Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Margaret M. Gilmore, 1973 

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Mrs. Margaret Bradshaw 

  WINDSOR - Mrs. Margaret Gilmore (Maggie) Bradshaw, 93, of Community Drive 
died Thursday at 6:10 p.m. in Medic Home Health Center, Portsmouth. 

  A native of Brighton, England, she lived here most of her life.  She was the 
widow of James Exum Bradshaw and a daughter of William H. and Mrs. Eliza 
Bingham Gilmore. 

  She was the oldest member of Wilroy Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are three sons, James O'Kelly Bradshaw of Tucson, Ariz., and 
William Exum Bradshaw and Gilmore Bradshaw of Portsmouth; four daughters, Mrs. 
L.E. Bradshaw and Mrs. G.C. Duck of Franklin, Mrs. D.L. Kitchin of Portsmouth, 
and Mrs. J.M. Ritter of Windsor; a brother, E.V. Gilmore of Franklin; 11 
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral 
Home by the Rev. William B. Denston.  Burial will be in Southampton Memorial 
Cemetery. 


"Maggie" Margaret Mary (GILMORE; Mrs. James E.) BRADSHAW, 
b. 24 Oct 1879, Brighton, England, d. 11 Jan 1973, Portsmouth, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus I, Plot 54*), 14 Jan 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 11, Fri., Jan. 12, 1973, p. 8 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #143674202, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

A photo of her grave marker - added by Cyndi Harrison - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #143674202. 

D.Cert. 71-022885 

She immigrated in 1889.  (1900 Census - Jerusalem Dist., Southampton Co.) 

Her husband (1870 - 1928) was buried in a family cemetery on Old Courtland 
   Rd.; site not known (Nov 2023) to the SCHS Cemetery Project. 
   Find a Grave has him listed with Margaret, but notes he was buried 
   in a family cemetery. 

His obit ("Tidewater News," June 29, 1928, p. 1), with their marriage record 
   appended, is posted with at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b632j5ob.txt 

Her middle name was found on the WW-II draft card of their son Wm. Exum 
   BRADSHAW (1913 - 1986), who is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, 
   Norfolk. 


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