Ancestry of
Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

Herman Braff

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• • Great-grandfather of Zach Braff — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Sep 1876 
  • Birth Location:
  • Austria 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Dec 1925 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Grove Street Hebrew Cemetery, Newark, Essex, New Jersey 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lina Larisch
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1898 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Yetta Braff

  Menashe Braff

  Joseph Nathaniel Braff (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Herman Braff's given name is also seen as Harry.

• Sources for Herman Braff

  • ¹ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1910, Newark Ward 14, E.D. 122, Sheet 12A, Image 23 of 60.
  • ² JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), Cemetery record for Harry Braff.
  • ³ New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, Birth record for daughter Yetta Braf.
  • ⁴ New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, Birth record for son Menashe Braf.
  • ⁵ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, 1866-1909, Birth record for son Joseph N Braf.
  • ⁶ 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 son Josef Braff.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Etta Rosengarten.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Harry Braff.

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