When Johan Heinrich Brandes was born on 28 May 1703, in Dardesheim, Kreis Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, Prussia, his father, Hennig Brandes, was 27 and his mother, Dorothea Dillgen, was 29. He married Anna Catharina Wittekopp in 1733. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 14 December 1790, in his hometown, at the age of 87, and was buried in Dardesheim, Kreis Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, Prussia.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Monika, Ewald, Fritz, Guenther, Heinz, Karlheinz, Otto, Ute.
German: patronymic from the personal name Brand .
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Brandeis .
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