[1] He lived in Thames in the late 1860s and in April 1870, he married Harriette Clementina Bolton at Auckland.
[1] He played cricket for Otago and competed in the 1864 game against the English team led by George Parr touring in New Zealand in 1863/64.
[1] He was elected to the provincial government in the Mount Benger electorate on 23 March 1871 and served until the dissolution of the council's sixth session on 22 May 1873.
[4] Bradshaw stood in the 1865 Gold Fields by-election as one of three candidates, but was beaten by Charles Edward Haughton.
[1] Several people including a group of factory operatives decided to raise money for a memorial to him, and it was said that he had not left his family well provided for.