Douglas married SEARS, Betty Lou on 17 Mar 1951 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Betty (daughter of SEARS, Alpheus R) was born on 19 Feb 1930; died on 25 Jun 2005 in Elma, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette 2/20/1951

Miss Betty Lou Sears and Miss
Wilma Oyler are planning the arrangements
for their double wedding
which will take place March 17, at
2 p.m. at the First Christian Church.
Miss Sears, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alpheus R. Sears, Niagara
avenue, will exchange marriage vows
with Mr. Douglas A. Bradt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bradt, Willow
avenue. Miss Oyler is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis B.
Edson, Binghamton. She will exchange
marriage vows with Mr.
Robert M. Sears, son.of Mr. and
Mrs. Alpheus R. Sears, Niagara avenue.
*
Miss Sears, while attending Niagara
Falls high school, was a member
of Theta Lambda Chi sorority.
At the present she is executive secretary
at the Martha H. Beeman clinic.
Miss Oyler is a graduate of Binghamton
Central high school and
Cortland State Teacher's college,
Cortland, where ; she majored in
Health Education.'She was a member
of Mu* Signa Chi. Miss Oyler is
Halth instructor at LaSalle and Trott
Vocational high schools, this city,
Mr. Bradt, a graduate of Niagara
Falls high school, will get his degree
in June from the University of Buffalo,
where he majored in business
administration.
Mr. Sears, a graduate of Niagara
Falls High school, attended University
of Buffalo. At present he is employed
with the Niagara .Industrial
Designers, Buffalo,
signers, Buffalo.

1. BRADT
2. BRADT, Clayton Robert

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/20/1963

NIAGARA FALLS (UPD-Alexander
Bradt, 64, of Niagara Falls,
administrator of the Western New
York district of the State Workmen's
Compensation Board, died
Sunday at a hospital.
Bradt, who was appointed to the
state post under Governor Dewey
in 1945, had become ill in his Buffalo
office Tuesday and was taken
to the hospital Friday.
He was a former secretary of
the Niagara County Republican
Committee.
He is survived by his widow,
two children, two brothers, two sisters
and five grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 5/20/1963

Alexander Bradt, 64, of 2722 Willow Ave., church
and Masonic leader here, died Sunday (May 19, 1963) at
Memorial Hospital.
The administrator of the Western New York District
for the State Workmen's Compensation Board since June
1, 1945, Mr. Bradt was stricken in his office at the State
Office Building, Buffalo, last Tuesday. He entered the
hospital Friday.
A native of Dunville, Onf..,
Mr. Bradt lived here 49 years.
He was secretary of the Niagara
C o u n t y Republican
Committee before Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey's administration
named him compensation administrator.
The district-covers
Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua
and Cattaraugus counties.
Activt In Church
Mr. Bradt was chairman of
the board of trustees and his
torian of First Christian
Church and was its treasurer
for 22 years.
Active in Masonic circles,
he was past president of the
32nd Degree Club, past president
and secretary of the Niagara
Falls Shrine Club and
a member of Niagara River
Lodge 785, F&AM, and Isma-
lia Temple, Buffalo.
Surviving are his wife, Jes-
sie Bradt; a son, Douglas a.
Bradt, Butler, Pa.; a daughter,
Mrs. Samuel Coffman, Ran-
somville; two brothers, Ar-
thur Bradt, North Tonawanda,
and Leonard Bradt, Irving-
ton, N.Y.; two sisters, Mrs.
Jerald McCollum, Ransom-
ville, and Mrs. Richard Willis,
this city; and five grandchil-
dren.
RITES WEDNESDAY
The funeral will be held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Gridley Funeral Home. Burial
will be in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Masons will hold memorial
services at 7:30 p.m. Tues-
day at the funeral home.

Alexander married BLACKLOCK, Jessie Mae in Oct 1924. Jessie (daughter of BLACKLOCK, John and HEIDEN, Bertha) was born on 7 Mar 1902 in New York; died in Mar 1985 in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/10/1924

Mrs. Bertha Blacklock. of Modeltown,
wlshea to announce tho engagement
of her daughter, Jessie May, to
Alexander Bradt, of Modeltown. The
marriage will take place In October.

Leonard married Julia about 1895. Julia was born in Mar 1877 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/15/1922

John Blacklock of Model City, 70
years old, brother of Christopher H.
Blacklock of this village, died at his
home Thursday. The funeral was held
Sunday; aftenoon. He was born in
England but had resided for 15 years
in Model: City. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters. Mrs Ray Holli-
day of Niagara Falls, and Jessie at
home and two sons, Elton Blacklock of
Pekin and Edgar at home; one sister,
Mrs. E. E. Cornell of Mount Pleasant,
Mich., and three brothers, George
Blacklock of Appleton; William Black-
lock of Tonawanda and Christopher H.
Blacklock of Wilson.

John married HEIDEN, Bertha about 1885. Bertha was born in Apr 1866 in Germany; died on 23 Jan 1932 in Model City, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/26/1932

BLACKLOCK-At Model City, Jan. 25.
1933. Mrs. Bertha Blacklock. aged 68.
wife of the late John Blacklock: mother
of Elton ot Pekin Mrs. Maud Holliday,
Mrs. Jennie Bradt of this city. Edgar C.
at borne. Funeral service will be held
from the home Saturday at 2 p. m.. Rev.
T. E- Tomerlin officiating. Interment in
North Ridge cemetery.

William + Sarah. Sarah was born in Feb 1828 in England; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]