Clifford was born in 1927. He was the son of George Branch and Susie Taylor. In 1930, the family was living in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.[1] They were still there in 1940.[2]
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMRH-FMF : accessed 6 December 2021), Clifford Branch in household of George Branch Jr., New Orleans (Districts 1-250), Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 139, sheet 30A, line 15, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 806; FHL microfilm 2,340,541.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPL-PVN : 4 January 2021), Clifford Branch in household of George Branch, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-253, sheet 4B, line 48, family 73, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1427.