I’ve just uncovered evidence indicating Sarah Loretta Bradley was born in Howick, in Huron County, Ontario and not Leeds County as I had suspected. This could well open up the possibility of finally locating her parents, Samuel Bradley and Charlotte Tackaberry.
For many years I have searched in vain for Sarah’s parents in Leeds and surrounding area. No wonder I couldn’t find them.
The document that cracks open this new door is the record of Sarah’s first marriage to James Henry Craig.
Sarah Loretta Bradley marriage to James Henry Craig
Although they were married in Elizabethtown, Sarah is listed as being born in Howick. This is a new leed back to her place of birth and her parents for whom there are no other records outside of Sarahs connection to them through her two marriage certificates. Here is the Ancestry.ca listing followed by the actual photographic copy of the first marriage:
Name: James Henry Craig
Birth Place: Elizabethtown
Age: 28
Father Name: William Craig
Mother Name: Mary A Craig
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Spouse Name: Sarah Loretta Bradley
Spouse’s Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Howick
Spouse Father Name: Samuel Bradley
Spouse Mother Name : Charlotte Bradley
Marriage Date: 3 May 1881
Marriage Place: Leeds
Marriage County: Leeds
Source: Indexed by: Ancestry.com
