| Name | Brandt Jenner |
| Interests | Supporting his family |
| Occupation | Laborer • Factory worker |
| Nationality | Dutch-American |
| Time period | Late 19th - early 20th century |
| Place of residence | New Rotterdam (New York City) |
Brandt Jenner (1887-1923) was a Dutch-American laborer and factory worker who lived in the industrial city of New Rotterdam (known as New York City in our timeline) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While physically gifted, Jenner did not pursue the athletic career and fame that his counterpart Bruce Jenner achieved in our own timeline. Instead, Brandt Jenner's life story reflects the social and economic changes taking place during the Industrial Revolution in this alternate history.
Brandt Jenner was born in 1887 to a family of Dutch immigrants living in the Bronx borough of New Rotterdam. His parents, Hendrik and Bregje Jenner, had arrived in New Netherland from the Netherlands in the 1870s, seeking economic opportunities in the rapidly industrializing city.
Brandt was the second of five children in the Jenner household. From a young age, he was expected to contribute to the family's income through physical labor, working odd jobs around the neighborhood and later finding employment in the local factories and workshops that were the lifeblood of New Rotterdam's economy.
Unlike his counterpart in our timeline, Brandt Jenner did not pursue athletic stardom or celebrity status. Instead, he channeled his physical abilities and endurance into laborious industrial work to support his growing family. He found steady employment at a machine parts factory in the Bronx, operating heavy machinery and performing demanding physical tasks.
Jenner took pride in his role as a dutiful, hardworking provider for his wife Anke and their three children. He was known in his community as a reliable, stoic man dedicated to his family's well-being amidst the rapid social and economic changes of the Industrial Revolution.
Tragically, Brandt Jenner died in 1923 from injuries sustained in an on-the-job accident at the factory, leaving his family to navigate the uncertain times ahead without their patriarch.
While Brandt Jenner did not achieve the fame or recognition of his counterpart Bruce Jenner, his life story nonetheless reflects the profound transformations underway in this alternate Industrial Revolution timeline. As a working-class Dutch-American immigrant, Jenner embodied the hopes, struggles and sacrifices of the millions who powered the engines of industrial progress in the growing metropolis of New Rotterdam.
Jenner's life and untimely death also highlight the human costs of industrialization - the hazardous working conditions, the disruption of traditional family structures, and the uncertainty faced by those displaced by technological and economic change. His story is one thread in the complex tapestry of this alternate history, where the Industrial Revolution unfolded through a distinctly Dutch-influenced lens.
