Andrew Bradish GODFREY: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1843 - 1913 (69 years)

Generation: 1

Andrew Bradish GODFREY was born on 5 Aug 1843 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York (son of Nathan Slawson GODFREY and Elvira Jane JONES); died on 7 May 1913 in Batavia, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1850, Living with parents in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1860, Living with parents in Elba, Genesee Co., New York

Notes:

Name:
As a young man he lived in New York City and for the jewelry firm of Tiffany & Co. In 1862, he returned to Elba, bought a farm, and raised his family. Of a religious disposition his boyhood Bible is still in existence with the inscription on the flyleaf: "Earned when boy weeding garden during harvest."

Family/Spouse: Ellen MCCRORY. Ellen was born on 12 Sep 1844; died on 20 Jul 1891 in Batavia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Grace Estelle GODFREY was born on 2 Mar 1872.
Clarence Calder GODFREY was born on 8 Mar 1875.

Family/Spouse: Adell CLARK. Adell was born in 1856; died on 24 May 1941 in Batavia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Nathan Slawson GODFREY was born on 15 Aug 1809 in Bloomingburg, New York (son of Elijah GODFREY and Catharine SLAWSON); died on 8 May 1891 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1850, Living in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1860, Living in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1870, Living in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1880, Living in Elba, Genesee Co., New York

Notes:

Name:
He was a successful farmer. On first going to Genesee County, he was employed by the Holland land Company as an appraiser of land. In politics, he was a Whig and he received a commission, dated Mar. 21, 1829, as Lieutenant in the 10th Reg. of State Militia.

Nathan married Elvira Jane JONES on 30 Jan 1831 in Elba, New York. Elvira was born on 5 Dec 1810 in Westford, Otsego Co., New York; died on 15 Aug 1905 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elvira Jane JONES was born on 5 Dec 1810 in Westford, Otsego Co., New York; died on 15 Aug 1905 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: Daughter of Andrew Bradish Jones
Census: 1850, Living with husband in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1860, Living with husband in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1870, Living with husband in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1880, Living with husband in Elba, Genesee Co., New York
Census: 1900, Living in Elba, Genesee Co., New York

Children:

Oscar E. GODFREY was born on 10 Sep 1833 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; died on 31 Oct 1905 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.
Malvina Esther GODFREY was born in Jul 1837 in New York; died on 24 May 1922 in Batavia, New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.
Eli Nathan GODFREY was born on 25 Sep 1839 in Elba, New York; died on 22 Jan 1897 in Elba, New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.
1. Andrew Bradish GODFREY was born on 5 Aug 1843 in Elba, Genesee Co., New York; died on 7 May 1913 in Batavia, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, Genesee Co., New York.