Documentation:
Sources for Jack or John "Giacomo" BRANDA:
(1) Passenger List of the SS Entella - Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA 1820-1900 (July 5, 1890 - Feb 27, 1891);
(2) 1900 Federal Census, Microfilm Roll T-623, #576: Louisiana, Plaquemines (Part) Parish, Bertrandville Village. Listed with parents under "Brann";
(3) Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, from FamilySearch pilot site;
(4) Copy of memorial service notice and clippings of newspaper obituary notices from family;
(5) 1913 Orleans Parish Grooms' Marriage Index A through C via Rootsweb.
Additional Sources for Mary Wilhelmina SWAN:
(1) New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899;
(2) New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949;
(3) 1900 and 1910 Federal Census: Louisiana, Orleans, 8th Ward New Orleans. Listed with parents;
(4) 1920 Federal Census, Louisiana, Orleans, 9th Ward New Orleans. Listed as Wilhelmina BRAND with parents and with son listed in adjacent household.
Additional sources for Julius Steven BRANDA:
(1) Listed as survivor in father's obituaries (newspaper clippings);
(2) Family photograph album.