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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Miles Thomas Bradford ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Bradford, Miles Thomas
LAST NAME: Bradford FIRST NAME: Miles MIDDLE NAME: Thomas NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 6 Nov 1891 DIED: 4 Feb 1972 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Washington Co, Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1900 IA CENSUS - Miles T. Bradford (b Nov 1891, Iowa), enumerated with parents   Lewis E. (b Nov 1860, Iowa, married 9y, occupation farmer) and Hulda H. (b Apr 1874, Iowa, mother of 4 children, all living) and 5 siblings, all born in Iowa, Edith E. (b Nov 1886), Mabel S. (b Mar 1888), Irene J. (b Dec 1894), Elbert M. (b Aug 1897) and Viola R. (b Dec 1899); also with family was Charles Dodd [listed as a son of Lewis E. Bradford, but probably a step-son by his first wife] (b Mar 1881, Ohio, occupation farm laborer) 

1910 OR CENSUS - Miles T. Bradford (18y, b Iowa)  enumerated with parents Lewis E. (49y, b Iowa, married 19y, second marriage, occupation farmer) and Mahulda (37y, b Iowa, married 19y, first marriage, mother of 7 children, all living) and 6 siblings,  Irene (15y, b Iowa),  Elbert (10y, b Iowa), Viola (10y, b Iowa), Ruel (7y, b Iowa), Darrell (4y, b Iowa)   and Helen (2y, b Oregon) 

MARRIAGE - Miles T. Bradford & Ava Putnam md 16 Feb 1921, Marion co, Oregon

1930 OR CENSUS - N [M]. T. Bradford, age 37, married at age 29, occupation farm laborer, b. Iowa, is enumerated with Ava, age 35, married at age 29, b. Oregon, along with Betty, age 7, b. Oregon, and Patricia, age 5, b. Oregon.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (1972 Multnomah co) #2807 Miles Thomas Bradford, male, tool grinder, married, spouse Ava Bradford; b 6 Nov 1891, Iowa; father Lewis Elbert Bradford; mother Hulda Hannah Coppock; d 4 Feb 1972, Portland hosp, of 10542 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, age 80y; bur Zena; informant Ava Bradford, wife

OBITUARY: 

Bradford – Feb 4. Miles, 10542 SW Capital Hwy; husband of Eva; father of Betty and Joan Bradford; brother of Darrel, Irene, Helen Bradford, Edith DeHarpport. Services Wednesday, 2 pm, Zena Church, Zena, Ore. Vault interment Zena Cemetery, in lieu of flowers, contributions to Oregon Heart Assn. Young’s, Directors.

Oregonian, Tuesday, February 8, 1972, III:6:1

  

INSCRIPTION: 

Miles T. Bradford
Washington
Sgt 351 Aero Sq
World War I
Nov., 6, 1891 - Feb. 4, 1972

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1972 Multnomah co) #2807

1900 IA CENSUS (Washington Co, Oregon, ED 119, sheet 8B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 3A) 

Oregon Marriage Index
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Chemawa, ED 10, sheet 9A)

Oregonian, 8 Feb 1972, III:6:1

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