gardening or dairy farming. Produce from these concerns found ready markets in London as well as supplying local demands. Nevertheless, such was the loss of local farmland, by 1840 only 720 acres of arable land remained within the parish.

http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lambeth/main/history-of-suburban-streatham-03.htm

Occupation:
1851 & 1861 Censuses

London Commercial and General Directory for 1852 by F. W. Watkins:
"Bradbury, Greatorex & Beall, warehousemen, 6 Aldermanbury and 4 Dyer's Court, Aldermanbury"

There were several silk and woollen manufacturers and dealers in King Street, Cheapside, but not this company. They must have moved.
There was also John Bradbury & Co, wool brokers, 17 Basinghall Street. May be different, or he may have had another company as well.
The alphabetical directory also lists Jeremiah Greatorex and William Beall (both listed as of Bradbury, Greatorex and Beall) as warehousemen with the same Aldermanbury addresses.
The 6 Aldermanbury address in the 1851 census has 37men described as (looks like) "Silk and woollen warehousemen" and 6 others, presumably servants.

Will:
Year of will is hard to make out, it is 186? but it looks to be 1863. This would be weeks after Augustus' death which would be a reasonable time to rewrite his will and would explain the great detail that goes into explaining the care for Augustus' widow.

Hard to read all of it, but these are the points I've extracted:

To Mary his wife, all pictures, prints, household goods, wines, liquors, provisions, chattel and effects whatsoever other than money and securities for money.

For my son Edward, sons in law William Leaf and John Kinnersley Hooper the sum of thirty thousand pounds.

Instructions for investment follow, instructing investment in government bonds/stocks from England, Wales, Great Britan, the East India Company, any Railway Company, Gas or Water Company in Great Britain that would pay a dividend. Mentions protection from liability.

Mentions his partnerships in the warehouse business.

Becomes hard to read again but there is a mention of Ellen Bradbury his sister?? (could be the wife and widow of Augustus) and something about payments of 20 pounds.

He then goes on to mention something about properties and then gets into mentioning his two sons Edward and John, his two daughters Emma and Marion and the widow of his late son Augustus. This is the first indication that John might be alive but somehow largely excluded from the will. It goes on to talk about the income from investments and the widow Ellen and providing for her from those funds. Further mentions of Ellen comments about "one fifth" mortgages, securities etc. It then goes on to talk about the son(s) or daughter(s) of the late Augustus reaching the age of 21 or having married will do something with the "one fifth" that Ellen had. "Share and share alike" is used. (a couple of pages are devoted to the widow Ellen and her children).

There is then further mention of his son John and the (remaining?) one fifth share that is clearly mentioned as his (this would make sense since there is a division by 5 and that would indicate that John was still alive). It is hard to read but after many readings it seems to refer to the fact that his son John may die in his lifetime and if that were to happen that "said share (1/5) of my estate shall be retained and applied for by" (the three executors). So it appears that John was not expected to survive and hence was not named as one of the executators and is included in this manor. It further makes comments about the widow of John "if she should survive" this could mean he was married or could be a provision in the event he was married as no widow is named. It goes on to talk about Augustus again and the fifth share seeming to indicate that the same rules apply if John were to have a widow.

Then talks about if Edward were to die and leave a widow, much of the same here as to be expected.

It gives further instructions to deal with if he is still a partner in the business or has retired near the end.

Probate:
BRADBURY John Esq. Effects under 80,000 pounds.

19 January. The Will of John Bradbury late of Aldermanbury in the City of London Warehouseman and of Bedford House Streatham in the County of Surrey Esquore deceased who died 18 dec 1866 at bedford House aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Edward Bradbury of 15 St. Bartholomew-road Uppder Holloway in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Son William Ladler Leaf of Old Change in the City aforesaid Merchant and John Kinnersley Hooper of Queenhithe in the City aforesaid Wine Merchant three of the Executors.

Died:
Bedford House

Buried:
Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth

John married Mary HARDWICK on 21 Apr 1818 in Leeds, , Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of Benjamin HARDWICK and Grace HOLROYD) was born about 1797 in Leeds, , Yorkshire, England; was christened on 17 Mar 1797 in Leeds, , Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Oct 1872 in Tooting, Surrey, England; was buried on 19 Oct 1872 in Lambeth, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 862CB65615464123A63B42831B5E1013BFAA
• Residence: 1841, Chingford, , Essex, England; Caroline Mount
• Residence: 1851, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Residence: 1861, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Bedford House
• Occupation: 1871, Tooting Common, Streatham, Surrey, England; Interest of Money
• Residence: 1871, Tooting Common, Streatham, Surrey, England; Woodlands
• Probate: 21 Jan 1873, London, , Greater London, England; Principal Registry

Notes:

Deaths Dec 1872 BRADBURY Mary 74 Wandsworth 1d 355

Birth:
Leofric, Yorkshire in 1861 Census

Christened:
St Peter

Residence:
AKA Streatham Park

Two houses down from Sr. Henry DOULTON and family

The property adjacent to "Russell House" which was later purchased and turned into The Church of the English Martyrs" which in 2020 is located at aprox 2 Mitcham Ln, Streatham, London SW16 6NA, UK

Probate:
BRADBURY Mary. Effects under 2,000 pounds. 21 January. The Will of Mary Bradbury late of Woodlands Tooting Common in the County of Surrey Widow who died 14 October 1872 at Woodlands was proved at the Principal Registry by Emma Leaf of Woodlands Claphap Park in the said County Widow and Marian Hooper (Wife of John Kinnersley Hooper Esquire) of Newlands Tooting Common the Daughters the Executrixes.

Died:
Woodlands

Buried:
Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth

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Married:
St Peter

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• _UID: 1FDDE111CA444F108A1D7CA9CE8438B3644F
• Occupation: Solicitor

George married Mary HARVEY on 16 Sep 1813 in Newington, , Kent, England. Mary was born in 1791 in Folkestone, , Kent, England; died in 1864 in Wandsworth, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8B1818B4A09045EA8DFEF0A62CD4F34D2FBF