Tom, Do you know who the house belonged to originally? My grandmother's sister lived in Franklin and left no living descendants. Catherine Gibson Havemeier

The house belonged to the Bradley family from around after the turn of the century. If you look in the old Franklin books you'll see listings for Bradley as a dealer in farm implements and later as a car dealer. There is an old family Bible here with geneological info in it that I would be glad to check for you as soon as time permits. I know one of the brothers, Russell Bradley, was married but I don't have any info on the wife off the top of my head. I do think she may have come from PA originally, there are/were Cab cards from Athens PA in the box. They had no children by the way. before that, I believe before that the house was owned by a family called Mann, he was an attorney. I have been meaning to do some research on the house, as Jim Bradley, who was born in the house and left it to my wife, told her that it was at one time connected to a house across the road via a tunnel, the old Turner Tavern, which was owned at one time by a relation of his. There is what looks like a sealed up opening in the basement wall on that side of the house, but it could have been anything. Also, there is an unusual feature to the house, what I describe as a sunburst or star on the front of the house, the gable end I think it's called. I've always wondered if this had any significance or was it just decorative, I've not seen one like it anyplace else. Tom On 1/22/07, Catherine Havemeier <catgh@msn.com> wrote: > > Tom, > Do you know who the house belonged to originally? My grandmother's sister > lived in Franklin and left no living descendants. > Catherine Gibson Havemeier > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In the pictures about the Bradley's in Franklin, if you run across a Stephen Bradley (b-1819) and wife Emmeline Green Bradley (b-1822) would you keep me in mind? Thanks Linda Ogborn

Hi Tom, What an interesting history! My grandmother's sister was Marion Kemp. Her husband, Rob, farmed in Meridale on what is now Kemp Road. She had two children who never married: Russel and Nell, who was a teacher.Their house was a beautiful Victorian on the main street of Franklin. Nell was there till she died in the 1940s. Thanks for the reply. Catherine

I suggest going through the bible first to see if you can get any names out of it - most likely you will be able to connect to some family even if it is distant. Another suggestion is transcribing or scanning any of the newspaper articles for the website - when you have the time of course. Now I have to add, and someone may have to correct me, but I thought that it was once talked about the underground railroad going through Franklin, but I may be 100% mistaken. I know that it went through Oneonta. Is there an historical society or historian for Franklin? They might be able to answer your question regarding the gable. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Tom Buffington Date: 1/22/2007 2:13:07 PM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Pictures The house belonged to the Bradley family from around after the turn of the century. If you look in the old Franklin books you'll see listings for Bradley as a dealer in farm implements and later as a car dealer. There is an old family Bible here with geneological info in it that I would be glad to check for you as soon as time permits. I know one of the brothers, Russell Bradley, was married but I don't have any info on the wife off the top of my head. I do think she may have come from PA originally, there are/were Cab cards from Athens PA in the box. They had no children by the way. before that, I believe before that the house was owned by a family called Mann, he was an attorney. I have been meaning to do some research on the house, as Jim Bradley, who was born in the house and left it to my wife, told her that it was at one time connected to a house across the road via a tunnel, the old Turner Tavern, which was owned at one time by a relation of his. There is what looks like a sealed up opening in the basement wall on that side of the house, but it could have been anything. Also, there is an unusual feature to the house, what I describe as a sunburst or star on the front of the house, the gable end I think it's called. I've always wondered if this had any significance or was it just decorative, I've not seen one like it anyplace else. Tom