Family Group Sheet
NameThomas BROADLEY
Birth19 Mar 1807, Nafferton, Yorkshire, England [21], [672, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22676721], [5]
Christen26 Mar 1807, Great Driffield, Nafferton, Yorkshire, England [382]
Immigration1832, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI
Land Purch10 Oct 1840, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [238, Michigan Land Recs]
Census1840, St. Joseph Co, MI
Moveabt 1842, Lagrange, Ontario, IN
Census5 Sep 1850, Florence Twp, St. Joseph Co, MI
Census1860, Florence Twp, St. Joseph Co, MI
Move1876, Melrose, Cherokee, KS
Death19 Jul 1885, Alden, McHenry, IL [21, Notes from Cemetary], [308], [5], [672, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22676721]
Death MemoDaughter’s home
BurialFairview Cem, Melrose, KS [308]
FatherHenry BROADLEY (ch. 1771-1848)
MotherMary STEPHENSON (~1775-1847)
Other spousesSarah Oxenford
Marriage25 Dec 1837, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [21], [309, Marriage certificates, 1832-1846, v. 1]
SpouseSarah COATS
Birth4 Feb 1819, Yorkshire, England [21]
Christen14 Feb 1819, North Newbald, Yorkshire, England [343]
Death3 Sep 1848, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [21]
FatherJohn COATS (~1782-1848)
MotherEllen Romans (1786-1841)
Children
Birth26 Mar 1839, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [21, Letter from Alden, IL]
Death30 Apr 1906, Harvard, McHenry Co, IL [21, Broadley book manuscript]
SpouseEgbert Patterson
MarriageSt. Joseph Co, MI
SpouseWilliam Chapman
Marriage14 Mar 1878
Birth8 Apr 1842, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [21, 1883 Letter]
Death29 Aug 1913, LaGrange, LaGrange, IN [21]
SpouseGeorge Troxell
Marriage1 Jan 1861, LaGrange, LaGrange, IN [21]
3 MJames W. BROADLEY (Civil War)
Birth25 Oct 1844, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [30], [7, Gives birthplace as Indiana]
Death16 Jan 1912, Joplin, Jasper Co, MO [30], [7, File No. 1544, Informant W H Broadley (son)]
Death Memo812 Wall Street
Burial19 Jan 1912, Mt. Hope Cem, Joplin, MO [7]
SpouseFanny Margaret JARRETT
Marriage25 Feb 1867, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [30]
Marr MemoIn her parents’ home
4 MJohn Coats Broadley (Civil War)
Birth20 Aug 1848, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [21]
DeathJun 1909, Joplin, Jasper, MO [14]
SpouseCaroline Jarrett
Marriage27 Feb 1869, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [14]
Notes for Thomas BROADLEY
Photo of Thomas Broadley taken in Joplin, MO notes on back that Thomas Broadley was born in York in 1807 and came to the U.S. in 1832. Broadley manuscript says he immigrated from Liverpool with brother William in 1832 to White Pigeon, MI. In early forties he joined WIlliam in Ontario, Lagrange, IN. Moved in 1876 to Melrose, KS. Died on visit to children in 1885. Buried with second wife and son Henry Thomas. [21]
Census notes for Thomas BROADLEY
1840 MI 1850 MI 1860 MI 1870 IL?? 1880 IL??
1840 St. Joes, MI: Thomas Broadley 1 m 30-40, 1 m 10-15, 1 f 20-30, 1 f under 5. Also listings for Harry Broadley and John Coates.
1850 St. Joes, MI: Thomas Brodly 4? b. Eng; Sarah, 31; Ellen 11 b. MI; Mary E. 8; James 5, John 9. Laborer Joseph Thompson 16. (Florence Twp. 9/5/1850. p 191) (8/29/95)
1860 St. Joes, MI: Thomas, ?? b. Eng Sarah, 42, b. England. Ellen 21 MI; Mary 18; James 14; John 11; Alice 8; Francis 7. (Florence Twp., p. 335, FHL film 803561)
1870 MI Census: No Broadly, Brodly, Bradly, Brody
1880 Cherokee Co, KS: Thomas Broadly 73 Eng, par b. Eng; Sarah 61 Eng, Thomas 16 MI. (Neosho, p. 549C)
1840 St. Joes, MI: Thomas Broadley 1 m 30-40, 1 m 10-15, 1 f 20-30, 1 f under 5. Also listings for Harry Broadley and John Coates.
1850 St. Joes, MI: Thomas Brodly 4? b. Eng; Sarah, 31; Ellen 11 b. MI; Mary E. 8; James 5, John 9. Laborer Joseph Thompson 16. (Florence Twp. 9/5/1850. p 191) (8/29/95)
1860 St. Joes, MI: Thomas, ?? b. Eng Sarah, 42, b. England. Ellen 21 MI; Mary 18; James 14; John 11; Alice 8; Francis 7. (Florence Twp., p. 335, FHL film 803561)
1870 MI Census: No Broadly, Brodly, Bradly, Brody
1880 Cherokee Co, KS: Thomas Broadly 73 Eng, par b. Eng; Sarah 61 Eng, Thomas 16 MI. (Neosho, p. 549C)
Obituary notes for Thomas BROADLEY
Harvard (IL) Herald:
Thomas was born in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England, March 19, 1807 and died in Alden, McHenry County, Illinois, Sabbath evening, July 19, 1895 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ellen Chapman. His remains were forwarded to Melrose, Kansas for burial.
He came to America in 1832 and settled on Pigeon Prairie where he was married to his first wife, Sarah Coats, December 25, 1836. Two boys and two girls were born to them, all living. After her death Sept. 3, 1848 he married Sarah Oxenford July 21, 1850 in Vandalia, Michigan. To them were born two girls and one boy. Since 1876, he has been living at Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas except while visiting his children. On one of these visits the disease of the heart that had for some time been troubling him became serious and ended his life.
Friends, neighbors were ever he had been, with united voice, testify of ihs worth as a Christian man. He was noted for his moral integrity and the evenness of his piety. Converted early in life, he joined the Methodist Church and ever afterward adorned the Christian profession by an upright and consistent life. Conscious in his last moments to the very end, his testimony was clear and joyous and triumphand to the worth of the Christian religion, the faithfulness of God, and the abiding presence of the Saviour. --by J.C. Bigelow.
<The obit was clipped and pasted inside the front cover of the Broadley family bible, passed from Thomas to oldest daughter Ellen to her daughter Alice to her brother Frank Chapman. Births, marriages and deaths of family written inside in Thomas’s hand> [21, Manuscript for Broadley book]
Thomas was born in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England, March 19, 1807 and died in Alden, McHenry County, Illinois, Sabbath evening, July 19, 1895 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ellen Chapman. His remains were forwarded to Melrose, Kansas for burial.
He came to America in 1832 and settled on Pigeon Prairie where he was married to his first wife, Sarah Coats, December 25, 1836. Two boys and two girls were born to them, all living. After her death Sept. 3, 1848 he married Sarah Oxenford July 21, 1850 in Vandalia, Michigan. To them were born two girls and one boy. Since 1876, he has been living at Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas except while visiting his children. On one of these visits the disease of the heart that had for some time been troubling him became serious and ended his life.
Friends, neighbors were ever he had been, with united voice, testify of ihs worth as a Christian man. He was noted for his moral integrity and the evenness of his piety. Converted early in life, he joined the Methodist Church and ever afterward adorned the Christian profession by an upright and consistent life. Conscious in his last moments to the very end, his testimony was clear and joyous and triumphand to the worth of the Christian religion, the faithfulness of God, and the abiding presence of the Saviour. --by J.C. Bigelow.
<The obit was clipped and pasted inside the front cover of the Broadley family bible, passed from Thomas to oldest daughter Ellen to her daughter Alice to her brother Frank Chapman. Births, marriages and deaths of family written inside in Thomas’s hand> [21, Manuscript for Broadley book]
