August Josef Brandt

He and his family (except for Joseph, who wasn't born yet) sailed to America on the Fürst Bismark, on the Hamburg-American Line.

His marriage license in 1855 listed his occupation as railroad worker.

A Johann Brand is listed on his marriage record as a witness. How is he related? (Grandfather, nephew, other?)

He and Marie resided between 1894 and 1899 in Furnas Co, NE. (He came to Arapahoe, NE on 15 Jun 1894, with 4 children and a pregnant wife. At first they stayed with his wife's sister's family (Theresa Rose Brinkmann). His wife gave birth to Joseph Albert Brandt 9 Aug 1894.

They lived on farm near Holbrook, NE until 1899.

He was farmer between 1894 and 1903.

He immigrated on 8 JUN 1894 to District of the City of New York, Port of New York, NY. August, his wife and four children were listed on the Customs List of the S/S Fürst Bismark on 8 June 1894, when it arrived at the Port of New York, NY.

He and Marie resided in 1899 on the farm (Sec. 25, Garfield Precinct (T-5-N, R-27-W), Frontier Co, NE.)

In 1899 August bought a farm in Frontier County, north and west of Cambridge, NE. He built a sod house near what is now the bottom of the spillway of Harry Strunk Lake in the Medicine Creek State Park, Frontier County, NE. Sec. 25, T-5-N, R-27-W, Garfield Precinct, Red Willow Co, NE.