Brandin, Albert

Submitted by Mike Miller

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.