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Bransfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edward Bransfield ( 1785–1852), Irish sailor and naval officer *Kitty Bransfield (1875–1947), American baseball player * Marjorie Bransfield, American actress *Michael J. Bransfield Michael Joseph Bransfield (born September 8, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Bransfield served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia from 2005 to 2018. After Bransfield retired in 2018, a chu ...

Edward Bransfield
Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) was an Irish sailor who became an officer in the British Royal Navy, serving as a master on several ships, after being impressed into service in Ireland at the age of 18. He is noted for his participation in several explorations of parts of Antarctica, including a sighting of the Trinity Peninsula in January 1820. Early life Edward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland, in about 1785. While little is known of Edward's family or early life, the Bransfields are thought to have been a well-known and respected Catholic family. They may have had enough money to pay for Edward's education, but because of the Penal Laws, it is more likely that he attended a local hedge school. On 2 June 1803, Bransfield, then eighteen years old, was removed by British sailors from his father's fishing boat and impressed into the Royal Navy. He began as an ordinary seaman on the 110-gun first-rate ship of the line , where he share ...
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Kitty Bransfield
William Edward "Kitty" Bransfield (January 7, 1875 – May 1, 1947) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1898 to 1911 for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs. Playing career Bransfield played a season of semipro baseball with a team in Grafton in 1897. After a brief major league stint with Boston in 1898, Bransfield returned to the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1901. He played four seasons with the team, most notably serving as the Pirates first baseman in 1903, the year in which the team lost the inaugural World Series to Boston. He subsequently played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs. In 1330 games over 12 seasons, Bransfield posted a .270 batting average (1351-for-4999) with 529 runs, 225 doubles, 75 triples, 13 home runs, 637 RBI, 175 stolen bases, 221 bases on balls, .304 on-base percentage, and .353 slugging percentage. He finished hi ...
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Marjorie Bransfield
Marjorie Bransfield is an American former actress. She appeared in six films with Belushi (marked with an asterisk in the filmography), including a starring role in ''Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe ''Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe'' is a 1991 science fiction film written and directed by Damian Lee and starring Jesse Ventura and Sven-Ole Thorsen, with a cameo by Jim Belushi. Plot Abraxas and Secundus, are Finders, intergalactic police o ....'' She had a small part in an episode of the TV series '' Murder One'' in 1996. Personal life Bransfield married actor Jim Belushi in 1990, they divorced in 1992 after two years of marriage. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bransfield, Marjorie American film actresses Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women ...
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