Charles Elmer Brighton

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Margaret Percy (daughter of David Percy and Rebecca Cornworth)

+1.	Evelyn Brighton

Sources

1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Charles Elmer Brighton, order no. 3771, born: 8 February 1879; machine hand, Edison Phonograph Works; nearest relative: Margaret Brighton, wife.
2. Find a Grave (website). Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, Charles Elmer Brighton and Margaret Brighton: Brighton / Margaret / 1875 - 1945 / Charles / 1879 - 1933 [from grave marker]. The record for Margaret provides the names and approximate birth years of Margaret’s children obtained from census records. The record for Charles indicates his birth date of 8 February 1879 from World War I Draft Registration Card.
3. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Charles Brighton, died: 1 September 1933 in Manhattan, New York [County], New York; age 54; married; machinist; cemetery: Bloomfield; wife: Margaret Brighton; father: John Brighton; mother: Catherine Elmer.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, Enumeration District 7-349, Sheet No. 2B, family of Charles Brighton (49, New York, machinist, farm implements, first married age 28); wife Margaret Brighton (57, New Jersey, first married age 17); stepson Percy Voelker (22, New Jersey, salesman, oils-wholesale); daughter Evelyn Brighton (14, New Jersey).