----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Boyce" <keb@labyrinth.net.au> To: <IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Jacob BRADLEY and Martha COUSINS/COUZENS > My BRADLEYs are from Co Wicklow, Ireland, and at least five of them > migrated to Victoria, Australia between about 1848 and 1862. > > They are as follows: > > Jacob BRADLEY, "Gentleman Farmer" m. Martha COUZENS (~1799-1863). Her > parents were > William COUSINS and Eliza THOMPSON, and she migrated to Victoria Australia > in 1862 on the Marco Polo, and died in 1863, aged 63, place of birth given > as Wicklow. Martha arrived in Australia with her youngest son son Thomas > Isaac BRADLEY > so it is likely that Jacob had already died. > > Children listed on Martha's death certificate: > > 1. William BRADLEY- nothing known - possibly died in infancy > > 2,Elizabeth Carol BRADLEY b ~ 1832-1834 Wicklow d 1910 Essendon Vic Aust > m. [1] Charles JONES in Powerscourt Wicklow 1846, Church of Ireland (I > have a contemporary copy of ORIGINAL marriage certificate), > [2] Arthur David HARVEY in Melbourne Australia in 1856. Elizabeth and > Charles probably emigrated to Australia 1849 on the Mahommed Shah. Charles > was born in Wicklow abt 1825 and died in Melbourne Aust 1855, father John > JONES, army officer. Witnesses to the marriage in 1846 were Richard JONES > and Samuel JONES. > > 3. Jacob BRADLEY b Wicklow ~1830 d Melbourne Aust 1895 m Wicklow Sarah > Jane BURTON ~1852 . Jacob and Sarah emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the > Derry Castle > > 4. Martha Matilda BRADLEY b Wicklow ~1832 d 1902 Carlton Vic Aust m [1] > Melbourne Aust 1853 William Hayles BARTON [2] Vic Aust 1889 Henry HUGHES > Martha emigrated to Australia 1852 on the Clifton. > > 5. Emily BRADLEY b ~1836 - nothing known > > 6 Joseph BRADLEY B ~1840 Wicklow d 1895 Melbourne Aust m. [1] Catherine > LEESON Dublin Jun 1861 [2] 1883 Vic Aust Sarah Ann LANGFORD . > Joseph and Catherine emigrated to Victoria Australia in 1861 on the Prince > of the Seas > > 7. Thomas Isaac BRADLEY b ~1840 Wicklow d 1915 Clifton Hill Vic Aust m. > Louisa BAXTER 1864 Vic Aust > Australia. Emigrated to Vic Aust 1862 on the Marco Polo. > > Something bad was happening to the BRADLEY family in Wicklow. One by one, > 5 of the children emigrated, the last being the youngest son, Thomas > Isaac, who came with his mother. This suggests that Jacob probably died. > Also, when Eliza married in 1846 he was described as a "gentleman farmer" > but on some death certificates of his children he is described as > "gamekeeper". The famine? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated, and any connections would be > wonderful. I have a deal of information about the family in Australia. > > Regards > Kate Boyce > Melbourne Australia > > ps: while most birth places were simply given as Wicklow, one stated Lough > Bray. Then, with death certificates one never knows. The only firm place I > have is the Church of Ireland in Powerscourt. > >