Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
1, James M. Braffitt, St. Joseph Avenue, section B, row 17, plots 401-403,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123347280!CHRISTENING: Church of St. John the Evangelist, Goshen, Orange, NY Certificate of Baptism for James H. Braffett, son of William H. Braffett and Annie Gilmore, sponsors Peter Kane and Lizzie Knox
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch
2, James Matthew Braffitt, Sr.,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCPD-KNL!CENSUS: Jun-1900 Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 280/292, James Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 1908 128 Broadway, Newburgh, Orange, NY, James Braffett, machinist
!REFERENCE: 1910 NY chauffeur’s license,
https://willbraffitt.org/pics/1910/james-braffitt-1910.jpeg!REFERENCE: 1911 Newburgh, Orange, NY city directory, James Braffett, "machinist, removed to Boston, Mass."
!MARRIAGE: 24-Mar-1913 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages
59, volume 619, page 676, 105, James Matthew Braffitt and Ada Catherine Mosher
!REFERENCE: 11-Sep-1913 Newton, Middlesex, MA births, for son Robert Gilmore Braffitt
48, 597, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 11-Feb-1915 Newton, Middlesex, MA births for daughter Helen Braffitt
48, 117, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 12-Sep-1918 Newton, Middlesex, MA WWI draft registration card, James Mathew Braffitt
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1919 32 Willow Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA
60, "Braffitt, James, 34, chauffeur"
!RESIDENCE: 1919 32 Willow, Newton, MA, James M. Braffitt, foreman
!CENSUS: 1920 32 Willow Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 189/194, James M. Branford
!OCCUPATION: 1920 963 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, James Braffitt, salesman
!RESIDENCE: 1921 32 Willow, Newton, MA, "James M. Braffitt (Ada) asst mgr (Homes Motor Co B) h 32 Willow N C", from the 1921 Newton Directory
!OCCUPATION: 1922 963 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, James Braffitt, supt.
!RESIDENCE: 1927 48 Stuart, Watertown, Middlesex, MA, page 93, page 124, James M. Braffitt,
http://www.watertownlib.org/sites/default/files/1927.pdf!CENSUS: 02-Apr-1930 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
49, 18/18, James M. Braffitt
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
45, James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1942 WWII draft registration card, James M. Braffitt, born Guysville, NY
!RESIDENCE: 1942 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
!REFERENCE: 02-Apr-1945 Boston Herald, Boston, MA, page 5, son Raymond W. Braffitt Distinguished Service Cross to be pinned on James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 22-Jan-1948 Boston Globe, Boston, MA, page 6, death notice for James M. Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 2007 Y DNA analysis for grandson Donald James Braffitt
32, J-M172
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 24-Mar-1913 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages, vol. 619, page 676, 105, James Matthew Braffitt and Ada Catherine Mosher