Bradford, Malson & Merrifield ~ Cousins Photo Album

The photograph below is of Beatrice and Virginia Westfall. This looks like my Dad's Cousin Bea whom I remember meeting when we moved Gramma back to Pennsylvania. My grand-aunt, Ella Bradford, married Nute Westfall and Bea was his daughter from a previous marriage. Dad always referred to her as Cousin Bea.

This photo below was taken in 1978 when my parents visited Gramma's grave in West Virginia. My Mom told me this was Dad's cousin, Virginia, and her husband, Harry Ripple. Mom couldn't remember how Dad and Virginia are related or her maiden name.

In a photograph with my great-grandmother, Susannah Malson Bradford, there are 2 young women is kneeling in front of her. One of them looks like she could be this older Virginia. That photo was given to my cousin Nancy Bradford by Bernile Bradford who commented that she thought 2 of the women were Ella and Virginia, so possibly Virginia is the daughter of my grand-aunt, Ella Bradford Westfall.

By June 2004, I was able to confirm from her death certificate that the above Virginia Ripple was the daughter of my Dad's aunt, Ella Bradford Westfall.

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This photo was taken in 1978. Dad and Cousin Bea were visiting Gramma's grave at the Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, Wheeling, West Virginia.

Cousin Bea looked after Gramma after she moved back to Pennsylvania.

Virginia was the daughter of my grand-aunt, Ella Bradford Westfall. Below is her obituary.

I am still trying to find Virginia's daughter, Frances Griffith, who is my 2nd cousin. Her residence at the time of her mother's death was in Sylmar, California.

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