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- Niagara Gazette - 9/28/1927
The funeral of William H. Bradley.
74, of 767 Sixteenth street who died
this morning about 9 o'clock, after an
illness lasting more\than two months,
will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30
from the home and at 8 o'clock from
the Church of the Epiphany, the Rev.
David H. Weeks officiating. Burial
will be ln Rlverdale.
Surviving Mr. Bradley are his wife,
Sarah A. Bradley; four daughters,
Mrs. James B. Walker, Winter Haven*
Fla.; Mrs. Ray C. Thompson, .Hast*
ings-on-the-Hudson, New York; Mrs.
Arthur A. Batts and Mrs. John WV
Jenny, both of Niagara Falls; two'
sons, S. Garnard Bradley and Williams
A Bradley of Niagara Falls.
Mr. Bradley was born in Paddlngton,
near London, England, ln 1853, and
came to Canada when he was nine
years old. For some time he and his ;
family lived at Niagara-on-the-Lake,
and later removed t o S t Catharines,
where from Mr. Bradley came to Niagara
Falls, about 31* years ago. For :
some years he was a carpentejr, and
later a millwright For a time he was
an officer of the local carpenters' union,
and always had the Interests of
that organisation at heart*
He was a member of the Local Union
of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
He was associated with Henry
D. Perky, who invented Shredded
Wheat, and assisted Mrl Perky In installing
the first Shredded Wheat
plants and machinery ln Niagara
Falls. He was always deeply interested
ln tho power development here,
and worked ln the lower milling district
for many years under the late
Arthur Schoellkopf.
While he was of a quiet, retiring disposition,
Mr. Bradley was very active
as a churchman, having served as
vestryman In St. Thomas' church, S t
Catharines, and Epiphany church, in
this city, for many years.
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