Records of Gerard Brandt on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gerard Brandt and the Brandt Family Tree

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Some Famous People called Gerard Brandt

Gerard Brandt

Gerard Brandt (25 July 1626, Amsterdam – 12 October 1685, Amsterdam) was a Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian. A well-known writer in his own time, his works include a Life of Michiel de Ruyter (1687, Het Leven en bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter - an important source on the admiral's life) and a Historie der vermaerde zee- en koopstadt Enkhuisen (1666, Geschiedenis van Enkhuizen - still an important source for that city's early history). Source: Gerard Brandt, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Brandt

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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