Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Name: Robert Ingersol Braffet
Birth: 20 Nov 1893, Scofield, Carbon, UT102,1,2
Death: 8 Aug 1958, Gardena, Los Angeles, CA102,1,2
Burial: 11 Aug 1958, (cremated)102,1,2
Father: Mark Pomeroy Braffet (1870-1927)
Mother: Hannah Johnson (1873-1938)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-CREMATION: 08-Aug-1948 Los Angeles, CA deaths102, 58-068904, Robert Ingersol Braffet, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3W-NCH1
!BIRTH-DEATH-CREMATION: Find a Grave1, cremated, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156454503
!BIRTH-DEATH-CREMATION: FamilySearch2, Robert Ingersol Braffet, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L4QR-2QK
!CENSUS: 07-Jan-1920 G Street, Price, Carbon, UT275, 115/133, Robert I. Braffett
!RESIDENCE: 1927 Price, Carbon, UT266
!CENSUS: 1930 113 South Carbon Avenue, Carbon, UT, Robert I. Braffet age 36 born UT, father born IL, mother born UT, age 22 at 1st marriage, occupation hotel tavern manager, Mary Braffet, age 27 born TX, father born TX, mother born TX, age 20 at 1st marriage
!OCCUPATION: Hotel tavern manager, hotel manager, mechanical engineer, aircraft inspector
!REFERENCE: 1938 obituary268 for mother Hannah Johnson Braffet
!REFERENCE: 1942 Compton, Los Angeles, CA WWII draft registration card, Robert Ingersol Braffet
!REFERENCE: Prominent Men & Pioneers of Utah; 1915; Mark P. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 1960s notes of phone conversation between Mrs. Robert Ingersol Braffet and L. Vadeima G. Whitley
!REFERENCE: Feb-2007 emails and GEDCOM from great granddaughter Terreah Snow to Don Braffitt269
Spouses
Birth: 17 Oct 1895, Coalville, Summit, UT1,2
Death: 19 Aug 1925, Carbon, UT1,2
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT1, Nellie Hayes Braffet, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153178
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Nellie Hayes, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KWVS-427
!CENSUS: 07-Jan-1920 G Street, Price, Carbon, UT275, 115/133, Nellie Braffett
!DEATH: 19-Aug-1925 Carbon, UT deaths, Nell H. Braffet, parents born England
!REFERENCE: Feb-2007 emails and GEDCOM from great granddaughter Terreah Snow to Don Braffitt269, parents Alfred Hayes and Eliza Ann Shelton, grandparents and siblings
!REFERENCE: Ancestral File276, Ellen "Nellie" Hayes born 17-Oct-1895 Coalville, Summit, UT, died 25-Aug-1925, parents Alfred Hayes and Eliza Ann Shelton
Marriage: 5 Nov 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Children: Hayes (1921-1921)
 Robert Mark (1923-1998)
Birth: 19 Oct 1902, Silverton, Brisco, TX102,2
Death: 4 Sep 1997, San Diego, CA102,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Mary Evora Savage, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L4VT-KRY
!CENSUS: 1930 113 S. Carbon, Ave., Carbon, UT, Robert I. Braffet age 36 born UT, father born IL, mother born UT, age 22 at 1st marriage, occupation hotel tavern manager, Mary Braffet, age 27 born TX, father born TX, mother born TX, age 20 at 1st marriage
!OCCUPATION: Waitress
!REFERENCE: 1958 Los Angeles, CA death certificate #58-068904 for husband Robert Ingersol Braffet, Mary E. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 1960s notes of phone conversation between Mrs. Robert Ingersol Braffet and L. Vadeima G. Whitley
!RESIDENCE: 1968 615 Cathy Lane, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego, CA (from San Diego County North phone directory)
!RESIDENCE: 1969-1997 229 Coneflower, Encinitas, San Diego, CA (from San Diego County North phone directories)
!RESIDENCE: Encinitas, CA277
!DEATH: 04-Sep-1997 San Diego, CA102, Mary Evora Savage Braffett born 19-Oct-1902 TX, mother Christian, father Savage
!DEATH: 07-Sep-1997 San Diego Union newspaper, page B5, BAFFETT, Mary E. El Camino Mortuary 1-800-El Camino
!REFERENCE: Feb-2007 emails and GEDCOM from Terreah Snow to Don Braffitt269, parents James Young Savage and Lulu Christian
!NOTE: No luck searching https://web.archive.org/web/19980131065000/https://www.nctimes.com/ for a possible death notice
Marriage: 2 Jul 1926, Juarez, Mexico269
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