Welcome to The Other Place.
My name is Pat Bradshaw
This site is a record of my exploration of the History of the Bradshaw family of Chateaugay, NY. In particular I’m researching the lives of my grandfather’s siblings, the children of Patrick and Johanna Bradshaw. With the exception of my Grandfather, who inherited the family farm, they ended up scattered from California to New England.
I started out doing straight genealogical research, but became more interesting in telling my family’s story. Thus far it’s a ripping yarn that includes divorce, a murder trial, agricultural statistics, a father reunited with a long lost daughter, Billy Martin (yes that Billy Martin), Irish language fragments, tertiary syphilis, and potatoes.
And I’m just getting started.