Maureen's research says that parent's are unknown and the father as Taplin (as much as it could be read). But could this be him in the 1841 census?
1841 Census
Name Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
BRADLY, Mary F 60 1781 Berkshire
BRADLY, Richard M 30 1811 Berkshire
BRADLY, Rachell F 20 1821 Berkshire
BRADLY, George M 9 1832 Berkshire
RG number: HO107 Piece: 33 Book/Folio: 3/17 Page: 28
Registration District: Newbury Union Sub District: Newbury EnumerationDistrict: Ecclesiastical Parish: Civil Parish: Newbury Municipal Borough: Newbury Address: Bartholomew Street, Newbury County: Berkshire1851 Census
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Disability Where Born
LIDDIARD, William Head Married M 47 1804 Gardener Newbury
LIDDIARD, Harriet Wife Married F 45 1806 Gardner's Wife Hungerford
LIDDIARD, John Son Unmarried M 20 1831 Steel Toy Maker Hungerford
LIDDIARD, William Son Unmarried M 17 1834 Jeweler Hungerford
LIDDIARD, Joseph Son Unmarried M 15 1836 Brass Worker Hungerford
LIDDIARD, Martha Daughter Unmarried F 13 1838 Scholar Newbury
LIDDIARD, Elizabeth Daughter Unmarried F 10 1841 Scholar Newbury
LIDDIARD, Henry Son Unmarried M 5 1846 Scholar Newbury
BRADLEY, George Visitor Unmarried M 18 1833 Blank Maker Newbury
RG number: HO107 Piece: 2052 Folio: 763 Page: 15
Registration District: Birmingham Sub District: Saint Thomas EnumerationDistrict: 30 Ecclesiastical Parish: Civil Parish: Saint Martin Municipal Borough: Birmingham Address: 4, Court, No 7 Essex Street, Saint Martin, Birmingham County: Warwickshireb. around 1829 Newbury, Berkshire.
Parents unknown but mother possibly a servant girl named BRADLEY and father a gardener called PACE or PEACE but George showed father as Taplin BRADLEY
on m. cert. m(1) 5 Feb 1854 Harborne, Staffordshire
Emma SHORT b. 10 Nov 1834, Aston, Birmingham 1861 Cen. Living at 9 Eden Place, 49 Guildford Street, Aston St Georges, Birmingham with wife and children Emma Catherine & Eliza Ann. Occupation: Paper Maker 1871 Cen. Living ‘dwelling’ 21 Walsall Road, Aston Manor, Birmingham with wife and children Emma Catherine, Eliza Ann, Clara & George. Occupation: Paper Mache Maker 23 April 1880 deserted wife and emigrated to Australia with son George and ‘perhaps’ his ‘mistress’ and her daughter, arriving 23 Jul 1880.
The story of George BRADLEY’s marriage to Emma SHORTs, their separation and his life in Australia can be found after this table 1891 Cen. son George BRADLEY is back in England, has married and has a child but father George has not been traced. Did he return at the same time as his son, or later? ptnr(2) bef. 1901, Amelia ?PERRY? 1901 Cen. George BRADLEY at 23 Upper Ryland Road, Edgbaston & Harborne with Amelia listed as ‘SHORT, wife’ and living with three children: Alice PERRY described as daughter, ?Victoria? PERRY aged 2 shown as daughter-in-law, and three-month old John T PERRY described as son-in-law. This suggests that the older child is Amelia’s and the younger two are children of George BRADLEY & Amelia but that they are not married d. 19 Dec 1906, 23 Upper Ryland Road, Edgbaston & Harborne
Emma first appears in records m the 1841 census for Price Street in the district of St. Mary's. This census was taken in June 1841. I found this entry on 1841, Birmingham 4+, HO 107/1143 for House 2, Court 15, Price St. (Price Street seems to have run between Loveday St. and Lancaster Street more or less where St. Chad's Ringway now runs at the back of the Dental Hospital. St.Mary's Church was built as an annexe of St. Martin's from l779 onwards: elegant Georgian terraces once surrounded it. It became a Parish C'hurch in the 1830s but fell into decline and was eventually demolished. Price Street did not contain elegant Georgian houses but rather the smelly, insanitary courts ol back-to-back houses inhabited by the working classes of old Birmingham. In 1835 Price Street was on the northernmost edge of Birmingham.
1841, court 15, House 2. Price St.
William SHORT (Head), aged 40, Iron Caster, born Warwickshire
Mary Ann SHORT(Wife), aged 40 born outside the county.
Eliza SHORT (daughter), aged 15, born Warwickshire
Thomas SHORT (son), aged 15, born Warwickshire,
William SHORT(son), aged 10, born Warwickshire
Mary SHORT (daughter), aged 10, born Warwickshire
Emma SHORT (daughter), aged 6, born Warwickshire
James SHORT(son), aged 3, born Warwickshire
John SHORT (son), aged 1, born WarwickshireIn the 1851 census for Birmingham the only Emma SHORT I can find who is the right age for our Emma is given thus: (Census Ref. 2061/213/50)
Little Francis St. Aston
Head, Joseph ABBOTT, aged 31, Pearl Button Maker born Birmingham, Warks.
Wife, Mary Ann, aged 22 born Birmingham, Warwickshire
Daughter, Eliza, aged 1 born Birmingham, Warwickshire
Visitor, Emma SHORT, aged 16. born Birmingham, Warwickshire
So it appears that Emma was staying with her sister, Mary Ann ABBOTT on the night of the census.
This census was taken in April of 1851. Little Francis St. ran between Great Lister Street and Lupin St. It was just round the corner from Bloomsbury1861 Cen. Living at 9 Eden Place, 49 Guildford Street, Aston St Georges, Birmingham with husband and children Emma Catherine & Eliza Ann. George’s occupation: Paper Maker
1871 Cen. Living dwelling 21 Walsall Road, Aston Manor, Birmingham with husband and children Emma Catherine, Eliza Ann, Clara & George. George’s (sen) occupation: Paper Mache Maker
In the following year, 1861 Eliza appears on the 1861 census as 11 mths old living with her parents, George Bradley, aged 31 a Paper Maker born in Newbury, Berks, and her mother Emma, aged 25, and her older sister,Emma aged 5. The full address is given as 9, Eden Place, Guildford Street. (See 'Emma Short and the Shorts' p.3-4). Since this 1861 census was taken on April 27th Eliza should really be 1 year old.On the 1871 census Eliza aged 11 is recorded as living at 21 Walsall Road with her parents, and her sisters Emma aged 15, and Clara aged 7 and her brother George aged 5.
1881 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Paul BARTLETT Head M Male 41 Stoke Prior, Worcester, England Packer In Button Factory
Sylvia BARTLETT Wife M Female 38 Manchester, Lancashire, England Warehouse Woman In Factory
George YOUNG Step Son Male 15 Birmingham, Warwick, England Tool Making App
Emma BRADLEY Boarder U Female 47 Birmingham, Warwick, England Button Carder
Source Information:
Dwelling 5 Court 3 House Dymoke St, Aston, Warwick, England
PRO Ref RG11 Piece/Folio 3015/111 Page 91891 Census
RG12/2432 page 24 Civil Parish of Aston, Municipal Ward of Brook Parish of St. Mary
Webster Street (House number and house name is unreadable)
George BRADLEY Head M M 24 Birmingham, Warwickshire employed Brass Founder & Steel Turner
Lucy BRADLEY Wife M F 28 Birmingham, Warwickshire employed P* Button Carder
George BRADLEY Son U M 6mths Birmingham, Warwickshire
Emma Bradley mother M F 55 Birmingham, Warwickshire unreadable notes in employment columndied Sep Qtr 1891