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Hi. I am unable to locate my paternal grandpas parents. I have no clues. His name is John Leslie Braswell born April 24 1904. He died January 15 1959. There is no clue either as to who his parents were
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have you ever looked into getting a copy of his death certificate - which may have the names of his parents?
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@Donna DonnaBraswell
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Donna
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This is obviously who you are referring to:
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John Leslie BRASWELL ... LRQH-7SF
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRQH-7SF
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As, 'Dennis' has already suggested, have you considered trying to obtain copies of his "Birth" and "Death" Certificates/Registrations?
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Well, for starters, it appears from one of the "Sources" that is attached to him (ie. School Record) that the "Initials" for the 'Given'/'Christian' names for his Father are possibly "J.L." - also perhaps "John Leslie"!
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Have you tried searching of Census' (in the 'United States of America') before 1930, which seems to be the earliest Census attached to him?
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I noticed on the "Sources" that are attached to him, there are some 'variant' spellings of the 'Family Name'/'Surname' (ie. "Brazwell"; and, "Broswell")!
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Have you tried "Searching" with 'variant' spellings of the 'Family Name'/'Surname'; as, is quite often the case - not always the way the 'Family Name'/'Surname' is actually spelt?
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Just some thoughts.
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Brett
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@Donna DonnaBraswell His marriage record to Bertha Bentley has his name as Leslie Braswell. There's also a WWII registration with his birth date for a Leslie Eugene Braswell. It's possible that his birth name was Leslie Eugene Braswell; try searching for him under that name.
Update: That WWII record has his birth place as Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma. This is probably him in the US Census. (Another tree here links this record to John Leslie Braswell.)
Name: Lulia E Braswell [reads LESLIE E to me]
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Mangum Ward 2, Greer, Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original): , Greer, Oklahoma, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 12
Record Number: 39391
[additional info didn't paste. See link below.]
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7Z-Z7Q : accessed 17 May 2020), Lulia E Braswell in household of John L Braswell, Mangum Ward 2, Greer, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet 12A, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1253; FHL microfilm 1,375,266.
Update: I believe this is his school record, too, although his birth year is one off.
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