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BRADFIELD, Charles
1842 - 1915 (73 years) Has no ancestors but 16 descendants in this family tree.
1844 - 1925 (80 years)-
Name BRADFIELD, Charles Birth 1 Oct 1842 Terrington St. John, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death 19 Oct 1915 Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Burial Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Person ID I4327 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family COLLUM, Mary, b. 29 Jun 1844, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England d. 5 Feb 1925, Hamilton City, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) Marriage 30 Jul 1865 Tilney St. Laurence, Norfolk, England Children 1. BRADFIELD, Mary Ann, b. 1867, Poplar, Middlesex d. North America 2. BRADFIELD, Sarah Jane, b. 1868, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England d. New York, USA 3. BRADFIELD, Thomas A., b. 14 Apr 1870, Terrington St. John, Norfolk, England d. Canada 4. BRADFIELD, Benjamin, b. 10 Apr 1872, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. Yes, date unknown5. BRADFIELD, William, b. 30 Jul 1875, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown6. BRADFIELD, John, b. 14 Apr 1878, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown7. BRADFIELD, Elizabeth, b. 16 Mar 1880, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Dec 1880, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)8. BRADFIELD, Harriet, b. 11 Apr 1882, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1916 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CHARLES WILLIAM BRADFIELD 1842-1915
The birth of a Charles BRADFIELD was registered in 1842. According to the 1901 census of Ontario, Canada, he was born in England on 1 October 1842.
(GRO December Q 1842 Wisbech XIV 141)
The marriage between Charles BRADFIELD and Mary CULLUM (sic) took place at the Parochial Chapel at Tilney St. Lawrence on 30 July 1865. Charles BRADFIELD was of full age, a bachelor, a labourer, from Poplar in the county of Middlesex, and son of William BRADFIELD, a butcher. Mary CULLUM was of full age, a Tilney St. Lawrence spinster, and daughter of John CULLUM, coal merchant. Witnesses were Stimpson (?) CULLUM and Charlotte CULLUM.
(GRO September Q 1865 Wisbech 3b 979)
Their daughter Mary Ann was born in Poplar, Middlesex, in 1867. Their daughter Sarah Jane was born at Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, in 1868. Mary Ann and Sarah Jane, daughters of Charles and Mary Bradfield, were baptised together at Terrington St. John's, Norfolk, on 27 December 1868.
(FamilySearch)
Their son Thomas BRADFIELD was born at Terrington St. John, Norfolk, in 1870.
From the 1871 census of Church End Road, Terrington St. John, Norfolk:
*Charles BRADFIELD, head, aged 28, agricultural labourer, born at Terrington St. John;
Mary BRADFIELD, wife, aged 26, born at Terrington St. John;
Charles W. BRADFIELD, son, aged 9 (sic), born at Terrington St. John;
Mary Ann BRADFIELD, daughter, aged 4, born at Poplar, London;
Sarah Jane BRADFIELD, daughter, aged 3, born at Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk;
Thomas A. BRADFIELD, son, aged 11 months, born at Terrington St. John;
Ann CULLUM, mother(-in-law), aged 68, widow, born at Tottenhill, Norfolk.
(RG10/1618/148/15)
Their daughter Elizabeth was born at Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada, on 16 March 1880 and died there on 13 December aged 9 months.
(Archives of Canada)
According to Ancestry.co.uk Charles Bradfield and family can be found on the 1881, 1891, and 1911 census of Ontario, Canada.
From the 1881 Canada census of Ward No.5, Sub-Duistrict E, Hamilton (City), Ontario:
*Charles BRADFORD [sic], head, aged 36, married, laborer, born in England;
Mary BRADFORD [sic], aged 37, born in England;
Charles BRADFORD [sic], aged 19,born in England;
Mary BRADFORD [sic], aged 14, born in England;
Sarah BRADFORD [sic], aged 13, born in England;
Thomas BRADFORD [sic], aged 11, born in England;
Benjamin BRADFORD [sic], aged 10, born in England;
William BRADFORD [sic], aged 5, born in England;
John BRADFORD [sic], aged 3, born in England.
(Canada Census 1881, FamilySearch database)
From the 1901 census of E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, taken on 31 March 1901:
*Charles BRADFIELD, head, aged 59, married, born in England on 1 October 1842, immigrated 1875, protestant, laborer;
Mary BRADFIELD, wife, aged 57, married, born in England on 29 June 1844, immigrated 1875, protestant;
Benjamin BRADFIELD, son, aged 29, single, born in England on 10 April 1872, immigrated 1875, shoemaker, earned $288 in 10 months, protestant;
John BRADFIELD, son, aged 23, single, born in Ontario on 14 April 1878, barber, earned $280, protestant;
Harriet BRADFIELD, daughter, aged 19, single, born in Ontario on 11 April 1882, confectioner's clerk, earned $96 in 10 months, protestant;
Robert BRADFIELD, son [sic], aged 10, born in Ontario on 11 July 1890, protestant, [see NOTE];
Mary KING, lodger, aged 50, born in Ireland;
William POTTER, lodger, aged 62, born in England;
Mary POTTER, lodger, aged 68, born in England.
(Canada Census 1901, FamilySearch database)
From the 1911 Canadian Census of Hamilton West Sub-Districts 1-22, Ontario, Canada:
Charles BRADFIED, head, aged 69, married, born in England;
Mary BRADFIELD, wife, aged 67, married, born in England;
Robert BRADFIELD, grandson, aged 21, born in Ontario, Canada.
(Canada Census 1911, Family Search database)
On July 16 1913 his wife Mary BRADFIELD completed a US immigration certificate on the way to visit her daughter in Buffalo, New York. The form shows that she landed initially at Quebec, Canada, in 1875.
(FamilySearch)
Charles William BRADFIELD died of Apoplexy at the Hamilton City Hospital, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, on 19 October 1915 at the age of 73 years and 18 days. He was married, and his occupation was labourer. The informant was John BRADFIELD of 115 Napier Street.
(Family Search)
He was buried in Hamilton Cemetery.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Robert, illegitimate son of Mary BRADFIELD, was born at Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, on 17 February 1890. Mary BRADFIELD had no occupation.
(PR via FindMyPast)
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