Clark John Bratt (1880 - 1963)

Born 20 Jun 1880 in Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Florence P Edsall — married 24 Sep 1904 in Tuscola, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Died 12 Aug 1963 at age 83 in Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Clark was born in Michigan in 1880 to John Bratt and Helen Rowley. In 1900, he lived with his parents, brother and grandmother in Tuscola. He was employed as a day laborer.^[1]

Clark married Florence Edsall in Tuscola in 1904.^[2]In 1910, they lived on their farm in Tuscola with their daughter Louisa.^[3]In 1918 and 1920, they lived on their farm in Arbela with their 2 daughters and Florence's mother.^[4][5]In 1930, they lived in Flint with their 2 daughters, 2 sons and Florence's mother. Clark was employed as a real estate broker.^[6]In 1940, they lived on a farm in Marathon Township with their sons.^[7]In 1950, he and Florence lived in Ingham, Michigan with their son Kenneth and his family. He was no longer farming or working.^[8]

Clark died in Vassar in 1963. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Vassar.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BG-78K : accessed 23 September 2020), Clark J Brott in household of John Brott, Tuscola township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 125, sheet 5A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,745.
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3FG-2CQ : 2 April 2020), Clark J Bratt and Florence P Edsall, 24 Sep 1904; citing Marriage, Tuscola, Tuscola, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208698.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTW-8D6 : accessed 23 September 2020), Clark J Bratt, Tuscola, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 15A, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 676; FHL microfilm 1,374,689.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XL-JSN : 24 August 2019), Clark John Bratt, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7X-LP7 : accessed 23 September 2020), Clark J Bratt, Arbela, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 7B, line 63, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 798; FHL microfilm 1,820,798.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYF-H4V : accessed 23 September 2020), Clark J Bratt, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 13A, line 18, family 316, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 985; FHL microfilm 2,340,720.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4G3-29G : 19 December 2019), Clarke J Bratt, Marathon Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-26, sheet 9A, line 23, family 141, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1777.
8. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6JJC-WVFB : Sun Jan 29 23:07:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Kenneth T Bratt and Donald Welsh, 10 April 1950.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 September 2020), memorial page for Clark John Bratt (20 Jun 1880–12 Aug 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #65725535, citing Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Joann Osgerby Geybels (contributor 46986938) .