Bradney

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NameBradney.John Bradney Snr.

John Bradney was born c.1796 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of Joseph and Mary Bradney. He married Mary Ann Hill on 20 June 1815 in Birmingham, England.

John, with six others, including his wife Mary Ann, was arrested for "Uttering Forging Bank Notes". He was transported to Australia on the ship "Neptune" in 1817, arriving in 1818. His wife, Mary Ann Bradney, travelled with her infant daughter, and was transported on the "Lord Wellington".'

John Bradney Snr worked as a brazier and tin man at the penal settlement in Port Macquarie. He was eventually appointed gaoler.

John died after illness from suspected Arsenic poisoning in 1824. His wife was accused of poisoning his soup but acquitted. It is possible he was poisoned from the arsenic used in the production of tin which was his trade.

John Bradney Jnr.

John and Mary Anne Bradney's son, John Jnr was born in Parramatta in 1822. He married Ademia Bryce Henry in 1843 and they had ten children.

They lived at Jamberoo on the farm today known as 'Clevehurst' on Jamberoo Road.

John led a double life, and had a second family with a neighbour Anne Louisa Pugh Nichols. Anne was the daughter of John Pugh Nichols and Rebecca Moss. Their first child was born in 1850. They had 11 children.

Ademia Bradney died in 1863.

In 1869, John married Anne Nichols.

John Bradney Jnr died in 1872 in Jamberoo.

Information - Descendant Dorothy Gillis.

External LinkCentral Criminal CourtChild Smothering at Jamberoo InquestJamberoo - Adeamiea Bradney

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Nichols

Henry

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Clarke, Samuel

Family of Charles and Eliza Jane Inskip at Shellharbour about 1893.

Back l-r: Charles Inskip, daughters Rebecca Webster & Emily Curr.

Front row l-r: Eliza Jane Inskip, her daughter Esther Barker, Eliza's sister Ann Bradney/Clarke, Ann's daughter Eliza (King), Eliza Inskip's daughter Eliza Jane (Watson).

Children l-r: Roy & Esther Webster, Ray & Charlie Barker.

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