Bradstreet S.[Rairden], was born in New Orleans [on board a ship out of Bath commanded by his father] in the harbor, November 7, 1858; spent his youthful days in Bath, with the exception of one year in school at Portishead, England; commenced going to sea in November 1874; took command of the bark Evie Reed, at Portland, Me., August 18, 1881, at the age of twenty-three years; left this vessel, on account of sickness with Java fever, at Batavia, Java, March 1884, and settled at Anjer, April 1884, as ship-chandler and commission merchant. He was married to Frances Elizabeth Collins (who was born at Bootle, England, July 16, 1865), January 12, 1887. Their children: Frank Bradstreet, born May 4, 1888; Percy Wallace, born November 14, 1889; Mamie Lowell, born May 30, 1891. In August, 1892, Captain Rairden was appointed by President Harrison, consul to Batavia, Java, and took charge of the consulate November 1, 1892.
Source History of Bath and environs 1607-1894, Parker McCobb Reed, 1894, Page 444. Ashes were moved from Santa Monica, California to Oakgrove Cemetery, Bath, Maine by his eldest son Frank in October, 1945.
Bradstreet S.[Rairden], was born in New Orleans [on board a ship out of Bath commanded by his father] in the harbor, November 7, 1858; spent his youthful days in Bath, with the exception of one year in school at Portishead, England; commenced going to sea in November 1874; took command of the bark Evie Reed, at Portland, Me., August 18, 1881, at the age of twenty-three years; left this vessel, on account of sickness with Java fever, at Batavia, Java, March 1884, and settled at Anjer, April 1884, as ship-chandler and commission merchant. He was married to Frances Elizabeth Collins (who was born at Bootle, England, July 16, 1865), January 12, 1887. Their children: Frank Bradstreet, born May 4, 1888; Percy Wallace, born November 14, 1889; Mamie Lowell, born May 30, 1891. In August, 1892, Captain Rairden was appointed by President Harrison, consul to Batavia, Java, and took charge of the consulate November 1, 1892.
Source History of Bath and environs 1607-1894, Parker McCobb Reed, 1894, Page 444. Ashes were moved from Santa Monica, California to Oakgrove Cemetery, Bath, Maine by his eldest son Frank in October, 1945.
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