Person:Orville Braught (1)

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Orville Earl Braught
b.10 Jan 1886 White Lake, Aurora, South Dakota, United States
d.3 May 1966 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 31 Aug 1880
  1. Homer Franklin BRAUGHT1881 - 1957
  2. Orville Earl Braught1886 - 1966
  3. Harry Howard BRAUGHT1889 - 1957
  4. Frank BRAUGHT1890 - Aft 1936
  5. Ruth Martha BRAUGHT1892 - 1963
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 May 1905
  1. Gertrude Ruth Braught1906 - 2002
  2. Esther Marie BRAUGHT1908 - 2003
  3. Franklin Harry Braught1910 - 1982
  4. Cortes Cloyd Braught1913 - 2007
  5. Robert William BRAUGHT1914 - 1987
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Facts and Events
Name Orville Earl Braught
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Jan 1886 White Lake, Aurora, South Dakota, United States
Marriage 5 May 1905 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United Statesto Lucille Ellen Clark
Occupation? Dairy farmer
Death? 3 May 1966 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Burial[1] 5 May 1966 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Other[2] Cemetery
Soc Sec No? 482-24-9214

My photocopy of Orville's birth certificate (Plankton, Aurora Co., SD) states that he was born Jan 10th, 1886 at White Lake, son of Cortes Cloyd , born at Gilboa, OH, living at White Lake, SD and Ida Catherine Motley, born Ladoga, Indiana living in White Lake.

Orville should have WWI Draft Registration data. Orville and older brother, Homer co-owned a Braught Dairy briefly, until Homer left for employment as bookkeeper with Bankers Life Insurance Co. Then Orville operated his own dairy for many years, then sold it to Iver Erickson about 1930 (now Anderson-Erikson and the largest dairy in Iowa) and continued working there for several years before retiring. Other family members have also worked at that dairy. See Death certificate, gravestone photos, obituary, and WW2 items in file. His SSDI# 482-24-9214. 1920 Census for Iowa, (vol.68, Ed 167,sheet 17, line 5 ... poor copy) Polk Co. Des Moines, E. Dean Ave. house #2630 was Braught, Orville, 33, b. Dakota; Lucy, wife 33, b. KS; Gertrude, dau. age 13, b. IA; Esther, dau. age 11 b. IA; Franklin, son 9, b. IA; Cortis, son 6, b. IA; and Robert, son 5, b. IA.

Check Iowa 1925 census. Des Moines, IA 1925 Directory shows Braught Dairy Co. (O.E. Braught and R.J. McCollom) residing at 2630 Dean Av. 1930 Census Dean Ave. Lee Twp Ward 8. Des Moines, Polk, IA pg 18B house 355 Fam. 367 is the family of Orville Brought, 19 b. SD, fa. b. OH mo. b. IN, dairy manager and owner; wife Lucy, 18 b. KS, fa b. US mo b. IL; children born in IA Cortes, 17; and Robert 16; with roomers Delbert Clark, 22 b. IA dairy truck driver, fa b. IL and mo. b. Mich.; Mable Clark, 17 b. IA Norway, mo. born US. (Lucy was a Clark, so this Delbert was very likely a relative with his young wife staying with young Braught and working for Orville at the Braught Dairy (see photos). 1932 Des Moines, IA Directory shows Orville E. Braught (Lucy E.) trucker, living at 2200 - 40th Pl. For years I had close contact with Orville's daughter Gertie and knew all of the family fairly well when they lived in Des Moines. June 25, 2001 visit to Esther at Indianola resulted in her giving me some photos and items of her dad that she had duplicates for, including one photo of a five generation group starting with my g.g.gramma Turbett; g.gramma Ida, Orville, Gertie, and baby Billie Stouffer. D.M., IA Register obituary (with photo) in my folder for him. I made photocopy of Orville and Lucy's U.S. Price Admin. war rationing stamp registrar document that incorrectly shows Orville to be 6 ft. 9 inches tall and Lucy to weigh 180 pounds (probably closer 108 at 5'4"). National Obituary Archive.com shows Orville Braught b. 1/10/1886 d.May 1966 at Des Moines, IA.

References
  1. ↑ Orville is buried in Des Moines Woodland Cemetery
  2. ↑ Des Moines, IA Woodland Cem.
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