Carl Fredrik Brandt (1827 - 1913)

Born 20 Oct 1827 in Rosenlund, Kaga, Östergötland, Sverige

Husband of Inga Sophia (Andersdotter) Brandt — married 20 Nov 1854 in Kaga, Östergötland, Sweden

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1913 at age 85 in Scandia, Kansas, United States

Biography

Carl Fredrik Brandt was born on October 20, 1827 in at Rosenlund, Kaga parish in Östergötland, Sweden. He was the son of (livgrenjadär) soldier Carl Niklas Brandt and his wife Maja Stina Carlsdotter.^[1]

He married Inga Sofia Andersdotter from the same parish on November 20, 1857. They had sons Carl August b. 1861 and Adolf b. 1867.

Carl August is noted as "synes döfstum och fånig" so he might have had some sort of mental disability.

The family lived and worked at Tift Änggård in Kärna parish 1865-1872. They moved back to Kaga in 1872.^[2]

1881-1884: Worked at Gillberga Mellangård in Kaga parish. Lives with his wife and son Adolf.^[3]

Carl, his wife and Adolf emigrate to the US in 1886. The depart from Krokbränninge Pilgård in Kaga.^[4]

"Carl Brandt, living one and one half miles north east of Scandia, committed suicide last Tuesday evening, by hanging himself with a rope in a barn. He tied the rope around a rafter, stepped upon a washtub, tied the rope around his neck and kicked the tub from under him. Mr. Brandt, who was eighty-five years old, had been making his home with a distant relative, Martin Larsen, for sometime and had often said that if he had to leave their home he would take his life. Mr. Larsen expected to move from the farm this spring and was unable to keep Mr. Brandt longer. His only son was also in such circumstances that he could not take care of hi and application had been made for him at the county poor farm. Rather than be sent from relatives among strangers, he took his life. His wife also committed suicide several years ago."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish birth record: Kaga (E) CI:2 (1801-1860) Bild 86 / sid 161 (AID: v38086.b86.s161, NAD: SE/VALA/00173)
2. ↑ Household examination book: Kärna (E) AI:11 (1871-1880) Bild 140 / sid 131 (AID: v24931.b140.s131, NAD: SE/VALA/00208)
3. ↑ Household examiation book: Kaga (E) AI:7 (1881-1885) Bild 66 / sid 54 (AID: v26177.b66.s54, NAD: SE/VALA/00173)
4. ↑ Household examination book: Kaga (E) AI:8 (1886-1892) Bild 105 / sid 91 (AID: v26178.b105.s91, NAD: SE/VALA/00173)
5. ↑ Belleville Telescope, March 6 1913

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPF-D69Q : 12 March 2018), Carl Brant, 1886; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYN-JQW : accessed 22 December 2018), Carl Brant, Scandia Township Scandia city, Republic, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 7B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,497.

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