Brattain, Claude Shirk
(1880-1943)




Birth: July 16, 1880, Middletown, Henry County, IN
Death: April 7, 1943, Alexandria, Fairfax County, VA
Parents: John W. and Martha (Baker) Brattain
Spouse: Burzilla "Pet" Wisehart, married December 24, 1901, Henry County
Second Spouse: Catherine May, married January 12, 1926, Henry County
Known Children: With Burzilla Wisehart: Cecil Lavere Brattain (died at age 4 months) and Maurine Brattain (Mrs. James White)
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1910-1940 C. S. Brattain Studio owner New Castle, Henry County, IN























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Parents: John W. and Martha (Baker) Brattain
Children: With Burzilla Wisehart: Cecil Lavere Brattain (died at age 4 months) and Maurine Brattain (Mrs. James White)
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OriginalNotes: Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2020), memorial 167977984, Burzilla "Pet" Wisehart Brattain, citing South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by A Jones Girl (contributor 47504107) .
Details from obituary of Mrs. Claude Brattain in New Castle Daily Courier (New Castle, Indiana), January 27, 1915, and February 4, 1915 - Burzilla "Pet" Wisehart married Claude S. Brattain on December 24, 1902. Mentions 2 children. Died at age 30 at home at 202 North Tenth Street. Mentions that husband was photographer.

Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (ancestry.com)
Claude S. Brattain married Burzilla Wisehart on December 24, 1901 in Henry County, Indiana

Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 (ancestry.com)
Claude S. Brattian, age 36, born July 16, 1890 to John W. and Martha (Baker) Brattain; married Catherine May on January 12, 1926 in Henry County, Indiana

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (ancestry.com)
Claud S. Brattain, 202 Vine?, New Castle, Indiana, born June 16, 1880 in Middletown, Indiana, photographer for self in New Castle, Indiana, single, he has support of a mother and child; signed June 5, 1917

1910 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, 1119 West Broad Street
Claude Brattain, head, 29, 1st marriage, married 9 years, b. Indiana, photographer, postal card, own account, rent
Burzilla Brattain, wife, 25, 1st marriage, 2/1 children, b. Indiana
Maurine Brattain, daughter, 5, b. Indiana
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1930 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, 2122 E. Vine St.
Claude Brattain, owns home, 49, b. Indiana, age 21 at 1st marriage, photographer, studio
Catherine Brattain, wife, 50, b. Indiana, age 46 at 1st marriage, nurse, automobile factory

1940 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
Claude S. Brattain, owns home, 59, attended 2 yrs of high school, b. Indiana, in same place in 1935, photographer, private business, own account
Katherine Brattain, wife, 60, b. Indiana

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (ancestry.com)
Claude Shirk Brattain, Residence Alexandria, Virginia, age 62, born Middletown, Indiana, July 16, 1880, wife Mrs. Catherine Brattain, employer War Department - Signal Corps, Army War College, Washington DC, Army War College, Still Laboratory.

Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 (ancestry.com)
Claude S. Brattain, b. July 16, 1880 in Middletown, Indiana to John Brattain and Mattie Bedford, wife Catherine Brattain, age 62, resident of Alexandrai, Fairfax County, Virginia; with April 7, 1943 in Alexandria Hospital; veteran of World War I; photographer at U. S. Army War College.

Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana), September 21, 1965, p. 13
Obituary for Catherine Brattain: She was the widow of long-time New Castle photographer Claude (Roxie) Brattain. Survivor Mrs. James White of Washington D.C.
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OriginalSource: 1910 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, 1119 West Broad Street
Claude Brattain, head, 29, 1st marriage, married 9 years, b. Indiana, photographer, postal card, own account, rent

1911 Directory of the City of New Castle (New Castle, Indiana: Dale Printing Co., 1911)
p. 37, Claude Brattain, photographer, 1119 Broad [not listed with photographers in business directory]

1916-17 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer, p. 1668, Photographers: C. S. Brattain, New Castle

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (ancestry.com)
Claud S. Brattain, 202 Vine?, New Castle, Indiana, born June 16, 1880 in Middletown, Indiana, photographer for self in New Castle, Indiana, single, he has support of a mother and child; signed June 5, 1917

1930 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana, 2122 E. Vine St.
Claude Brattain, owns home, 49, b. Indiana, age 21 at 1st marriage, photographer, studio

1940 Census, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
Claude S. Brattain, owns home, 59, attended 2 yrs of high schoo, b. Indiana, in same place in 1935, photographer, private business, own account
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