Hi

I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me find some information on my wife's great grandfather: Dr William Henry Bradley.
I've been trying for months to find information on my own (via internet) and have come to the conclusion that any additional records for Dr Bradley must only be available for paper archives or cemetary records.
I would truly appreciate any information that you can find (or if you can put me in touch with someone who could help find this) and anything else that you can suggest

At this point, I would even be willing to pay someone for any information of value that they could provide to me
Here is what I know:
Dr Bradley was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana USA in January 1862 and emigrated to Dutch Guiana in 1901 to work as physician to railroad / gold mining crews managed by Howard Ashley Pedrick.
Pedrick wrote a book called "Jungle Gold" about this project and apparently more than 20 Americans and Europeans and 1000 maroons died as a result of this project.

It seems that Dr Bradley must have bought the assets from this construction because he is recorded elsewhere (Journal of Locomotive Engineers, 1929) as the man responsible for building the first 61 miles of railroad in Dutch Guiana. From what I understand, this started in Paramaribo and stretch up into the bush to a dam of some kind.

Dr Bradley also served as US Consular Agent, Paramaribo from 1905-1909 and is recorded in dozens of US consular reports from this period (see Google Books).

Owned a plantation called "Mon Sort".

Pictured in William Boyce's book "Illustrated South America" with caption "Dr W H Bradley at his mine in the bush."

Served as director / owner? of a gold placer mining concern called the "Marowijne Company."

 
Owned several gold mines, railroad, and several plantations.

Died about 1924 -- exactly when and how unknown.

Married or "married" to Mary Josephine Massiah (born Georgetown, Demerara / British Guiana circa 1884).

Had 4 children in Paramaribo:
Alice E Bradley (born 17 Dec 1910)
Marie Eileen Bradley (born 1910)
Cecil William Bradley (born 14 Aug 1912)
Vivian Lyster Bradley (born 30 Aug 1916).

His family all emigrated to Canada after his death -- apparently having inherited none or little of Dr Bradley's estate. Arrived St John, New Brunswick, Canada on Oct 5, 1925.

Marriage, birth, death records would most likely be Catholic.

I would really like to find Dr Bradley's birth family, exactly when and how he died, and to find out what happened to his estate after his death (ie. his will).

I'm guessing that either went to the Dutch government or stayed with his business partners or went to some unknown relative or friend.

Thanks very much for your time and anything that you might be able to suggest

Ian George