Biographies
ALLAN
CORMACK BRADLEY
ALLAN CORMACK
BRADLEY—The joy of living in Sacramento, the privilege of availing one’s self
of the modern conveniences of life, is largely due to such enterprising,
progressive pioneers as the esteemed Bradley family of the capital city, whose
traditions are carried forward by Allan Cormack
Bradley and his bother, Henry J., making up the present membership in the firm
of W. H. Bradley & Sons. Allan C. Bradley was born in the busy harbor town
of Sunderland, near the mouth of the River Wear, England, on October 15, 1882,
and his parents were William H. Bradley, and his good wife, who was Miss
Elizabeth Maria Cormack, before she was married. The
father came to California in 1883, and located at Carbondale, Amador County.
When Mr. Bradley died, on August 3, 1920, he left behind a very enviable
record; and Mrs. Bradley, who closed her earthly career on June 5, 1921, was
held in equally high esteem. Mr. Bradley had founded and developed the
enterprising firm of W. H. Bradley & Sons, and he was thus able to bequeath
to Messrs. Henry J. and Allan C. Bradley one of the most promising and most
desirable business establishments in Sacramento.
Allan Bradley
(who was born after his father had left home for the New World) was brought by
his mother to Sacramento, where he in time he pursued the usual courses of the
grammar schools. Then he became a messenger boy, and after that took up the telephone business, which he followed for eleven and
one-half years, or until he joined his father and brother in the automobile
trade. The livery establishment was burned out on September 1, 1913, and all
the machines there were destroyed, although about forty-two horses were saved,
and the firm sustained a loss of $60,000; but with characteristic enterprise
the Bradley boys forged ahead, just the same as before.
In June, 1907,
at Sacramento, Allan C. Bradley was married to Miss Mildred Milliken, born in
Sacramento and they had one son, Allan W.; he is now a student in the high
school and a member of the Boys’ Band and the High School Band. Mr. Bradley’s
second marriage, in June 1911, united him with Miss Mildred Anita Baker, a
native of Elk Grove, Cal., and they have a daughter, Anita C. Mr. Bradley is a
member of the Masons, the Sciots, and the Modern
Woodmen of America. He is a Republican in politics, but he favors broad views
and whole-hearted support for all important local movements looking
to the welfare of the community as a whole.
Transcribed by Gloria Wiegner
Lane.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page
441. Historic Record Company,
© 2007 Gloria
Wiegner Lane.