Harold Robert Bradley b. 22 Sep 1890 Silver Creek, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States d. 9 Aug 1980 Silver Creek, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States: Ancestry Family Tree Genealogy

1890 - 1980 (89 years)

Name	Harold Robert Bradley
Born	22 Sep 1890	Silver Creek, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	1 Apr 1930	Silver Creek, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States [3]
Census	1 Apr 1940	Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States [4]
	Address: Dennison Road
	valued household at 3,000; showed Harry had -0- income in 1939 from wages, but also had income from another source (farm).
_FSFTID	L2H1-7MR
_UID	5F306DA0DECC407D9307AAB0C7192C80835B
Buried	Aug 1980	Hanover Center, Chautauqua, New York, United States
	Address: Evergreen Cemetery
Died	9 Aug 1980	Silver Creek, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States [5]
Person ID	I539	Bradley - Post
Last Modified	24 Oct 2018

Father	Robert Ogden Bradley, b. 2 Jan 1852, Portland, Chautauqua, New York, United States , d. 19 Apr 1942, Silver Creek, NY (Age 90 years)
Mother	Mary Campbell Wilson, b. 17 Dec 1856, Hanover Township, Chautauqua, New York, United States , d. 10 Jan 1939, Hanover Township, Chautauqua, New York, United States (Age 82 years)
Married	25 Nov 1886
Family ID	F216	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mildred Ada Krueger, b. 12 Sep 1898, Dunkirk, New York , d. 18 Feb 1985, Hanover Township, Chautauqua, New York, United States (Age 86 years)

Married 21 Jun 1922 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States [6]

Children

	1. Ada Jean Bradley, b. 21 Jul 1924, Silver Creek, NY , d. 5 Apr 2009, Lake Shore Nursing Home, Silver Creek, NY (Age 84 years)
	2. Elaine Mildred Bradley, b. 22 Jan 1927, d. 3 Dec 2007, New York (Age 80 years)
	3. Robert Ogden Bradley, b. 24 Oct 1932, Silver Creek, Chautauqua, New York, United States , d. 15 Nov 2020, Titusville, Brevard, Florida, United States (Age 88 years)
	4. Margaret Anne Bradley, b. 11 Nov 1935, Silver Creek, NY , d. 24 Feb 2005, Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Age 69 years)

Last Modified 4 Jan 2021

Family ID F210 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos		Harry Bradley Navy Harold Bradley circa 1917 in Navy uniform; ; Condition: good; Location: Robert Bradley; Date: 01 Jul 1917
		Beacon Diner the Beacon Diner in Westfield, New York circa 1960, with owner Harry Bradley (right); ; Date: 01 Jul 1960
		Marriage License Marriage License, Bradley-Krueger; Page 40 from the Chautaqua County marriage licenses book.
		BradleyHarryR1972 Harry R. Bradley, 1972
		HarryMildredBradleyChildren197 Harry Robert and Mildren Ann Bradley (seated) with children, 1972
		Harry Bradley WWI Draft Registration World War I draft registration card for Harry R. Bradley.
		Harry, Mildred Bradley gravestone Gravestone at Evergreen Memorial in Hanover.
		Bradley Family, 1928 Far left: Harold Robert Bradley; standing, to his left, Mildred Krueger Bradley; woman reading to girls: Mary Wilson Bradley; two girls, seated: Ada Bradley and Elaine Bradley; man reading to girls: Robert Ogden Bradley.
		Harry R. Bradley, US Navy, 1917
		Bradley, Harry R. yo Harry R. Bradley 1910; Bradley, Harry R. young; from group photo taken Aug 16, 1910

Notes

Although born Harold, he received a name change to Harry Robert Bradley at the time he entered military service. The name Harry appears on his marriage license in 1922.

His daughter Ada says that he recounted the time when, after working in the fields all morning, he and his siblings came in for lunch. Upon arriving, they noticed a woman at the table whomthey did not recognize. As everyone was seated, Harry's father introduced her as "your sister Alice". That was the first time they had ever met their half-sister.

According to his son: Harry, Mildred and the children lived on the farm, but the 43 acres did not produce much income. During World War II Harry took a job at the Curtiss Aircraft plant in Buffalo making the P-38 aircraft.

The family sold the farm and moved to town (Silver Creek). After 3-4 years (and after the war, around 1947) Harry bought land in Westfield NY and built a tractor garage and subsequently a farm tractor dealership.

Harry and Mildred always enjoyed going to diners. About 1949 Harry discovered a diner in Jamestown that was being auctioned; he placed the winning bid and had the diner moved to his Westfield property. Harry, Mildred, and son Robert ran the diner for some years, selling the Beacon Diner about 20 years later.

The diner, dealership, and their mobile home were located at 8300 W Main Street, Westfield NY (lat/lon: 42.310196,-79.598667).

Harry served in the US Navy during World War I, being in the Aviation division working on the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat, mostly in Pensacola Florida but also at Rockaway Beach and Newport News.

Sources

[S182] Marr Lic Bradley Krueger.
Marriage license shows birthplace as "Hanover NY", parents as Robert O. Bradley and Mary Wilson, both born in America. Harry's age shown as 32 (consistent with 1890 birth year). His occupation is listed as farmer.
[S146] SSDI, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR3R-GX9 : 20 May 2014), Harry Bradley, Aug 1980.
SSDI notes birthdate of 22 September 1890
[S151] Census, 1930, Enumeration District 0050, Family Number 202, Sheet Number 8A.
[S188] Census, 1940, enumeration district 7-61, image 20, lines 76-80.
[S146] SSDI, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR3R-GX9 : 20 May 2014), Harry Bradley, Aug 1980.
[S182] Marr Lic Bradley Krueger.
Family history records their wedding as 22 June rather than the record's date of 21 June.