William M. Bragg (1807 - 1877)

Born 1807 in Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Alzina (Nettleton) Bragg — married 19 Apr 1832 in Johnstown, Johnstown District, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 1877 at about age 70 in Pierce County, Wisconsin

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Biography

Lived for a time in Merrickville, Ontario, where son Barnabus M. Bragg was born n 1855.

William Bragg was born in 1807/1808 in Maine. There were many Bragg families in Maine in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and undoubtedly William came from one of these. He ended up in Ontario, Canada where he married Alzina Nettleton on April 19, 1832 near Merrickville.

He was a woodworker/cabinet maker by trade.

They lived in Canada for a few years, then moved to Rochester, NY in the late 1830's...probably because of Alzina's growing involvement in the newly formed Mormon religion. Eventually, in the late 1840's, they moved back to Canada and then about 1855/1856 they moved to Red Wing, Minnesota. They were there several years and then moved into Pierce County, Wisconsin. William and Alzina both died in Lost Creek, Pierce County, Wisconsin but they were both brought to Red Wing for burial.

Sources

• Marriage - "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858," database with images, FamilySearch : 30 November 2016, Johnstown > image 20 of 156; citing The Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

• Death - Find A Grave Memorial# 141558443

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Dakota Mehus, for contributing to this profile on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. '