Jacob Brandon was a son of Isaak Jacob Brandon and Rosa Groenewout. He was born at Nieuwe Kerkstraat 23 in Amsterdam on 31 October 1876 and in his younger years he worked as a slaughterer and as a butcher (1897) and up from 1903 as a peddler. On 17 December 1895, he was exempted from military service during the examination for the National Militia due to minor disabilities. He then lived with his …