Della Brand

Brief Life History of Della

When Della Brand was born on 8 July 1880, in Brightwater Township, Benton, Arkansas, United States, her father, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Brand, was 36 and her mother, Mary Bulless, was 30. She married John Stanley Jones on 18 October 1899, in Neosho Township, Newton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 22 September 1961, in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Stanley Jones
1874–1935
Della Brand
1880–1961
Marriage: 18 October 1899
James Jones
1900–1956
Fredrick William Jones
1902–1963
Margaret Jones
1904–1983
John Samuel Jones
1909–1974
Mose Franklin Jones
1912–1995

Sources (7)

  • Della Jones in household of John S Jones, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Della (Dolly) Brand - Individual or family possessions: Handwritten information: birth-name: Della (Dolly) Brand
  • Della Brand Jones, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English, Scottish, North German, Scandinavian, Dutch, and French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): from the ancient Germanic personal name Brando, Old Norse Brandr, a short form of various compound names containing the element brand ‘sword’ (a derivative of brinnan ‘to flash’), of which the best known is Hildebrand . There is placename evidence for Brant(a) as an Old English personal name; however, the Middle English personal name Brand was probably introduced to England from Old Norse.

German: variant of Brandt 1 and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

Swedish and Danish: ornamental name or nickname from brand ‘fire’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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