Fatal accident in 1895, but cannot find any information

[andarah]

My great-great grandfather is John Bradley.  When he died, he left his infant son an orphan because his wife had already died from the flu.

They married in Dec. 1894.

The baby's name was William Bradley.  He was born Jan, 1895.  Yes, the dates are correct - she was 8 months pregnant at the wedding.

The mother's name was Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bradley (nee McKay).  She died in March, 1895.  She was 19 years old.

Supposedly John Bradley died in an accident 6 months after his wife (fall, 1895).  However, I cannot find any trace of his death and I am wondering if he abandoned his son.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?  Does anyone have access to Glasgow paper from 1895 that could check for an accident?

William is the baby in the picture, and we think that the woman is Lizzie's mother since John's parents were dead before the wedding.  Maybe she looks familiar???

TIA!

[Viktoria]

Sorry I can`t help you in your search, but what a picture! I can just imagine he was as fat as butter
and loved to bits. I`ll bet she stuck up for him.Best of luck in your quest.Its a sad story.
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[sancti]

Who is William with on the 1901 census?

[andarah]

We don't know.  I have tried to find him there.

My father thinks he may have been raised by a maternal aunt, and they possibly lived in Darlington.  I think her maiden name was Devine, but I wouldn't know the aunt's married name.

[andarah]

I also know that he went on to be a professional football player, and he did not fight in WWI. 

[andarah]

We don't know.  I have tried to find him there.

My father thinks he may have been raised by a maternal aunt, and they possibly lived in Darlington.  I think her maiden name was Devine, but I wouldn't know the aunt's married name.

I messed up that explanation!  Lizzie's maiden name was McKay.  Her mother's maiden name was Devine.  So, he conceivably could have been raised by someone with either of those names, or another married name.

[Cheryl.]

I don't think this will be of any use to you but I'll tell you anyway. My surname is Bradley, my dad's side are the Bradleys but I haven't looked into that side of the tree yet but I do remember talking with my granda one afternoon about his family tree and he definitely mentioned the name Devine. I'll ask him where the Devine comes into it, it may shed some light - worth a try.

[sancti]

I also know that he went on to be a professional football player, and he did not fight in WWI. 

Who did he play for and when?

[andarah]

I don't remember!  Oops.

I have to ask my Dad.  I do have pictures of some of his teams.

Pollack, Barrow and QOS???  That means nothing to me, as I live in Canada, but those are the names under the photos in my photo directory.

He also has the velvet hat with metal tassels from playing/winning in 1921 in a game that is marked GvI on the hat, and the story is that is means Great Britain vs Ireland.

I know that at one point he made it onto a particular team, but was not allowed to play when they discovered he was Catholic.

The photo is one of this teams.