Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: 1920 Newton, Middlesex, MA births47, James Matthew Braffitt Jr.
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index45, James Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 19-Mar-1920 Town Crier, Newton Centre, MA, "March 2, a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Braffitt, Willow st, Newton Centre"
!CENSUS: 02-Apr-1930 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA52, 18/18, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton, GA1,55, James M. Braffitt, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103580677
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L55S-B8Z
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Geneanet56, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://gw.geneanet.org/donbraffitt_w?lang=en&p=james+matthew&n=braffitt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffitt Descendants, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants...thew%20Braffitt%20Jr.
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...thew%20Braffitt%20Jr.
!REFERENCE: 1938 Watertown, MA High School yearbook, page 16, James M. Braffit, https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/9670b1c1-...2b7e757ba?cache=1800
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA48, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!REFERENCE: 14-Jul-1942 enlistment57, James M. Braffitt, Jr., https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&rid=2325533
!REFERENCE: 1940s picture and article, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/raymond-braffitt.jpeg
!REFERENCE: 13-Mar-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page 11, Jim Braffitt selling his 1937 Ford
!MARRIAGE: Oct-1944 wedding photos, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1944/
!REFERENCE: 08-Oct-1944 Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, page 4C, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!REFERENCE: 21-Oct-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page and 7, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!MILITARY: Dec-1945 army discharge from Ft. Devens, MA, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!RESIDENCE: 1945 39 East Drive NE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt and Dorothy C. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1946 picture, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!RESIDENCE: 1948 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, James M. Braffitt
!CENSUS: 195043 Atlanta, Fulton, GA, James M. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1951 700 Argonne Avenue NE apartment F4, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 13, J. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for sister-in-law Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Braffitt of Atlanta, Fulton, GA
!RESIDENCE: 1954 4138 Ashford Road, DeKalb, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 30-Jul-1954 Superior Motors bill of sale, 1952 Cadillac Custom Coupe, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 27-Feb-1955 Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA, page D6, Mr. Braffitt wanted to rent
!REFERENCE: 09-Aug-1955 Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, GA, page 13, James M. Braffitt transfers membership in National Association of Cost Accountants from Atlanta to Columbus
!REFERENCE: 09-May-1956 Evening Star, Washington, DC, page C9, J. M. Braffitt wanted to rent
!REFERENCE: 27-Jul-1956 Washington Post and Times Herald, page 44, Washington, DC, page 44, J. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 02-Sep-1957 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 11, "James M. Braffitt has been named to serve the Birmingham area as branch manager of Addressograph-Multigraph Corp."
!REFERENCE: 1958 Birmingham, AL city directory, page 124
!REFERENCE: 1959-1963 videos, https://willbraffitt.org/reunions-video.html
!REFERENCE: 25-Feb-1967 Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, page 3-15, ad placed by Mr. Braffitt for Addressograph System Salesman
!OCCUPATION: Salesman and sales manager - Addressograph-Multigraph
!RESIDENCE: 1969-1972 13210 Largo Drive, Savannah, Chatham, GA 31406, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 10-Jul-2013 MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, Middlesex, MA obituary49 for sister Dorothy J. Greer, James Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 2017-2018 Braithwaite DNA Project32
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA Braithwaite DNA Project33, Rowland Braithwaite probably shares a common paternal ancestor with James Braffett, John Braffet, and James William Braffett. 2007 Y-DNA analysis for son Donald James Braffitt34, J-M172
!REFERENCE: Genealogy research by son Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index45, James Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 19-Mar-1920 Town Crier, Newton Centre, MA, "March 2, a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Braffitt, Willow st, Newton Centre"
!CENSUS: 02-Apr-1930 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA52, 18/18, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton, GA1,55, James M. Braffitt, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103580677
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L55S-B8Z
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Geneanet56, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://gw.geneanet.org/donbraffitt_w?lang=en&p=james+matthew&n=braffitt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffitt Descendants, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants...thew%20Braffitt%20Jr.
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, James Matthew Braffitt Jr., https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...thew%20Braffitt%20Jr.
!REFERENCE: 1938 Watertown, MA High School yearbook, page 16, James M. Braffit, https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/9670b1c1-...2b7e757ba?cache=1800
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA48, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!REFERENCE: 14-Jul-1942 enlistment57, James M. Braffitt, Jr., https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&rid=2325533
!REFERENCE: 1940s picture and article, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/raymond-braffitt.jpeg
!REFERENCE: 13-Mar-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page 11, Jim Braffitt selling his 1937 Ford
!MARRIAGE: Oct-1944 wedding photos, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1944/
!REFERENCE: 08-Oct-1944 Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, page 4C, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!REFERENCE: 21-Oct-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page and 7, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!MILITARY: Dec-1945 army discharge from Ft. Devens, MA, James M. Braffitt Jr.
!RESIDENCE: 1945 39 East Drive NE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt and Dorothy C. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1946 picture, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!RESIDENCE: 1948 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, James M. Braffitt
!CENSUS: 195043 Atlanta, Fulton, GA, James M. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1951 700 Argonne Avenue NE apartment F4, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 13, J. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for sister-in-law Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Braffitt of Atlanta, Fulton, GA
!RESIDENCE: 1954 4138 Ashford Road, DeKalb, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 30-Jul-1954 Superior Motors bill of sale, 1952 Cadillac Custom Coupe, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 27-Feb-1955 Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA, page D6, Mr. Braffitt wanted to rent
!REFERENCE: 09-Aug-1955 Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, GA, page 13, James M. Braffitt transfers membership in National Association of Cost Accountants from Atlanta to Columbus
!REFERENCE: 09-May-1956 Evening Star, Washington, DC, page C9, J. M. Braffitt wanted to rent
!REFERENCE: 27-Jul-1956 Washington Post and Times Herald, page 44, Washington, DC, page 44, J. M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 02-Sep-1957 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 11, "James M. Braffitt has been named to serve the Birmingham area as branch manager of Addressograph-Multigraph Corp."
!REFERENCE: 1958 Birmingham, AL city directory, page 124
!REFERENCE: 1959-1963 videos, https://willbraffitt.org/reunions-video.html
!REFERENCE: 25-Feb-1967 Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, page 3-15, ad placed by Mr. Braffitt for Addressograph System Salesman
!OCCUPATION: Salesman and sales manager - Addressograph-Multigraph
!RESIDENCE: 1969-1972 13210 Largo Drive, Savannah, Chatham, GA 31406, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 10-Jul-2013 MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, Middlesex, MA obituary49 for sister Dorothy J. Greer, James Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 2017-2018 Braithwaite DNA Project32
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA Braithwaite DNA Project33, Rowland Braithwaite probably shares a common paternal ancestor with James Braffett, John Braffet, and James William Braffett. 2007 Y-DNA analysis for son Donald James Braffitt34, J-M172
!REFERENCE: Genealogy research by son Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/
Spouses
Father: Charles Cleaborn Cook (1896-1968)
Mother: Daisy Mae Blackwell (1900-1987)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index45, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton, GA1,55, Dorothy C. Braffitt, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103580796
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LY7W-ML6
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Geneanet56, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://gw.geneanet.org/donbraffitt_w?lang=en&p=Dorothy+Nadine&n=Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...othy%20Nadine%20Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffitt Descendants, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants...othy%20Nadine%20Cook
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Dortha N. Cook
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Dorothy Cook
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Dorothy Cook
!MARRIAGE: Oct-1944 wedding photos, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1944/
!REFERENCE: 08-Oct-1944 Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, page 4C, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!REFERENCE: 21-Oct-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page and 7, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!RESIDENCE: 1945 39 East Drive NE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt and Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1946 36A Anderson, Boston, MA, Dorothy Braffitt, circulation manager for New England Construction, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/DorothyBraffitt1946Boston.jpg
!REFERENCE: 1946 picture, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!RESIDENCE: 1947 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, Mrs. Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1948 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!CENSUS: 195043 Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1951 700 Argonne Avenue NE apartment F4, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Dorothy Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for sister Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Braffitt of Atlanta, Fulton, GA
!RESIDENCE: 1954 4138 Ashford Road, DeKalb, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 24-Jul-1958 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 17, "Victorian Club ... assisting in serving will be Mrs. James B. Braffitt"
!REFERENCE: 1958 Birmingham, AL city directory, page 124
!REFERENCE: 1959-1963 videos, https://willbraffitt.org/reunions-video.html
!REFERENCE: 23-May-1960 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 14, "Withering Heights Garden Club ... New club officers to be installed that day are: Mrs. J. M. Braffitt"
!OCCUPATION: Sales associate, Scientific-Atlanta and Optima Enclosures
!REFERENCE: 15-Jun-1990 Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA62, page E-7, obituary for brother Charles W. Cook, Mrs. Dorothy Braffitt of Stone Mountain, DeKalb, GA
!RESIDENCE: 2000 616 Garden Walk Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083-3542
!REFERENCE: 2000 Peachtree Road Methodist Church death notice, https://web.archive.org/web/20020711082125/https:/...hives/200009242.html
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA, mtDNA H1aq1 for son Donald James Braffitt, https://www.phylotree.org/tree/R0.htm
!REFERENCE: Genealogy research by husband Jim Braffitt and son Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton, GA1,55, Dorothy C. Braffitt, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103580796
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LY7W-ML6
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Geneanet56, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://gw.geneanet.org/donbraffitt_w?lang=en&p=Dorothy+Nadine&n=Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...othy%20Nadine%20Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffitt Descendants, Dorothy Nadine Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants...othy%20Nadine%20Cook
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Dortha N. Cook
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Dorothy Cook
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Dorothy Cook
!MARRIAGE: Oct-1944 wedding photos, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1944/
!REFERENCE: 08-Oct-1944 Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, page 4C, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!REFERENCE: 21-Oct-1944 Boston Globe, Boston, Suffolk, MA, page and 7, wedding announcement for J. M. Braffitt and Dorthy Nadine Cook
!RESIDENCE: 1945 39 East Drive NE, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Jas. M. Braffitt and Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1946 36A Anderson, Boston, MA, Dorothy Braffitt, circulation manager for New England Construction, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/DorothyBraffitt1946Boston.jpg
!REFERENCE: 1946 picture, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!RESIDENCE: 1947 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, Mrs. Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1948 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!CENSUS: 195043 Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1951 700 Argonne Avenue NE apartment F4, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, Dorothy Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for sister Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Braffitt of Atlanta, Fulton, GA
!RESIDENCE: 1954 4138 Ashford Road, DeKalb, GA, Dorothy C. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 24-Jul-1958 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 17, "Victorian Club ... assisting in serving will be Mrs. James B. Braffitt"
!REFERENCE: 1958 Birmingham, AL city directory, page 124
!REFERENCE: 1959-1963 videos, https://willbraffitt.org/reunions-video.html
!REFERENCE: 23-May-1960 Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, page 14, "Withering Heights Garden Club ... New club officers to be installed that day are: Mrs. J. M. Braffitt"
!OCCUPATION: Sales associate, Scientific-Atlanta and Optima Enclosures
!REFERENCE: 15-Jun-1990 Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA62, page E-7, obituary for brother Charles W. Cook, Mrs. Dorothy Braffitt of Stone Mountain, DeKalb, GA
!RESIDENCE: 2000 616 Garden Walk Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083-3542
!REFERENCE: 2000 Peachtree Road Methodist Church death notice, https://web.archive.org/web/20020711082125/https:/...hives/200009242.html
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA, mtDNA H1aq1 for son Donald James Braffitt, https://www.phylotree.org/tree/R0.htm
!REFERENCE: Genealogy research by husband Jim Braffitt and son Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/
Marriage: 1 Oct 1944, Chamblee, DeKalb, GA 
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: Oct-1944 wedding photos, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1944/
!REFERENCE: 1962-1963 3578 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL, house sale
!REFERENCE: 1962-1963 3578 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL, house sale
Children: Donald James