Ancestry of
Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

Joseph Nathaniel Braff

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• • Grandfather of Zach Braff — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Herman Braff 
  • Mother:
  • Lina Larisch   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 or 14 MAY 1903 
  • Birth Location:
  • Manhattan, New York Co., New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 18 Nov 1953 
  • Death Location:
  • Newark, Essex, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lee Taner
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  Harold Irwin Braff (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  Susan Braff

• Sources for Joseph Nathaniel Braff

  • ¹ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1950, Newark, E.D. 30-340, Sheet 76, Image 25 of 28.
  • ² Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1940, Newark, E.D. 25-211, Sheet 61A, Image 19 of 22.
  • ³ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1910, Newark Ward 14, E.D. 122, Sheet 12A, Image 23 of 60.
  • ⁴ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, 1866-1909, Birth record for Joseph N Braf.
  • ⁵ New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, 19 NOV 1913, Bremen to New York, Record for Josef Braff.
  • ⁶ The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey), 18 NOV 1953, p. 14, Death of Joseph N Braff.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for Joseph Nathaniel Braff.

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