Brief Life History of Albertus Mattheus
When Albertus Mattheus Brand was born on 5 January 1922, in Heiloo, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Theodorus Bernardus Brand, was 33 and his mother, Anna Maria Jansen, was 31. He married Catharina Anna Alida Willers on 14 August 1947, in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands. He died on 15 May 2009, in Utrecht, Netherlands, at the age of 87, and was buried in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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- Albertus Mattheus Brand, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1928
Amsterdam, Netherlands hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1934 · Jordanians Revolt in Amsterdam
July 4, 1934, Jordanians in Amsterdam revolted because of reduction in employment.
1945
The Netherlands becomes a charter member of the United Nations.
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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