Virgil Casey Braffet

Brief Life History of Virgil Casey

When Virgil Casey Braffet was born on 3 May 1911, in Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States, his father, Benjamin 'Ben' Herndon Braffet, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ellen Mackenzie, was 40. He married Mary Louise McDermott Braffet on 29 September 1931, in Williams, Coconino, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Supervisorial District 3, Mohave, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 21 December 1953, in Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Virgil Casey Braffet
1911–1953
Mary Louise McDermott Braffet
1916–2009
Marriage: 29 September 1931
Richard T Braffet
1932–2025
Bette Anne Braffet
1936–2012
Dorothy Christine Braffet
1942–2020
Peggy Lou Braffet
1946–2019

Sources (19)

  • Virgil C Braffet, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Virgil Casey Braffet, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Virgil Casey Braffet, "Arizona, Military Discharge Records, ca.1876 - ca.1990"

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Name Meaning

Mainly U.S.: usual English form of the name of the most celebrated of Roman poets, Publius Vergilius Maro ( 70–19 bc ). The correct Latin spelling is Vergilius, but it was early altered to Virgilius by association with virgo ‘maiden’ or virga ‘stick’. Today the name is almost always given with direct reference to the poet, but medieval instances may have been intended to honour instead a 6th-century bishop of Arles or an 8th-century Irish monk who evangelized Carinthia and became archbishop of Salzburg, both of whom also bore the name. In the case of the later saint, it was a classicized form of the Gaelic name Fearghal .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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