Jan
"John"
Brandt
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Antony Joesten Brand
and Arenlje (Theile) Brandt
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Dec 2012
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Biography
He was born in 1845, one of six children of Antony Brandt and Arenlje Theile.
Jan immigrated to Newport, Rhode Island from Germany before 1870 and opened a successful gardening and florist business. As Jan is considered a female name in the Anglo English world, he took the name of John. The 1870 census shows him living in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island at age 25 with his occupation listed as gardener.
He then returned to Germany to marry his fiance and asked his brother Arend Brandt to come to the U.S. and run his the business during his absence. Arend immigrated to Newport in 1872. Jan did not return to the U.S. after his finance's father refused to let her leave Germany.
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Sources
- "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFF3-9GY : accessed 28 Dec 2012), John Brandt in household of William H Brown, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 25, family 187, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552971.
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Joe Willie Jones, Dec 24, 2012 after email correspondence from Jan Brandt gg grandson.
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Thanks to Joe Willie Jones for starting this profile.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jan by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jan by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jan:
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~3.12%
Joe Willis Jones
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A412870 [compare], Ancestry member Jones_Land
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Rejected matches › John Brunette (abt.1847-) › John A Brand (1847-) › Edward J Brann (1848-1924) › John T Branch (abt.1844-) › John M Bryant (1845-1849)
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