of Jasper County, Iowa · from Holland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Jacob Brand
Jacob Brand⚭ Jane Brand
childrenHenry Brand · Frank Brand · John Brand · Jacob Brand · Ira Brand · Charles Brand · Katie Brand · Eva Brand · Mary Brand · William Brand · Minnie Brand
Source: Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, vol 2
Their story
What the record says
Father of Minnie Brand (wife of John Kooistra).
Native of Holland, came to the US with his parents at age seven.
Settled on a farm in Wisconsin, engaged in agriculture.
Family of eleven children.
Daughter Katie married Richard Kooistra, daughter Eva married Will Rykhouk (near Taintor, Iowa).
Most children lived near Sully, Iowa.
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