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-) Charles divorced Hazel in November, 1931.
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+[[Image:Hopes mom.jpg|thumb|200px|Hazel Cardwell (Brumbach), Hope Branham's mother.]]
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+[[Image:Hopes father.jpg|thumb|230px|William Branham and Charles Brumbach, Hope Branham's father.]]
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-) Charles remarries Grace Creigh in February, 1932. Charles lists his address as being in Fort Wayne on the marriage license: http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#50
+William Branham told a very emotional story of how he asked Charle's Brumbach for Hope's hand in marriage, while Hope asked her mother, Hazel Branham, if she could get married.
-) When WMB Marries Hope in 1934, the marriage license indicates that her father's residence is in Ft. Wayne. Note that WMB and Hope were married in Ft. Wayne, not Jeffersonville. http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#56
+What is surprising is that the story cannot be true as William Branham retold it, as Charles and Hazel Brumbach were divorced at the time, and Charles was remarried.
+) The 1931 City Directory (they were published every two years) does include Chas and Hazel.  <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#46 </ref>
-) The 1933 Jeffersonville City directory lists Hope Brumbach and Hazel Brumbach, but there is no mention of Charles. http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#51 Also, note that the 1931 City Directory (they were published every two years) does include Chas and Hazel: http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#46
+) Charles and Hazel Brumbach divorced on November 1, 1931.
+) Charles Brumbach quickly married Grace Creigh on February 15, 1932 and moved away from Jeffersonville to Fort Wayne, Indiana (a 3.5 hour drive from Jeffersonville on modern roads).    <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html for the marriage and divorce documents.</ref>
+) William Branham said he asked for Hope's hand in marriage after a sermon preached by Roy Davis after a Wednesday night sermon.  They talked about it as they walked to her parent’s house from the church.  William Branham said that as he stood on the porch of her parent’s home, Charles stopped playing the Victrola and came out to the porch.  William Branham asked Charles if he could marry Hope, while Hope remained inside and talked with her mother.  <ref>  http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Life_story_by_Julius_Stadsklev in a story written firsthand by William Branham.  Also on recording on April 15, 1951, November 8, 1953 and July 20, 1952 in sermons called “A Life Story”.</ref>
+) The 1933 Jeffersonville City directory lists Hope Brumbach and Hazel Brumbach, but there is no mention of Charles. <ref>http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#51</ref>
+) When William Branham married Hope in 1934, the marriage license indicates that her father's residence was in Ft. Wayne. William and Hope Branham were married in Ft. Wayne, not Jeffersonville. <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html#56 </ref>
+) Hazel Brumbach (Hope's mother) married John Cardwell on August 22, 1935.
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