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• _UID: C347D42821224F00BBEACC94634E4450E249

Notes:

Joy tells me that he did not get on that well with his father. Basil was also the head of the firm, Dent Urwick and Yeatman, and worked with Derek Dent and Richard Godson. Buried at Burpham Church, nr Guildford. Death Reg: Surrey N.W., Vol 5b, pg. 524 WW1 (NArc) Description Medal card of Dent, Basil William Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Field Artillery 135609 Royal Garrison Artillery Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery Lieutenant Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/6 Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War Piece Denham W - Everitt H Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

Family/Spouse: Gladys M JOY. Gladys was born in 1888; died in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Doris HOLLOWAY. Doris was born in 1889; died in 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2F18BD50666F4EA097B5F760F38D3B86FBBB
• Occupation: 1891, Surrey, England; Wine Merchant

Notes:

Must have been married previously as he has a son who was born in 1866 in the 1891 census

William married Mary Alice LEAF in 1884 in Kensington, , Middlesex, England. Mary (daughter of William Ladler LEAF and Emma BRADBURY) was born in 1862 in Clapham, , Surrey, England; died in 1945 in Kensington, , Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 86B36678209646DDB884A37A0412FCF651C0

Notes:

Living with Sister Ella in 1901 census, likely just visiting as husband is back at home

Notes:

Married:
Marriages Sep 1884
Dent William Kensington 1a 163
Leaf Mary Alice Kensington 1a 163

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: F383FED3732E4DA4AA247364C069A8C110DA
• Occupation: 1851, Streatham, , Surrey, England; General Merchant
• Residence: 1851, Streatham, , Surrey, England
• Probate: 3 Jan 1872, London, , Greater London, England

Notes:

Not in 1871 census with family, maybe in hospital or something as I can't find him

Deaths Dec 1871
Leaf William Ladler 49 Wandsworth 1d 384

Birth:
Herne Hill in 1851 census & Findagrave

Probate:
Effects under 180,00 pounds

William married Emma BRADBURY on 18 Jun 1846 in Streatham, , Surrey, England. Emma (daughter of John BRADBURY, Esq and Mary HARDWICK) was born on 4 Mar 1824 in Clapton, Middlesex, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1824 in St Mary Le Bow, London, , Greater London, England; died on 16 Sep 1911 in Kensington, , Middlesex, England; was buried in Lambeth, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E68D7F21190D4511A4C86A29C209EDCE14F4
• Residence: 1871, Clapham, , Surrey, England; 137 Clarence Road Woodlands
• Residence: 1881, Kensington, , Middlesex, England; 19 De Vere Gdns
• Occupation: 1891, Kensington, , Middlesex, England; Living on own means
• Residence: 1891, Kensington, , Middlesex, England; 29 Palace Gate Mansions Number 8 Flat
• Occupation: 1901, Eastbourne, , Sussex, England; Living on own means
• Residence: 1901, Eastbourne, , Sussex, England; Grand Parade Cavendish Hotel

Notes:

Deaths Sep 1911
Leaf Emma 87 Kensington 1a 153

Birth:
Hackney London in 1891 census

Buried:
Emma Bradbury Leaf
BIRTH 1824
London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
DEATH 16 Sep 1911 (aged 86

Notes:

Married:
Saint Leonard, Streatham

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E35F9A6C17314410BCD46E9B44858707D40B
• Occupation: 1841, Streatham, , Surrey, England; Merchant
• Residence: 1841, Streatham, , Surrey, England

Notes:

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Buried:
William Leaf
BIRTH 20 Mar 1791
City of London, Greater London, England
DEATH 3 Jul 1874 (aged 83)
Streatham, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England
BURIAL
West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium
West Norwood, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England
MEMORIAL ID 151439939

William married Jane. Jane was born in 1797; died on 3 Feb 1962; was buried in Lambeth, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: FEC0DA769B224B3CA246273CF48A60078213

Notes:

Buried:
BIRTH 1798
DEATH 3 Feb 1862 (aged 63

Other Events and Attributes:

• _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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _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

Notes:

Married:
St Peter