Sarah Rachel Rutledge and Robert James Brant

ROBERT JAMES BRANT, son of MARTHA FENNA (MATTIE FANNY) BALL and JAMES THOMAS BRANT, was born October 8, 1891 in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas,^{250, 8, 3718} and died August 23, 1979 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.²⁵⁰ He is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.^{1968, 456}

He married SARAH RACHEL RUTLEDGE on June 5, 1916 in Iola, Allen, Kansas,^{8, 463, 3718} daughter of MARTHA SHEPHERD and ANDREW JAMES RUTLEDGE. She was born July 16, 1898 in Geneva, Allen, Kansas,³⁷¹⁸ and died April 5, 1980 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Robert J. Brant)

Children of SARAH RACHEL RUTLEDGE and ROBERT JAMES BRANT:

1. ROBERT MARION BRANT, b. June 29, 1918, Independence, Montgomery, Kansas;⁴⁶¹ m. (1) WILDA LOUISE FISCUS in 1951, m. (2) THELMA; d. April 19, 1995, Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, California.^{168, 56}
2. WILBUR JAMES BRANT, b. July 25, 1921, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas;^{459, 399} m. JEAN VAN HOUTEN UNRUH on June 15, 1943 in Victoria, Texas⁴⁵⁹; d. November 30, 2000, Springfield, Lane, Oregon;^{459, 399} bur. Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.³⁹⁹
3. HAZEL FERN BRANT, b. November 24, 1923, Iola, Allen, Kansas;^{459, 399, 3718} m. JAMES EDWARD SHANE on July 30, 1948 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico^{3718, 3719}; d. May 10, 2002.^{459, 399}
4. PEARL LOUISE BRANT, b. September 30, 1925, Iola, Allen, Kansas;^{459, 117, 3718} m. (1) LESTER CURTIS SNIDER on May 20, 1946 in Sebastian County, Arkansas^{3718, 2331}, m. (2) ROBERT JAMES SCOTT before 1964⁴⁶⁰; d. September 17, 2014.¹⁶⁸
5. GEORGIA MARIE BRANT, b. November 25, 1927, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas;^{459, 456, 3718} m. (1) ELMER JOHN JANZEN on November 28, 1945 in Rainbow Tabernacle, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas^{3718, 3727}, m. (2) ERIC AXEL ROBERT CARLSON in November, 1949³⁷¹⁸; d. June 2, 1964, Modesto, Stanislaus, California.⁴⁵⁹
6. RALPH EDWIN BRANT, b. May 10, 1929, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas;^{461, 3718} m. (1) EILEEN GILLALAND on August 5, 1950 in Zion, Lake, Illinois³⁷¹⁸, m. (2) JANET WARREN, m. (3) RUTH LAUCK on April 3, 1969⁴⁵⁶; d. September 20, 1988.⁴⁵⁶

Personal Information

• Robert James Brant was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle, Modesto, Modesto, California. ⁹²⁹⁰

Work History

Obituaries

Modesto Bee, August 25, 1979⁹²⁹⁰

Robert J. Brant

Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel for Robert James Brant, 87, who died Thursday in a Modesto rest home after a lengthy illness. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.

A native of Kansas, he had lived in Modesto 19 years and was a retired construction worker and a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle, Modesto.

He leaves his wife, Sarah Rachel Brant of Modesto; three sons, Robert M. of Los Angeles, Rev. Wilbur J. of Oregon and Ralph E. Brant of Colorado; two daughters, Hazel F. Shane of Modesto and Pearl L. Scott of Maine; 26 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Iola Register, September 28, 1979¹⁹⁶⁸

Word has been received here that Robert James Brant, a former resident of Iola, died Aug. 23 in Modesto, Calif. Burial was Aug. 28 in Lakewood Memorial Park in Modesto. Brant was married to Sarah Rachael Rutledge of Iola and they lived in Iola for a number of years. Mrs. Brant is now a resident of Chateau de Modesto Convalescent Hospital in Modesto.

Modesto Bee, April 8, 1980⁹²⁸⁹

BRANT - In Modesto, April 5, 1980, Sarah Rachel Brant, wife of the late Robert James Brant of Modesto, mother of Robert M. Brant of Los Angels, Rev. Wilbur J. Brant of Springfield, Oregon, Hazel F. Shane of Modesto, Pearl L. Scott of Newport Maine, and Ralph E. Brant of Sterling, Colo. 26 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren also survive. A native of Geneva, Kansas, aged 81 years. Services, Wednesday April 9th at 3 p.m. in the Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel, 419 Scenic Drive. Interment, Lakewood Memorial Park.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 7, 1900464	Jefferson Township, Cedar, Missouri	Martha Ann Beaty Reuben Augustine Clarena Schoolfield Robert James Brant
April 22, 1910463	Jefferson Township, Cedar, Missouri	Robert James Brant Martha Ann Beaty
19153731	Iola, Allen, Kansas	Martha Ann Beaty Robert James Brant
January 2, 1920462	Iola, Allen, Kansas	Robert James Brant Sarah Rachel Rutledge Robert Marion Brant
April 3, 19301744	Attica, Harper, Kansas	Robert James Brant Sarah Rachel Rutledge Robert Marion Brant Wilbur James Brant Hazel Fern Brant Pearl Louise Brant Georgia Marie Brant Ralph Edwin Brant
May 14, 19402688	Delano, Sedgwick, Kansas	Robert James Brant Sarah Rachel Rutledge Robert Marion Brant Wilbur James Brant Hazel Fern Brant Pearl Louise Brant Georgia Marie Brant Ralph Edwin Brant