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Argyllshire / Re: Bradley/Brodley - Campbeltown, Argyllshire - any help appreciated
« on: Monday 26 September 22 22:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi Genni, I am a direct descendant of John Brodie/Bradley the father of Margaret, I was born in Campbeltown Argyll Scotland.  My Mother was a Brodie. Campbeltown is 11 miles across the sea from Antrim and you can see the Antrim Coast from it on a clear day. The Bradleys came from Rathlin Island off the Antrim Coast and settled in Campbeltown and Surrounding areas in the late 1700s to early 1800s. Some stayed behind and relocated to Ballymena and other coastal areas. They scattered all over the world from Ireland due to the Protestant church taking over the lands. The Bradleys and others refused to pay a Protestant church money. The Bradley's/Brodley/Brodie's were at one time Catholics and became Protestants in Argyll. (Although some argue they weren't Catholics, they were indeed). They were well known Masons, Merchant Sailors and fishermen; they owned a fleet of fishing boats. Some of their boats were named after their daughters, The Helen, The Edith, The Janet and The Wanderer.  Lorne Cottage in Campbeltown still stands today built by Neil and John Brodie in 1885 and has family residing in it till this day. The Old Bradley Bible resides in Lorne Cottage. I have quite a few photos of the Bradleys taken in the 1800s. There was one sister changed her name to Brolachan and buried in Kilkerran, some changed to Brosnan in other lands and other variations. Kilkerran cemetery in Campbeltown holds a lot of the Brodie family graves. These sites might be of use to you, especially My Ain folk. I will see what I can find on Margaret. All the Best Deb in America.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/captcha.jsp       
https://www.myainfolk.ca/
http://ralstongenealogy.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/

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