William Branham's Early Life: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Branham28.jpg|thumb|200px|right|William Branham]]

This account of William Branham's early life is based on both his recorded sermons and as many historical documents as we could find.  Any statements that can be substantiated by written historical documents are referenced.   

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Charles Branham and Ella Harvey were both born in 1887. <ref>[[Searching for Vindication]] Timeline - See Charles Branham’s World War 1 draft card for his birthday of January 2, 1887.  The Census record from 1900 shows Ella Harvey’s birthday as June 1887. </ref>.  They were 20 years old when William Branham was born on March 10, 1907 in Cumberland County, Kentucky. <ref>[[Searching for Vindication]] Timeline - The 1910 Census lists William Branham as 3 years old.  William Branham also said on September 29, 1951, “Doctor Dowie, in his death, prophesied…he died on one day, and I was borned on the next.”</ref> They were 21 years old when William Branham was born on April 8, 1908. <ref>[[Proposing to Hope Brumbach]] -  April 8 ,1909 is written as William Branham's birthday on his marriage certificate to Hope Brumbach.  William Branham’s younger brother Edward was born in 1909 as the 1910 Census document show Edward Branham as being one year old. </ref>  But his father was eighteen and his mother was fifteen years old when William Branham was born under an alignment of stars <ref>William Branham, July 13, 1952 in a sermon called “Early Spiritual Experiences”</ref> on April 6, 1909 <ref> William Branham, April 27, 1964 in a sermon called “A Trial”.  April 6, 1909 is also recorded as William Branham’s birthday on his marriage certificate with Meda Broy as found on the [[Searching for Vindication]] Timeline</ref>, when a pillar of light entered the shack and scared the midwife. <ref> William Branham, April 27, 1964 in a sermon called “A Trial” </ref>   

The Branham family moved from Kentucky to Indiana when William Branham was a young boy.  William Branham claimed this was his first fulfilled prophecy.  <ref> William Branham, November 10, 1963 in a sermon called “Souls that are in Prison” </ref>  Charles Branham was in trouble with the law at the time, which may explain why he used the name as “Brainon” on the 1910 census records.<ref>[[Searching for Vindication]] Timeline</ref>  

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William Branham also told of a second vision that happened a few weeks later when he was playing marbles with his brother. He said that he saw the construction of the Louisville Municipal Bridge being built across the Ohio River, and 16 men falling off to their death during its construction.  He said the vision told him that this would take place 22 years from the time of the vision.  <ref> William Branham, August 13, 1950 in a sermon called “God Revealing Himself” </ref> The Louisville Municipal Bridge opened on October 31, 1929 which means that this vision took place either before William Branham was born or while he was an infant.   

When William Branham was 14 years old, he was shot in a hunting accident, and spent several months in the hospital.  His hospital bills were paid for by the Ku Klux Klan and the Masons. <ref> William Branham, November 10, 1963 in a sermon called “Souls in Prison”</ref>   

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One of the churches William Branham visited during his recovery was the First Pentecostal Baptist Church of Jeffersonville at 328 Watt Street, which was pastored by Rev. Roy Davis, a member of the Ku Klux Klan.  It was here that William Branham first met Hope Brumbach (born July 16, 1913), who was a youth leader and speaker at the church, and a seamstress at the shirt manufacturer M. Fine & Sons.  <ref>[[Searching for Vindication]] Timeline - The Jeffersonville City Directory, [[Life story by Julius Stadsklev]]</ref>

William Branham claimed to have started construction on the 'Pentecostal Tabernacle’ in Jeffersonville  in 1933 before he was married (this later became known as the 'Branham Tabernacle').<ref>William Branham, April 7, 1957 in a sermon “God keeps his Word”</ref>   

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'''Go to [[Commission & Ministry|part 2 of this article]].'''

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