Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, MI1, Mackie D. Towar, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96997902
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mackie Anderson Davis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCV5-T33
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI, Markie Towar
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1940 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI, Mackie Towar
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1958 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 11, obituary for Mackie Davis Towar
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1969 Mount Clemens, Macomb, MI deaths, for husband Albert Jelly Towar, https://tinyurl.com/rcugs5w
!REFERENCE: 2011, Mackie Davis Branfette Towar, "After Mackie's divorce from John Braffette, she married Albert J. Towar, who adopted Betty Ann.", https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html
!REFERENCE: 18-Sep-2021 email from granddaughter Deborah Mulkey Carvill to Don Braffitt, "My name is Deborah Carvill. I live in Flint Michigan
My mother’s biological father was John Willard Braffett when he was married to my grandmother Mackie (Davis) Towar. I am interested in knowing more about him and possibly some pictures."
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mackie Anderson Davis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LCV5-T33
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI, Markie Towar
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1940 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI, Mackie Towar
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1958 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 11, obituary for Mackie Davis Towar
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1969 Mount Clemens, Macomb, MI deaths, for husband Albert Jelly Towar, https://tinyurl.com/rcugs5w
!REFERENCE: 2011, Mackie Davis Branfette Towar, "After Mackie's divorce from John Braffette, she married Albert J. Towar, who adopted Betty Ann.", https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html
!REFERENCE: 18-Sep-2021 email from granddaughter Deborah Mulkey Carvill to Don Braffitt, "My name is Deborah Carvill. I live in Flint Michigan
My mother’s biological father was John Willard Braffett when he was married to my grandmother Mackie (Davis) Towar. I am interested in knowing more about him and possibly some pictures."
Spouses
FatherCharles Fremont Braffett (1856-1917)
MotherMinnie Eloise Ireland (1859-1940)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 11-Jun-1942 Royal Oak, Oakland, MI deaths833, John Willard Braffett, born 27-Aug-1892 Richmond, Wayne, IN
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, MI1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158894427
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, John Willard Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LLQY-JLP
!CENSUS: 1900 Lyons, Cook, IL, John W. Broffatte
!CENSUS: 1910 Lyons, Cook, IL, John W. Braffette
!REFERENCE: 1913 Cornell Class Book, Ithaca, NY, page 211, John Willard Braffette
!REFERENCE: 1914 Cornellian, Ithaca, NY, pages 87, 225, 347, 371, John Willard Braffette
!REFERENCE: Berrien, MI WWI draft registration card, John Williard Braffett, born 22-Aug-1892 Richmond, Wayne, IN
!MARRIAGE: 11-Sep-1924 Detroit, Wayne, MI marriages749, John W. Braffett and Grace K. Brown, both parties married one time previously
!CENSUS: 1930 Birmingham, Oakland, MI, John W. Braffett, parents born OH
!OCCUPATION: Iron and steel salesman
!MARRIAGE: 13-Jul-1935 Wood, OH marriages122, John W. Braffett and Muriel C. Fullerton Rachar
!REFERENCE: Aug-1939 Cornell Alumni News, "'15 ME—John W. Braffette is general sales manager of the Oliver Iron and. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.", https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/27282/041_35.pdf
!REFERENCE: 1940 Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL census for widow Grace K. Braffett, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTH7-KZP
!REFERENCE: WWII Oakland, MI draft registration card, John Willard Braffett, born 27-Aug-1892 Richmond, Wayne, IN
!REFERENCE: 20-Mar-1945 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 4C, story on suit brought by Grace K. Braffett against Muriel C. Braffett and the estate of John W. Braffett
!REFERENCE: 2011, John Braffett, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html
!REFERENCE: 18-Sep-2021 email from granddaughter Deborah Mulkey Carvill to Don Braffitt, "My name is Deborah Carvill. I live in Flint Michigan
My mother’s biological father was John Willard Braffett when he was married to my grandmother Mackie (Davis) Towar. I am interested in knowing more about him and possibly some pictures."
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, MI1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158894427
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, John Willard Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LLQY-JLP
!CENSUS: 1900 Lyons, Cook, IL, John W. Broffatte
!CENSUS: 1910 Lyons, Cook, IL, John W. Braffette
!REFERENCE: 1913 Cornell Class Book, Ithaca, NY, page 211, John Willard Braffette
!REFERENCE: 1914 Cornellian, Ithaca, NY, pages 87, 225, 347, 371, John Willard Braffette
!REFERENCE: Berrien, MI WWI draft registration card, John Williard Braffett, born 22-Aug-1892 Richmond, Wayne, IN
!MARRIAGE: 11-Sep-1924 Detroit, Wayne, MI marriages749, John W. Braffett and Grace K. Brown, both parties married one time previously
!CENSUS: 1930 Birmingham, Oakland, MI, John W. Braffett, parents born OH
!OCCUPATION: Iron and steel salesman
!MARRIAGE: 13-Jul-1935 Wood, OH marriages122, John W. Braffett and Muriel C. Fullerton Rachar
!REFERENCE: Aug-1939 Cornell Alumni News, "'15 ME—John W. Braffette is general sales manager of the Oliver Iron and. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.", https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/27282/041_35.pdf
!REFERENCE: 1940 Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL census for widow Grace K. Braffett, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTH7-KZP
!REFERENCE: WWII Oakland, MI draft registration card, John Willard Braffett, born 27-Aug-1892 Richmond, Wayne, IN
!REFERENCE: 20-Mar-1945 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 4C, story on suit brought by Grace K. Braffett against Muriel C. Braffett and the estate of John W. Braffett
!REFERENCE: 2011, John Braffett, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html
!REFERENCE: 18-Sep-2021 email from granddaughter Deborah Mulkey Carvill to Don Braffitt, "My name is Deborah Carvill. I live in Flint Michigan
My mother’s biological father was John Willard Braffett when he was married to my grandmother Mackie (Davis) Towar. I am interested in knowing more about him and possibly some pictures."
Marriage21 Nov 1916, Nashville, Davidson, TN
Divorce4 Feb 1921, MI
ChildrenBetty Ann (1919-2011)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland, MI1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238414083
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Albert Jelly Towar Sr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/M2VW-C72
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI, Albert Towar
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1940 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI, Albert J. Towar
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1958 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 11, obituary for wife Mackie Davis Towar, Albert J. Towar
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1969 Mount Clemens, Macomb, MI deaths, Albert Jelly Towar, https://tinyurl.com/rcugs5w
!REFERENCE: 2011, Albert J. Towar, "After Mackie's divorce from John Braffette, she married Albert J. Towar, who adopted Betty Ann.", https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Albert Jelly Towar Sr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/M2VW-C72
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1930 Detroit, Wayne, MI, Albert Towar
!CENSUS: 05-Apr-1940 Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI, Albert J. Towar
!REFERENCE: 13-Jan-1958 Detroit Times, Detroit, MI, page 11, obituary for wife Mackie Davis Towar, Albert J. Towar
!REFERENCE: 11-Mar-1969 Mount Clemens, Macomb, MI deaths, Albert Jelly Towar, https://tinyurl.com/rcugs5w
!REFERENCE: 2011, Albert J. Towar, "After Mackie's divorce from John Braffette, she married Albert J. Towar, who adopted Betty Ann.", https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/genealogy/davis/lewis.html