Nana and William Bragg and family -1904 Nana Estelle and William Robert Bragg Family Portrait - 1904
Nana and William Bragg and family -1904
L-R (back) Mary Mayola Bragg, (middle row) Nana Goodridge Bragg, William Robert Bragg, (front row) Doris Nana Bragg, Lloyd William Bragg, Clayton Bragg
Nana - Mother to these children and loving wife and homemaker to William Bragg. She worked as a schoolteacher when younger and enjoyed writing as well as recite long poetry. She was one to never raise her voice and was a gentle quite lady of distinction. She also enjoyed knitting. She never spoke of being older than her husband because those things were not talked about at that time in history. He didn't care if she mentioned it, but she didn't until she was into her 80's.
William Bragg - Remembered as having a great sense of humor and was always playing fun, harmless jokes on people. The Spencer Ripley Methodist Church, Rochester, NY where William and Nana were members, frowned on people playing cards because they viewed it as gambling. So, William told his boys that if they were going to play cards they should play cards at home with him. He worked as a tool and dye man making tools. He smoked Prince Albert tobacco in his pipe and enjoyed cigars. Shirley DeWitte (one of Mae's daughters) said that it smelled so good and she use to sit at the kitchen table and broke the pipe tobacco up for him to load his pipe. She remembered that it was so much fun to go and visit them and often would visit after school.
Spencer Ripley Methodist Church was located on Culver Rd. between McKinley and Parsells Ave. Extension and center faced the main Parsells Ave. Parsells Ave. seemed to dead-end at the churches main entrance.
Mae - Remembered as a smart, loving mother who was not a good cook but to help cheer them up wrote letters to the church boys over seas during WWII. Also, she drove her own car for emergencies for other people because of gas rationing during WWII. Her gas was allotted with use of a coupon for that purpose. She worked at the American Can Company in payroll, had 5 daughters, was busy in service at the First Reform Church at the corner of Main Street and Alexander Street, Rochester, NY and WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union), an organization to help keep the children from drinking.
Lloyd - Remembered as a jolly, good company person. He sold butter and eggs and delivered ice during WWII. The family joke was that Mae use to kiss the iceman. He married and had 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy). He moved to the mid-west.
Clayton - Remembered as a stern but loyal individual who grew-up to be an artist (worked in oils), had 4 children (2 of each sex), worked in insurance, moved to Oregon.
Doris - Remembered as a kind, loving person who married Frank Birtch and adopted 2 children (1 of each sex).
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