Biography of 	Brandin, Albert Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller September 2000

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Albert Brandin, slate dealer and contractor.  The desirability of a perfect and durable roof is
generally admitted.  During the last twenty years more successful experiments have been made in
new roofing materials than in any other line, and the lesson to be drawn from this is to deal
only with those who have proved the value and reliability of their roofing, and are thoroughly
responsible and to be relied upon.  Such a man is Albert Brandin, who is an extensive importer
of Bangor and Vermont roofing slates, and English ridge tiles, with office and yard at 41
Dauphine street, New Orleans, La.  He is probably the most extensive dealer in his line in the
South, and is the only practical sister in the city of New Orleans.  He was born in the
Crescent City in 1853, a son of James Brandin. who was born in Bordeaux, France, and came to
New Orleans when a boy of ten years to join his father, James Brandin Sr., who had previously
come to the Crescent City to work at his trade of slate roofing.  James Jr. learned the trade
from his father, and carried on the business with success until his death.  Albert Brandin's
education was acquired in St. Stanislaus college, at Bay St. Louis, and at the government
school, in Bordeaux, France.  At the age of seventeen years he followed in the footsteps of his
father and grandfather, and learned the trade of slate roofing, his instructor in this line of
work being his father, and he soon after formed a partnership with his brother James, with whom
he remained associated until a few years since, since which time he has conducted the business
alone.  His father roofed many of the leading buildings of New Orleans, and he has also done an
enormous amount of work in this line, his work at all times being very satisfactory, and he is
recognized as a leading authority thereon.  His skill and ability are too well known to need
comment here, for he has long been identified with this branch of trade.  The work is most
carefully executed under the most competent supervision, and is preferred by all who have made
a close investigation of the merits of competing systems of roofing.  Mr. Brandin is married
and has a very interesting family of six children.  He is a member of the K. of H. and several
benevolent associations.  He is one of the foremost citizens of New Orleans, and is held in
high esteem in commercial circles.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 472-473.  Published by the
Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.