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HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA

Vol III, 1916

A.W. Bowen & Co. Halifax

Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens
and Genealogical Records of the Old Families

A. BRADSHAW

In writing a personal history, the biographer does not always attempt to prove himself right. Where a long contact with the personage exists, the labor of arrangement, synopsis and production becomes more simple, and this is quite equally true as applied to those who have been performers, whether in front of the curtain or otherwise, through the shorter or longer years. Those who know A. BRADSHAW, merchant of Amherst, say that he has led a careful, industrious and honorable life. He was born December 7, 1874, at Amherst, and is a son of C. Patrick BRADSHAW, who was a native of Ireland, born in the City of Cork in 1837. He came to New York City when twelve years old, later removing to St. John, New Brunswick, where he remained until his removal to Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1871, and here his death occurred in 1900. He ran a pegging factory in connection with the manufacture of shoes. Ann RYAN, mother of our subject, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1842. She came to America when young and married Mr. BRADSHAW in St. John, New Brunswick. She is still living in Amherst. To these parents nine children were born.
A. BRADSHAW received his education in the public schools of Amherst. When a young man he began life as a merchant and has since been successfully engaged in wholesale and retail provisions, meats, etc.; under the firm name of Bradshaw & Vallance. He had the first cold storage plant in Nova Scotia, aside from the government plants. He also owns a large farm and raises cattle extensively.
On September 4, 1900, Mr. BRADSHAW married Margaret STACK of Melrose, New Brunswick. She is a daughter of Daniel and Margaret (HANNAN) STACK, both natives of Ireland. The following children have been born to our subject and wife: Mary Margaret, Ann Eileen, Dorothy Catherine, Joseph Sarto, Clement Patrick, George Edward, and Alice Pauline.
Politically, Mr. BRADSHAW is a Liberal. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.