Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James Albert Brandt ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
James Albert Brandt
LAST NAME: Brandt FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME: Albert NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 28 Jan 1867 DIED: 3 Nov 1931 BURIED: 5 Nov 1931
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Clerical Worker
BIRTH PLACE:  Dakota Co, Minnesota
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1880 MN CENSUS James Brant (10y, b Minnesota) enumerated with parents Andrew (55y, b Germany, farmer) and Ellen (42y, b Ohio), brother Charles T. (126y, b Minnesota) and Andrew Damon [grandson of Andrew] (1y, b Minnesota)

1st MARRIAGE to Minnie Emily Phillips

1900 MN CENSUS James Brandt (b Jan 1868, Minnesota, married 8y, farmer) enumerated with wife Minnie (b May 1870, Minnesota, mother of 4 children 3 living at time of census) and 3 children, all born in Minnesota, John (b Jan 1893), Harold (b Nov 1894) and Callie (b May 1898)

1910 MN CENSUS James A. Brandt (42y, b Minnesota, married 18y, postmaster) enumerated with wife Minnie E. (39y, Minnesota, mother of 7 children, 6 living at time of census) and 6 children, all born in Minnesota, John (17y), Harold (15y), Callie (11y), Fernie (9y), Elroy (8y) and Kermit (2y)

NOTE son Wayne was born 5 July 1914 in Chouteau co, Montana. His delayed birth certificate (filed 1941 by his mother [Ancestry.com]) gives his parents as James A. Brandt (46y, merchant, b Dakota co, Minnesota) and Minnie Emily Phillips (44y, b McLeod co, Minnesota)

1920 ND CENSUS James A. Brandt (51y, b Minnesota, laborer) enumerated with wife Minnie E. (49y, b Minnesota) and3 sons, Elroy (18y, b Minnesota), Kermit (12y, b Minnesota) and Wayne (5y, b Montana)

NOTE The Brandts were divorced. Minnie died 30 Oct 1945 at Great Falls, Cascade co, Montana [death certificate, Ancestry.com, which calls her widowed]

2nd MARRIAGE about 1925 to Sadie C. Johnson Phillips. She was previously married to Charles Phillips with whom she appears in 1910 and 1920 census of Cascade Co, Montana

1930 CA CENSUS James A. Brandt (63y, b Minnesota, married at age 58y, bakery) enumerated with wife Sadie C. (42y, b Michigan, married at age 37y) and 3 Phillips step-children, all born in Montana, Floyd C. (16y), Raymond E. (15y) and Irene M. (11y)

DISCREPANCY Birth date and age given in death certificate is wrong as earlier records show he was probalby born in 1867 or 1868

 
OBITUARY: 

BRANDT -- At the residence, 1036 Highland avenue, November 3, James Albert Brandt. Survived by widow, Sadie; children, John of Los Angeles, Mrs. Cal Myers and Jake, Wayne, Kermett and Harold; all of Montana, and Mrs. Fern Stewart of Minnesota. Announcement of funeral services will be made later by the Terwilliger funeral home. 
Oregon Statesman 10 November 1931 5:3
INSCRIPTION: 

No marker
SOURCES: 

LR
OSBH DC (Marion County 1931) #795 

1880 MN CENSUS (Dakota Co, Castle Rock, ED 202, FA #5)

1900 MN CENSUS (Dakota Co, Castle Rock, ED 15, sheet 5B)

1910 MN CENSUS (Dakota Co, Castle Rock, ED 15, sheet 6A)

1920 ND CENSUS (Barnes Co, Ellsbury, ED 4, sheet 1A)

1930 CA CENSUS (Los Angeles Co, San Antonio, ED 1375, sheet 2A)

OS 10 Nov 1931 5:3
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