Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: 03-Sep-1837 Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland births, Anne Gilmore, parents William Gilmore and Anne Douglass, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCNX-QFX
!BIRTH: age 23 1870 census; age 37 born NY but both children had mother listed as born in IRE 1880 census; Apr-1842 1900 census; 15-Apr-1847 tombstone; 15-Apr-1857 death certificate
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange, NY1, Anna Gillmore Braffett, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14340272
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Anna Gilmore, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCPD-NF4
!NOTE: Anna Gilmore Braffett's death record gives her parents as William Gilmore and Anna Gilmore. Anna Gilmore Braffett has many dates for her birth date. It is not clear if Anna Gilmore Braffett is the same person as Anne Gilmore, daughter of William Gilmore and Anne Douglass. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MCNX-QFX
!CENSUS: 09-Sep-1870 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 246/235, Elleanor Braffat, age 23 born Ireland
!CENSUS: 14-Jun-1875 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 76/79, Annie Braffatt, age 22 born Ireland
!CENSUS: 1880 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY4, 84/85, page 9, Annie
!CENSUS: Jun-1900 Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 280/292, Anne G. Braffitt, parents born Ireland
!CHILDREN: 6, 5 of which were living in 1900
!RESIDENCE: 1911 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY city directory, Annie Braffett, widow of William H. Braffett
!RESIDENCE: 1918 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY
!DEATH: 31-Mar-1918 Newburgh, Orange, NY deaths23, 16265, Anna Braffett, parents William Gilmore and Anna Gilmore
!REFERENCE: 01-Apr-1918 Newburgh Daily News, Newburgh, Orange County, NY, page 9, obituary for Anna Gilmore Braffett (my great-grandmother) who died Easter Sunday, 31-Mar-1918 (age about 75) on the first day of Daylight Saving Time in the US. The law was signed 19-Mar-1918. In the Newburgh newspaper, the death notices were actually listed just below the story on Daylight Saving Time. The story mentions the Easter Sunday services confusion at her church (St. Patrick's).
!REFERENCE: 05-Apr-1918 Newburgh Daily News, Newburgh, Orange County, NY, page 5, obituary for Anna Gilmore Braffett
!REFERENCE: 18-Apr-2005 emails from Deb to Don Braffitt39
!BIRTH: age 23 1870 census; age 37 born NY but both children had mother listed as born in IRE 1880 census; Apr-1842 1900 census; 15-Apr-1847 tombstone; 15-Apr-1857 death certificate
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange, NY1, Anna Gillmore Braffett, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14340272
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Anna Gilmore, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCPD-NF4
!NOTE: Anna Gilmore Braffett's death record gives her parents as William Gilmore and Anna Gilmore. Anna Gilmore Braffett has many dates for her birth date. It is not clear if Anna Gilmore Braffett is the same person as Anne Gilmore, daughter of William Gilmore and Anne Douglass. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MCNX-QFX
!CENSUS: 09-Sep-1870 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 246/235, Elleanor Braffat, age 23 born Ireland
!CENSUS: 14-Jun-1875 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 76/79, Annie Braffatt, age 22 born Ireland
!CENSUS: 1880 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY4, 84/85, page 9, Annie
!CENSUS: Jun-1900 Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 280/292, Anne G. Braffitt, parents born Ireland
!CHILDREN: 6, 5 of which were living in 1900
!RESIDENCE: 1911 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY city directory, Annie Braffett, widow of William H. Braffett
!RESIDENCE: 1918 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY
!DEATH: 31-Mar-1918 Newburgh, Orange, NY deaths23, 16265, Anna Braffett, parents William Gilmore and Anna Gilmore
!REFERENCE: 01-Apr-1918 Newburgh Daily News, Newburgh, Orange County, NY, page 9, obituary for Anna Gilmore Braffett (my great-grandmother) who died Easter Sunday, 31-Mar-1918 (age about 75) on the first day of Daylight Saving Time in the US. The law was signed 19-Mar-1918. In the Newburgh newspaper, the death notices were actually listed just below the story on Daylight Saving Time. The story mentions the Easter Sunday services confusion at her church (St. Patrick's).
!REFERENCE: 05-Apr-1918 Newburgh Daily News, Newburgh, Orange County, NY, page 5, obituary for Anna Gilmore Braffett
!REFERENCE: 18-Apr-2005 emails from Deb to Don Braffitt39
Spouses
FatherHezekiah Braffett (~1804-~1868)
MotherElizabeth Newberry (~1804-1880)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange, NY1, William H. Braffett, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14340242
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, William Henry Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/9J7J-L4Y
!CENSUS: 1850 Hamptonburgh, Orange, NY, 1417/1427, William Braffey
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1855 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 36, William Braffets
!CENSUS: 06-Jun-1860 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 105/101
!REFERENCE: 1861-1865 Civil War records, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/WilliamHenryBraffett/
!CENSUS: 09-Sep-1870 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 246/235, Wm. Braffat, age 45
!CENSUS: 1880 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY4, 84/85
!CENSUS: 14-Jun-1875 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 76/79, Wm. H. Braffatt
!REFERENCE: Mar-1881 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY road warrant, "Road Warrant. 126 Avery Herrick, Publisher and Printer, Albany, N. Y. To Jesse Woodhull Overseer of Highways in District No. 20 of the Town of Blooming Grove which begins at the rocks near Wm. Braffit's house & runs to Craigville depot, thence south past Jesse Woodhull's dwelling to the corner near C. S. Marvin's.", https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/chs/id/657
!REFERENCE: 01-Sep-1897 Middletown Daily Argus, Middletown, Orange, NY, 10th Legion, 56th NY Veterans Reunion, W. H. Braffet
!CENSUS: Jun-1900 Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 280/292, William Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1903 map of Craigville, Orange, NY, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1903/braffett1903.jpeg, Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1906 A Condensed History of the 56th Regiment, New York Veteran Volunteer, "BRAFFITT, WILLIAM H. - Age, 25 years. Enlisted at Craigsville, to serve 3 years, and mustered in as private, Co. C, August 16, 1861; Re-enlisted as a veteran, February 24, 1864; mustered out with company, October 17, 1865, at Charleston, S.C.", https://tinyurl.com/yv6enkft
!OCCUPATION: Farm Laborer
!RESIDENCE: 1908 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY, William H. Braffett, pensioner
!RELATIONSHIP: Orange, NY deaths, 16265, for wife Mrs. Anna Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1911 Newburgh, Orange, NY city directory, William H. Braffett, pensioner, died 06-Apr-1911
!DEATH: 06-Apr-1911 Newburgh, Orange, NY deaths23, William H. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 12-Apr-1911 Newburgh Daily Journal, Newburgh, NY, page 6, obituary for William H. Braffett
!REFERENCE: 2007 Y DNA analysis for great-grandson Donald James Braffitt32, J-M172
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, William Henry Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/9J7J-L4Y
!CENSUS: 1850 Hamptonburgh, Orange, NY, 1417/1427, William Braffey
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1855 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 36, William Braffets
!CENSUS: 06-Jun-1860 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 105/101
!REFERENCE: 1861-1865 Civil War records, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/WilliamHenryBraffett/
!CENSUS: 09-Sep-1870 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 246/235, Wm. Braffat, age 45
!CENSUS: 1880 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY4, 84/85
!CENSUS: 14-Jun-1875 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 76/79, Wm. H. Braffatt
!REFERENCE: Mar-1881 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY road warrant, "Road Warrant. 126 Avery Herrick, Publisher and Printer, Albany, N. Y. To Jesse Woodhull Overseer of Highways in District No. 20 of the Town of Blooming Grove which begins at the rocks near Wm. Braffit's house & runs to Craigville depot, thence south past Jesse Woodhull's dwelling to the corner near C. S. Marvin's.", https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/chs/id/657
!REFERENCE: 01-Sep-1897 Middletown Daily Argus, Middletown, Orange, NY, 10th Legion, 56th NY Veterans Reunion, W. H. Braffet
!CENSUS: Jun-1900 Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 280/292, William Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1903 map of Craigville, Orange, NY, https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1903/braffett1903.jpeg, Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1906 A Condensed History of the 56th Regiment, New York Veteran Volunteer, "BRAFFITT, WILLIAM H. - Age, 25 years. Enlisted at Craigsville, to serve 3 years, and mustered in as private, Co. C, August 16, 1861; Re-enlisted as a veteran, February 24, 1864; mustered out with company, October 17, 1865, at Charleston, S.C.", https://tinyurl.com/yv6enkft
!OCCUPATION: Farm Laborer
!RESIDENCE: 1908 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY, William H. Braffett, pensioner
!RELATIONSHIP: Orange, NY deaths, 16265, for wife Mrs. Anna Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1911 Newburgh, Orange, NY city directory, William H. Braffett, pensioner, died 06-Apr-1911
!DEATH: 06-Apr-1911 Newburgh, Orange, NY deaths23, William H. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 12-Apr-1911 Newburgh Daily Journal, Newburgh, NY, page 6, obituary for William H. Braffett
!REFERENCE: 2007 Y DNA analysis for great-grandson Donald James Braffitt32, J-M172
Marriageabt 1866
ChildrenWilliam Henry (1870-1950)
Ella E. (1873-1938)
Katherine (1880-1949)
Mary C. (1882-1925)
James Matthew (1884-1948)