Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!NOTE: The 8 children of David Mosher and Catherine Huston were probably born on or near the family farm in Centreville, Kings, Nova Scotia, north of Kentville. The children in most later records gave their birthplace as Kentville.
!BIRTH-CHR: 14-Apr-1858 baptism, St. John's Anglican Church, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, volume 18, page 16, #220, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, born 25-Oct-1857, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL5R-DVC, Alfred N. Mosher
!NOTE: Kentville, Nova Scotia up until 1823 was called Cornwallis Township. Someone born in Cornwallis Township, or anywhere within 20 miles of present-day Kentville, may still have called it "Cornwallis" after 1823. Cornwallis was one of three Townships in Kings County, Nova Scotia, http://nsonline.com/forums/forum1.cgi?read=1942
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 24-May-1906 Newton, Middlesex, MA deaths47,65, Alfred N. Mosher, age 47 years, 7 months, 12 days
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA1, section B, row 17, plots 401-403, Alfred N. Mosher, born 12-Oct-1858, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129836980
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MV4R-2DY
!BIRTH-DEATH: Mosher descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1871 Centreville, King's, Nova Scotia, Canada, Alfred Moshor
!MARRIAGE: 13-Sep-1891 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages, Alfred Nicholas Mosher and Sarah Jane Giles, parents Davis Mosher and Kate Husten / Kate Hustin / Kate Huston
!REFERENCE: 03-Jul-1892 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Mary Edna Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1894 Naturalization Certificate #1-109, Dist. Ct., West Newton, MA, Alfred N. Mosher born Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia 12-Oct-1860
!REFERENCE: 24-Dec-1894 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Ada Catharine Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 09-Nov-1895 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Rebecca Giles Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 04-Nov-1897 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Alfred Nichols Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 14-Jun-1899 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Edmund Giles Mosher, Alfred Mosher
!CENSUS: 1900 1249 Centre Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 174/186, Alfred M. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 1893, 1903, 1905 Newton, Middlesex, MA city directories
!OCCUPATION: Carpenter65, Alfred N. Mosher
!DEATH: 1907 1322 Centre, Newton, Middlesex, MA city directory, Alfred N. Mosher died 24-May-1906 age 47
!REFERENCE: 2021 Bob Hederich's Our Extended Family61, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, descendants
!REFERENCE: The Mosher Family Tree67, Alfred Nicholas Mosher
!BIRTH-CHR: 14-Apr-1858 baptism, St. John's Anglican Church, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, volume 18, page 16, #220, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, born 25-Oct-1857, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL5R-DVC, Alfred N. Mosher
!NOTE: Kentville, Nova Scotia up until 1823 was called Cornwallis Township. Someone born in Cornwallis Township, or anywhere within 20 miles of present-day Kentville, may still have called it "Cornwallis" after 1823. Cornwallis was one of three Townships in Kings County, Nova Scotia, http://nsonline.com/forums/forum1.cgi?read=1942
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 24-May-1906 Newton, Middlesex, MA deaths47,65, Alfred N. Mosher, age 47 years, 7 months, 12 days
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA1, section B, row 17, plots 401-403, Alfred N. Mosher, born 12-Oct-1858, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129836980
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MV4R-2DY
!BIRTH-DEATH: Mosher descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1871 Centreville, King's, Nova Scotia, Canada, Alfred Moshor
!MARRIAGE: 13-Sep-1891 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages, Alfred Nicholas Mosher and Sarah Jane Giles, parents Davis Mosher and Kate Husten / Kate Hustin / Kate Huston
!REFERENCE: 03-Jul-1892 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Mary Edna Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1894 Naturalization Certificate #1-109, Dist. Ct., West Newton, MA, Alfred N. Mosher born Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia 12-Oct-1860
!REFERENCE: 24-Dec-1894 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Ada Catharine Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 09-Nov-1895 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Rebecca Giles Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 04-Nov-1897 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Alfred Nichols Mosher, Alfred N. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 14-Jun-1899 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Edmund Giles Mosher, Alfred Mosher
!CENSUS: 1900 1249 Centre Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 174/186, Alfred M. Mosher
!REFERENCE: 1893, 1903, 1905 Newton, Middlesex, MA city directories
!OCCUPATION: Carpenter65, Alfred N. Mosher
!DEATH: 1907 1322 Centre, Newton, Middlesex, MA city directory, Alfred N. Mosher died 24-May-1906 age 47
!REFERENCE: 2021 Bob Hederich's Our Extended Family61, Alfred Nicholas Mosher, descendants
!REFERENCE: The Mosher Family Tree67, Alfred Nicholas Mosher
Spouses
FatherThomas B. Giles (1834-1923)
MotherMercy Henney (1840-1928)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: 29-Sep-1865 Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada births63, Sarah Jane Giles
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA1, section B, row 17, plots 401-403, Sarah J. Mosher, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129837083
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Sarah Jane Giles, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCP6-PBR
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Sarah Jane Giles, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Mosher descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Sarah Jane Giles, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1871 Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, Sarah Giles
!CENSUS: 1881 River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada64, Sarah J. Giles
!CENSUS: 1891 Victoria, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, 86, Sarah Giles
!MARRIAGE: 13-Sep-1891 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages, Alfred Nicholas Mosher and Sarah Jane Giles, parents Thomas B. Giles and Mercy Henney
!REFERENCE: 03-Jul-1892 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Mary Edna Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1894 Naturalization Certificate #1-109, Dist. Ct., West Newton, MA, for husband Alfred N. Mosher born 12-Oct-1860 Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia
!REFERENCE: 24-Dec-1894 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Ada Catharine Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 09-Nov-1895 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Rebecca Giles Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 04-Nov-1897 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Alfred Nichols Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 14-Jun-1899 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Edmund Giles Mosher, Sarah J. Giles
!CENSUS: 1900 1249 Centre Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 174/186, Sadie Mosher
!REFERENCE: 24-May-1906 Newton, Middlesex, MA death certificate65, for husband Alfred N. Mosher, Sadie J. Mosher
!RESIDENCE: 1907 1322 Centre, Newton, Middlesex, MA city directory, Sarah J. Mosher, widow of Alfred N. Mosher
!CENSUS: 1910 839 Beacon Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 255/277, Sarah J. Mosher
!CENSUS: 1920 32 Willow Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 189/194, Sara Mosher
!REFERENCE: 06-Jan-1929 obituary for mother Mercy Henney Giles66, Mrs. Sadie Mosher of Newton, MA
!CENSUS: 02-Apr-1930 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA49, 18/18, Sarah J. Mosher
!DEATH: 03-Jan-1940 Watertown, Middlesex, MA deaths
!REFERENCE: Jan-2006 emails from Joanne Elizabeth Woodlock Gould (1949-2006) to Don Braffitt, "your dad's maternal grandmother, sadie, and and my maternal grandmother, clara, were indeed sisters"
!REFERENCE: 2021 Bob Hederich's Our Extended Family61, Sarah Jane Giles, descendants
!REFERENCE: The Mosher Family Tree67, Sarah Jane Giles
!REFERENCE: Giles Family of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia68
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, MA1, section B, row 17, plots 401-403, Sarah J. Mosher, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129837083
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Sarah Jane Giles, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCP6-PBR
!BIRTH-DEATH: Giles descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Sarah Jane Giles, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt
!BIRTH-DEATH: Mosher descendants from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Sarah Jane Giles, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/MosherDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1871 Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, Sarah Giles
!CENSUS: 1881 River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada64, Sarah J. Giles
!CENSUS: 1891 Victoria, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, 86, Sarah Giles
!MARRIAGE: 13-Sep-1891 Newton, Middlesex, MA marriages, Alfred Nicholas Mosher and Sarah Jane Giles, parents Thomas B. Giles and Mercy Henney
!REFERENCE: 03-Jul-1892 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Mary Edna Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1894 Naturalization Certificate #1-109, Dist. Ct., West Newton, MA, for husband Alfred N. Mosher born 12-Oct-1860 Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia
!REFERENCE: 24-Dec-1894 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Ada Catharine Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 09-Nov-1895 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for daughter Rebecca Giles Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 04-Nov-1897 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Alfred Nichols Mosher, Sadie Giles
!REFERENCE: 14-Jun-1899 Newton, Middlesex, MA births44 for son Edmund Giles Mosher, Sarah J. Giles
!CENSUS: 1900 1249 Centre Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 174/186, Sadie Mosher
!REFERENCE: 24-May-1906 Newton, Middlesex, MA death certificate65, for husband Alfred N. Mosher, Sadie J. Mosher
!RESIDENCE: 1907 1322 Centre, Newton, Middlesex, MA city directory, Sarah J. Mosher, widow of Alfred N. Mosher
!CENSUS: 1910 839 Beacon Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 255/277, Sarah J. Mosher
!CENSUS: 1920 32 Willow Street, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, MA, 189/194, Sara Mosher
!REFERENCE: 06-Jan-1929 obituary for mother Mercy Henney Giles66, Mrs. Sadie Mosher of Newton, MA
!CENSUS: 02-Apr-1930 48 Stuart Street, Watertown, Middlesex, MA49, 18/18, Sarah J. Mosher
!DEATH: 03-Jan-1940 Watertown, Middlesex, MA deaths
!REFERENCE: Jan-2006 emails from Joanne Elizabeth Woodlock Gould (1949-2006) to Don Braffitt, "your dad's maternal grandmother, sadie, and and my maternal grandmother, clara, were indeed sisters"
!REFERENCE: 2021 Bob Hederich's Our Extended Family61, Sarah Jane Giles, descendants
!REFERENCE: The Mosher Family Tree67, Sarah Jane Giles
!REFERENCE: Giles Family of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia68
Marriage13 Sep 1891, Newton, Middlesex, MA
ChildrenMary Edna (1892-1932)
Ada Catherine (1893-1978)
Rebecca Giles (1895-1896)
Alfred Nicholas (1897-1970)
Giles Edmund (1899-1979)