Josephine Bradshaw b. 21 Dec 1894 Highland Co., VA d. 10 Dec 1967 Oakland, Alameda Co., CA: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1894 - 1967 (72 years)

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Name	Josephine Bradshaw
Birth	21 Dec 1894	Highland Co., VA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Death	10 Dec 1967	Oakland, Alameda Co., CA [3, 4, 5]
Burial	Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA [5]
Person ID	I25177	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	9 Feb 2020

Father	James Bland Bradshaw, b. 16 Sep 1844, Pendleton Co., VA d. 7 Sep 1916, McDowell, Highland Co., VA (Age 71 years)
Mother	Mary Martha Wamsley, b. 2 Jul 1859, Huttonsville, Randolph Co., VA d. 27 Jan 1928, Headwaters, Highland Co., VA (Age 68 years)
Marriage	14 May 1878	Valley Bend, Randolph Co., WV [6]
Family ID	F9857	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	John Arnold "Toesch" Rea, b. 11 Sep 1895, Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA d. 2 Jul 1931, Livermore, Alameda Co., CA (Age 35 years)
Family ID	F17287	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	9 Feb 2020

Notes

The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Thursday, 14 Dec 1967, p. 7, col. B

OBITUARIES

Mrs. Josephine Bradshaw Rea

Mrs. Josephine Bradshaw Rea of Rossmoor Leisure World, Walnut Creek, Calif., died Sunday, Dec. 10 at an Oakland, Calif, hospital.

Mrs. Rea was born Dec. 21, 1894 at McDowell, a daughter of James B. and Mary Wamsley Bradshaw, of the old "Mansion House," now owned by Mrs. Frank Ralston.

She received her B. S. degree from Madison College, and her M. A. degree from Teachers College of Columbia University, at New York City. She began her teaching career at McDowell and also taught at Staunton and Waynesboro.

She went to California as principal of a school at Gilroy, where she served for several years. She was well known in education circles throughout California and prior to her retirement served for many years as a supervisor for the board of education in Contra Costa County. While in that capacity she was a state of California delegate to an International Education Conference held at Naletta, Malta.

She was a member of the Episcopal Church and a funeral service was held by her vicar at Rossmoor with a grave side service at Gilroy, where burial was beside the grave of her husband.

Mrs. Rea is survived by a niece, Miss Louise Watts, of New York City, who had spent the past year with her, and several other nieces and nephews.

Sources

[S1479] Virginia, Highland County, FCR: Highland Co., VA 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1713, Stonewall, enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 6A, p. 241, dwelling 95, family 95, Josephine Bradshaw, accessed 11 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as Dec 1894.
[S1582] State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics., California, Death Index, 1940-1997, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2000)), accessed 1 Feb 2020), Josephin B. Rea, 1967, Contra Costa County. (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as 21 Dec 1895.
[S1652] Social Security Administration, SSDI, (Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), entry for Josephine Rea, 1967, SS no. 566-66-0605, accessed 1 Feb 2020 (Reliability: 3).
[S1582] State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics., California, Death Index, 1940-1997, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2000)), accessed 1 Feb 2020), Josephin B. Rea, 1967, Contra Costa County. (Reliability: 3).
[S2069] Virginia. Monterey., Highland Recorder, "OBITUARIES, Mrs. Josephine Bradshaw Rea," 14 Dec 1967, p. 7, col. B; digital images, \i Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive\i0 ?(https://virginiachronicle.com/ : accessed 1 Feb 2020). (Reliability: 3).
[S1435] West Virginia. Randolph County., Randolph Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register p. 86, Bradshaw-Wamsley, 1878; accessed 11 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).