In 1865, Aug. 25, in Whitehaven Haven, Cumbria, UK, Thomas Henry was born to Elizabeth Wales and Henry Braithwaite.
1868 Thomas H. Braithwaite came to the United States with his parents and grandmother. The family settled at Salt Lake, Utah. His mother and grandmother died there.
Thomas Henry moved with his father to California in 1881, when Thomas was 16. They were persuaded by a friend to migrate to Whatcom Co in Washington. They settled near the foot of Sumas Mountain in the Hopewell District, and built a log house, while clearing land.
Thomas Braithwaite worked with his father on the Hopewell land claim until he was 21, and filed on a claim near his father's. When he was 22 he went to California, and worked for the Leland Stanford interests until he had enough money to return to Licking, (Hopewell)
1900 Census data lists Rome, Ten Mile, Goshen, Licking, and Harrison Precincts, Whatcom, Washington, United States
In 1908, Aug. 5, at the age of 42,
He married the 27 year old widow Nellie. K. Konneker (Keplinger) in Highland, Ohio.
(See document on her memorial, Reference ID cn 9703 p 211, GS Film Number 2129843, Digital Folder Number 004254778, Image Number 00475 Furnished by Marianna Kerns Morgan 9/11/2017
The Braithwaites raised their family of 7 in Whatcom County, WA.
1910 Census lists them in Licking district.
In a local (Bellingham, WA) history book by P. R. Jeffcott, "Chechaco and Sourdough", pages 168 to 172, Thomas Braithwaite, is pictured and reported as one of the original prospectors founding the Boundry Red Mountain Mine near Mt. Baker, WA.
The Braithwaite history is told by Nellie. "When gold excitement started (early 1900's) after the Post-Lambert or Lone Jack Mine, Tomas Braithwaite joined the rush. He and a friend were near Twin Lakes and ran short of supplies. They went goat hunting, and shot a goat on a high prominence. The goat fell into a deep ravine They worked their way down to the animal. They found the goat and noticed a seam or ledge of quartz, which plainly revealed specks of gold. They had discovered the great Boundary Red Mountain Gold Mine ledge, located just south of the border on the north slope of Red Mountain. It was to prove the second richest free-milling gold mine in the Mt. Baker District."
1933, December 14, at age 68, Thomas passed away in Everson.
1868 Thomas H. Braithwaite came to the United States with his parents and grandmother. The family settled at Salt Lake, Utah. His mother and grandmother died there.
Thomas Henry moved with his father to California in 1881, when Thomas was 16. They were persuaded by a friend to migrate to Whatcom Co in Washington. They settled near the foot of Sumas Mountain in the Hopewell District, and built a log house, while clearing land.
Thomas Braithwaite worked with his father on the Hopewell land claim until he was 21, and filed on a claim near his father's. When he was 22 he went to California, and worked for the Leland Stanford interests until he had enough money to return to Licking, (Hopewell)
1900 Census data lists Rome, Ten Mile, Goshen, Licking, and Harrison Precincts, Whatcom, Washington, United States
In 1908, Aug. 5, at the age of 42,
He married the 27 year old widow Nellie. K. Konneker (Keplinger) in Highland, Ohio.
(See document on her memorial, Reference ID cn 9703 p 211, GS Film Number 2129843, Digital Folder Number 004254778, Image Number 00475 Furnished by Marianna Kerns Morgan 9/11/2017
The Braithwaites raised their family of 7 in Whatcom County, WA.
1910 Census lists them in Licking district.
In a local (Bellingham, WA) history book by P. R. Jeffcott, "Chechaco and Sourdough", pages 168 to 172, Thomas Braithwaite, is pictured and reported as one of the original prospectors founding the Boundry Red Mountain Mine near Mt. Baker, WA.
The Braithwaite history is told by Nellie. "When gold excitement started (early 1900's) after the Post-Lambert or Lone Jack Mine, Tomas Braithwaite joined the rush. He and a friend were near Twin Lakes and ran short of supplies. They went goat hunting, and shot a goat on a high prominence. The goat fell into a deep ravine They worked their way down to the animal. They found the goat and noticed a seam or ledge of quartz, which plainly revealed specks of gold. They had discovered the great Boundary Red Mountain Gold Mine ledge, located just south of the border on the north slope of Red Mountain. It was to prove the second richest free-milling gold mine in the Mt. Baker District."
1933, December 14, at age 68, Thomas passed away in Everson.
In 1865, Aug. 25, in Whitehaven Haven, Cumbria, UK, Thomas Henry was born to Elizabeth Wales and Henry Braithwaite.
1868 Thomas H. Braithwaite came to the United States with his parents and grandmother. The family settled at Salt Lake, Utah. His mother and grandmother died there.
Thomas Henry moved with his father to California in 1881, when Thomas was 16. They were persuaded by a friend to migrate to Whatcom Co in Washington. They settled near the foot of Sumas Mountain in the Hopewell District, and built a log house, while clearing land.
Thomas Braithwaite worked with his father on the Hopewell land claim until he was 21, and filed on a claim near his father's. When he was 22 he went to California, and worked for the Leland Stanford interests until he had enough money to return to Licking, (Hopewell)
1900 Census data lists Rome, Ten Mile, Goshen, Licking, and Harrison Precincts, Whatcom, Washington, United States
In 1908, Aug. 5, at the age of 42,
He married the 27 year old widow Nellie. K. Konneker (Keplinger) in Highland, Ohio.
(See document on her memorial, Reference ID cn 9703 p 211, GS Film Number 2129843, Digital Folder Number 004254778, Image Number 00475 Furnished by Marianna Kerns Morgan 9/11/2017
The Braithwaites raised their family of 7 in Whatcom County, WA.
1910 Census lists them in Licking district.
In a local (Bellingham, WA) history book by P. R. Jeffcott, "Chechaco and Sourdough", pages 168 to 172, Thomas Braithwaite, is pictured and reported as one of the original prospectors founding the Boundry Red Mountain Mine near Mt. Baker, WA.
The Braithwaite history is told by Nellie. "When gold excitement started (early 1900's) after the Post-Lambert or Lone Jack Mine, Tomas Braithwaite joined the rush. He and a friend were near Twin Lakes and ran short of supplies. They went goat hunting, and shot a goat on a high prominence. The goat fell into a deep ravine They worked their way down to the animal. They found the goat and noticed a seam or ledge of quartz, which plainly revealed specks of gold. They had discovered the great Boundary Red Mountain Gold Mine ledge, located just south of the border on the north slope of Red Mountain. It was to prove the second richest free-milling gold mine in the Mt. Baker District."
1933, December 14, at age 68, Thomas passed away in Everson.
1868 Thomas H. Braithwaite came to the United States with his parents and grandmother. The family settled at Salt Lake, Utah. His mother and grandmother died there.
Thomas Henry moved with his father to California in 1881, when Thomas was 16. They were persuaded by a friend to migrate to Whatcom Co in Washington. They settled near the foot of Sumas Mountain in the Hopewell District, and built a log house, while clearing land.
Thomas Braithwaite worked with his father on the Hopewell land claim until he was 21, and filed on a claim near his father's. When he was 22 he went to California, and worked for the Leland Stanford interests until he had enough money to return to Licking, (Hopewell)
1900 Census data lists Rome, Ten Mile, Goshen, Licking, and Harrison Precincts, Whatcom, Washington, United States
In 1908, Aug. 5, at the age of 42,
He married the 27 year old widow Nellie. K. Konneker (Keplinger) in Highland, Ohio.
(See document on her memorial, Reference ID cn 9703 p 211, GS Film Number 2129843, Digital Folder Number 004254778, Image Number 00475 Furnished by Marianna Kerns Morgan 9/11/2017
The Braithwaites raised their family of 7 in Whatcom County, WA.
1910 Census lists them in Licking district.
In a local (Bellingham, WA) history book by P. R. Jeffcott, "Chechaco and Sourdough", pages 168 to 172, Thomas Braithwaite, is pictured and reported as one of the original prospectors founding the Boundry Red Mountain Mine near Mt. Baker, WA.
The Braithwaite history is told by Nellie. "When gold excitement started (early 1900's) after the Post-Lambert or Lone Jack Mine, Tomas Braithwaite joined the rush. He and a friend were near Twin Lakes and ran short of supplies. They went goat hunting, and shot a goat on a high prominence. The goat fell into a deep ravine They worked their way down to the animal. They found the goat and noticed a seam or ledge of quartz, which plainly revealed specks of gold. They had discovered the great Boundary Red Mountain Gold Mine ledge, located just south of the border on the north slope of Red Mountain. It was to prove the second richest free-milling gold mine in the Mt. Baker District."
1933, December 14, at age 68, Thomas passed away in Everson.
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