Ernest L. (Robert) Bradley
Ernest L. (Robert) Bradley married Emma the daughter of Milton H. Bodine. Milton Bodine was owner of the Park Hotel in Wellsburg. In September 1909 Milton sold the hotel to his son-in-law Ernest L. (Robert) Bradley. In October of the same year, Bradley sold the hotel to his mother and announced plans to move to Denver. However he moved to Brooklyn, NY with his wife and son Herbert according to the 1910 census. Ernest/Robert used both names in his business dealings interchangeably. (Mike Tuccinardi who researched this person did a fantastic job in locating many old newspaper clippings on Bradley's business dealings.) Bradley's and Guy Ford's family socialized frequently. Guy Ford was married to Emma Bodine Bradley's sister, Reeva Bodine.
Ernest ran a bakery in Waverly, NY in 1912. One week after selling the bakery it had a fire.
Ernest and Guy Ford opened the Pyramids in Chemung, NY in December 1922 as a restaurant and dance hall. In February 1923 they sold dance cards for the year. There were big events throughout 1923 but a shake up in management listed new owners as Howard Kolb and R. Sullivan. However, March 1924 shows Ernest (Robert) Bradley devoting more time to the Pyramids by selling the Bradley store. (Location of the "Bradley Store" is unknown.) By the end of 1925 John I. Ford purchased the restaurant and moved his feed store there from across the road. (Guy's Father)
In 1925 and 1926, Bradley was promoting circuses in Elmira as fundraisers for the Moose Lodge. He moved his family to Buffalo. Around that time he wrote a check in Corning which bounced and a detective from Corning went to Buffalo to pick him up. Emma, his wife, made periodic visits to Chemung to visit her mother. The family moved back to the Elmira area, and Ernest and son Harold owned a restaurant on Lake Street that burned in 1939. It was as a result of the fire that a gambling hall was discovered on the second story. Two safes, records and unpaid fixtures were impounded by the sheriff. It wasn't long after, in the 1940's that Bradley owned a string of restaurants along Route 17.
Special Thank You to Mike Tuccinardi for this Research
Ernest ran a bakery in Waverly, NY in 1912. One week after selling the bakery it had a fire.
Ernest and Guy Ford opened the Pyramids in Chemung, NY in December 1922 as a restaurant and dance hall. In February 1923 they sold dance cards for the year. There were big events throughout 1923 but a shake up in management listed new owners as Howard Kolb and R. Sullivan. However, March 1924 shows Ernest (Robert) Bradley devoting more time to the Pyramids by selling the Bradley store. (Location of the "Bradley Store" is unknown.) By the end of 1925 John I. Ford purchased the restaurant and moved his feed store there from across the road. (Guy's Father)
In 1925 and 1926, Bradley was promoting circuses in Elmira as fundraisers for the Moose Lodge. He moved his family to Buffalo. Around that time he wrote a check in Corning which bounced and a detective from Corning went to Buffalo to pick him up. Emma, his wife, made periodic visits to Chemung to visit her mother. The family moved back to the Elmira area, and Ernest and son Harold owned a restaurant on Lake Street that burned in 1939. It was as a result of the fire that a gambling hall was discovered on the second story. Two safes, records and unpaid fixtures were impounded by the sheriff. It wasn't long after, in the 1940's that Bradley owned a string of restaurants along Route 17.
Special Thank You to Mike Tuccinardi for this Research