Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: 08-Jan-1936 San Luis Obispo, CA deaths100, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-52TC
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: San Miguel District Cemetery, San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA1, Silas Braffet, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189753906
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Silas Braffet, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L5ND-QQ2
!CENSUS: 1860 Redwood, Santa Clara, CA
!CENSUS: 05-Aug-1870 Salinas, Monterey, CA, 124/97, Silas Brafford
!REFERENCE: 04-Jan-1875 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48, Number 741013, "Near Santa Cruz, Dec 27— Wife of Silas Braffet, a son.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18750104.2.12.1...-txIN-braffet-------
!CENSUS: 1880 Castroville, Monterey, CA16, Silas Broffet, divorced
!REFERENCE: 1890-1895 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, 575 references to Braffit, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=q&r=1&results=1&am...t-txIN-%22braffit%22-------
!REFERENCE: 23-Apr-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, party at residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 19-Jun-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, Ed. Campbell visits his cousin S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 15-Oct-1891 Salinas Weekly Index1148, Silas BRAFFET, "**The BROOKS Trial -- Albert M. BROOKS, charged with an attempt to commit arson, was tried before the Superior Court Tuesday with the following jury: Gilbert MULCH, John F. HAY, Chauncey A. DAYTON, W.H. CLARK, A.W. WOODSON, C.P. GOULD, E.J. HESS, S.E. PARDEE, P.S. HATCH, J.E. VEACH, Silas BRAFFET, John SEXTON."
!REFERENCE: 25-Feb-1892 Salinas Weekly Index18, the child of Si Braffet mentioned in this article is probably Willian Nathan Braffet
!REFERENCE: 02-Feb-1893 Salinas Weekly Index death notice for son Bertie Braffet1129, Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Dec-1894 Salinas Weekly Index birth notice for daughter1149, Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 10-Dec-1899 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 3, Si Braffitt
!REFERENCE: St. Stephens Episcopal Church, San Luis Obispo, CA696, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 14-Nov-1908 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 1, item from Nov-1882, 29-Oct-1882 marriage of Silas Braffitt and Lydia Bacon in Salinas
!CENSUS: 1910 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Silas Braffet
!CENSUS: 08-Jan-1920 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Silas Braffet
!RESIDENCE: 1921 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA410, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 23-Jan-1923 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, "Mrs. J. C. Willard left for Los Angeles after a couple weeks' visit with the Si Braffet family"
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA1138, 43/43, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1936 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 2, obituary for Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1936 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, card of thanks relative to recent death of Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: Cy Braffet, "The John Rude family of Paso Robles ran a feed yard for the horses and boarded the drivers. When stopping overnight in San Miguel, Cy Braffet ran what was called a livery stable and fed the horses overnight.", http://www.pasorobles-usa.com/PioneerPages/wagons.htm
!REFERENCE: CA deaths100, for sons James Frederick Braffet, Benjamin S. Braffet, and William Nathan Braffet, and daughter Clara Irene Pedrotta
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: San Miguel District Cemetery, San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA1, Silas Braffet, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189753906
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Silas Braffet, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L5ND-QQ2
!CENSUS: 1860 Redwood, Santa Clara, CA
!CENSUS: 05-Aug-1870 Salinas, Monterey, CA, 124/97, Silas Brafford
!REFERENCE: 04-Jan-1875 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48, Number 741013, "Near Santa Cruz, Dec 27— Wife of Silas Braffet, a son.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18750104.2.12.1...-txIN-braffet-------
!CENSUS: 1880 Castroville, Monterey, CA16, Silas Broffet, divorced
!REFERENCE: 1890-1895 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, 575 references to Braffit, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=q&r=1&results=1&am...t-txIN-%22braffit%22-------
!REFERENCE: 23-Apr-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, party at residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 19-Jun-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, Ed. Campbell visits his cousin S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 15-Oct-1891 Salinas Weekly Index1148, Silas BRAFFET, "**The BROOKS Trial -- Albert M. BROOKS, charged with an attempt to commit arson, was tried before the Superior Court Tuesday with the following jury: Gilbert MULCH, John F. HAY, Chauncey A. DAYTON, W.H. CLARK, A.W. WOODSON, C.P. GOULD, E.J. HESS, S.E. PARDEE, P.S. HATCH, J.E. VEACH, Silas BRAFFET, John SEXTON."
!REFERENCE: 25-Feb-1892 Salinas Weekly Index18, the child of Si Braffet mentioned in this article is probably Willian Nathan Braffet
!REFERENCE: 02-Feb-1893 Salinas Weekly Index death notice for son Bertie Braffet1129, Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Dec-1894 Salinas Weekly Index birth notice for daughter1149, Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 10-Dec-1899 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 3, Si Braffitt
!REFERENCE: St. Stephens Episcopal Church, San Luis Obispo, CA696, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 14-Nov-1908 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 1, item from Nov-1882, 29-Oct-1882 marriage of Silas Braffitt and Lydia Bacon in Salinas
!CENSUS: 1910 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Silas Braffet
!CENSUS: 08-Jan-1920 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Silas Braffet
!RESIDENCE: 1921 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA410, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 23-Jan-1923 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, "Mrs. J. C. Willard left for Los Angeles after a couple weeks' visit with the Si Braffet family"
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA1138, 43/43, Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1936 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 2, obituary for Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1936 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, card of thanks relative to recent death of Silas Braffet
!REFERENCE: Cy Braffet, "The John Rude family of Paso Robles ran a feed yard for the horses and boarded the drivers. When stopping overnight in San Miguel, Cy Braffet ran what was called a livery stable and fed the horses overnight.", http://www.pasorobles-usa.com/PioneerPages/wagons.htm
!REFERENCE: CA deaths100, for sons James Frederick Braffet, Benjamin S. Braffet, and William Nathan Braffet, and daughter Clara Irene Pedrotta
Spouses
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, CA1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134955753
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Martha Jane Ballenger, parents Simpson Ballenger (1831-1882) and Mariah Susan Payne (1835-1908), https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KH24-J95
!CENSUS: 1860 Russian River, Sonoma, CA, Martha Jane Ballinger, parents Simpson Ballinger and Susan J. Ballinger
!CENSUS: 1870 Upper Lake, Lake, CA, Martha J. Bolinger
!REFERENCE: 04-Jan-1875 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48, Number 741013, "Near Santa Cruz, Dec 27— Wife of Silas Braffet, a son.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18750104.2.12.1...-txIN-braffet-------
!CENSUS: 1880 Lakeport, Lake, CA1016, Martha Braffet, divorced, parents Simpson Ballinger and Susan Ballinger, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GY-NJ5
!RESIDENCE: 1921 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA410, Mrs. Martha J. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 18 Jan 1929 Healdsburg Tribune, Number 62, "Mrs. Martha Tate, whose maiden name was Ballinger and first married Mr. Braffit, also died recently. The family owned the present Scott ranch in Bachelor valley. Mr. Tate later owned the A1 Riggs place in Scotts valley and the Bleakmore property in south Lakeport.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HT19290118.2.36
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Martha Jane Ballenger, parents Simpson Ballenger (1831-1882) and Mariah Susan Payne (1835-1908), https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KH24-J95
!CENSUS: 1860 Russian River, Sonoma, CA, Martha Jane Ballinger, parents Simpson Ballinger and Susan J. Ballinger
!CENSUS: 1870 Upper Lake, Lake, CA, Martha J. Bolinger
!REFERENCE: 04-Jan-1875 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 48, Number 741013, "Near Santa Cruz, Dec 27— Wife of Silas Braffet, a son.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18750104.2.12.1...-txIN-braffet-------
!CENSUS: 1880 Lakeport, Lake, CA1016, Martha Braffet, divorced, parents Simpson Ballinger and Susan Ballinger, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GY-NJ5
!RESIDENCE: 1921 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA410, Mrs. Martha J. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 18 Jan 1929 Healdsburg Tribune, Number 62, "Mrs. Martha Tate, whose maiden name was Ballinger and first married Mr. Braffit, also died recently. The family owned the present Scott ranch in Bachelor valley. Mr. Tate later owned the A1 Riggs place in Scotts valley and the Bleakmore property in south Lakeport.", https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HT19290118.2.36
Marriage3 Mar 1874, Lake, CA371
Divorce
ChildrenCharles Simpson (1874-)
Della Ione (1877-)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: 30-Dec-1917 San Luis Obispo, CA deaths100, Lydia L. Braffett
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Garden of Memories, Salinas, Monterey, CA1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174713173
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Lydia Louisa Bacon, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L5ND-7GL
!REFERENCE: early 1870s picture from Susan Buley Crawford
!REFERENCE: 14-Nov-1908 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 1, item from Nov-1882, 29-Oct-1882 marriage of Silas Braffitt and Lydia Bacon in Salinas
!REFERENCE: 23-Apr-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, party at residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 02-Feb-1893 Salinas Weekly Index death notice for son Bertie Braffet1129, Mrs. Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Dec-1894 Salinas Weekly Index birth notice for daughter1149, wife of Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 22-Sep-1906 Morning Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, Mrs. S. Braffitt and daughters Blanche, Clara, May, and Anna
!REFERENCE: St. Stephens Episcopal Church, San Luis Obispo, CA696, Lydia L. Bacon, Lydia L. Braffet
!CENSUS: 1910 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Lydia L. Braffet
!REFERENCE: abt 1912 picture from Susan Buley Crawford
!REFERENCE: 02-Jan-1918 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, Number 257, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLODT19180102.2.35
!REFERENCE: 03-Apr-1940 San Bernandino County Sun, San Bernandino, California, page 4: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12150210/mary_a_braffet_seeks_inheritance/ .
!REFERENCE: 20-Apr-1940 Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, page 1, story on daughter Mary Alice Braffet Castro.
!REFERENCE: 30-Apr-1940 The Californian, Salinas, California, page 1, Mary Alice Castro recognized as daughter of E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin.
!REFERENCE: CA death records100 for sons James Frederick Braffet, Benjamin S. Braffet, and William Nathan Braffet, and daughters Clara Irene Pedrotta and Mary A. Castro
!REFERENCE: Bible of Lydia Bacon Braffet21
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Garden of Memories, Salinas, Monterey, CA1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174713173
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Lydia Louisa Bacon, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L5ND-7GL
!REFERENCE: early 1870s picture from Susan Buley Crawford
!REFERENCE: 14-Nov-1908 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 1, item from Nov-1882, 29-Oct-1882 marriage of Silas Braffitt and Lydia Bacon in Salinas
!REFERENCE: 23-Apr-1891 Salinas Daily Journal, Salinas, CA, page 3, party at residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 02-Feb-1893 Salinas Weekly Index death notice for son Bertie Braffet1129, Mrs. Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 13-Dec-1894 Salinas Weekly Index birth notice for daughter1149, wife of Si Braffet
!REFERENCE: 22-Sep-1906 Morning Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, page 3, Mrs. S. Braffitt and daughters Blanche, Clara, May, and Anna
!REFERENCE: St. Stephens Episcopal Church, San Luis Obispo, CA696, Lydia L. Bacon, Lydia L. Braffet
!CENSUS: 1910 San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, CA, Lydia L. Braffet
!REFERENCE: abt 1912 picture from Susan Buley Crawford
!REFERENCE: 02-Jan-1918 San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, San Luis Obispo, CA, Number 257, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLODT19180102.2.35
!REFERENCE: 03-Apr-1940 San Bernandino County Sun, San Bernandino, California, page 4: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12150210/mary_a_braffet_seeks_inheritance/ .
!REFERENCE: 20-Apr-1940 Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, page 1, story on daughter Mary Alice Braffet Castro.
!REFERENCE: 30-Apr-1940 The Californian, Salinas, California, page 1, Mary Alice Castro recognized as daughter of E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin.
!REFERENCE: CA death records100 for sons James Frederick Braffet, Benjamin S. Braffet, and William Nathan Braffet, and daughters Clara Irene Pedrotta and Mary A. Castro
!REFERENCE: Bible of Lydia Bacon Braffet21
Marriage29 Oct 1882, Salinas, Monterey, CA
Misc. Notes
!REFERENCE: 14-Nov-1908 Salinas Daily Index, Salinas, CA, page 1, item from Nov-1882, 29-Oct-1882 marriage of Silas Braffitt and Lydia Bacon in Salinas
ChildrenJames Frederick (1883-1951)
Benjamin Silas (1885-1961)
Francis Marion (1887-1976)
Bertie (1889-1893)
William Nathan (1892-1949)
Blanche Lucia (1894-)
Clara Irene (1897-1983)
Mary Alice (1899-1961)
Annie Mae (1901-1978)