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=April 6, 1909= | =April 6, 1909= | ||
According to a sermon he preached in 1960, William Branham was born at 5:00 AM on April 6, 1909: | According to a sermon he preached in 1960, William Branham was born at 5:00 AM on April 6, 1909: | ||
[[Image:Marriage License-Branham.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Branham/Brumbach - click to enlarge]] | |||
:''That Light, that you see on that picture was hanging over my cradle when I was born. Born on a little straw tick with a shuck pillow. My mother was fifteen years old; my dad was eighteen. Five o'clock in the morning, they didn't have a window in the house, had a little door. I don't know whether you seen… How many of you ever seen one of them little—like supposed to be like a window, but it's just a little door you opened up. 98 And—and that Angel of God, at five o'clock in the morning, '''April 6, 1909''', at five o'clock in the morning, come right in and stood over that little bed where I was laying. They didn't know what… My people before me were Catholic. And so there was no Catholic churches up there, and so they taken me over to a little Baptist church. And there I made my first visit to a church. The Baptist church is called "Opossum Kingdom Baptist Church. Opossum Kingdom Baptist Church." There's where I made my first visit to a church. <ref>William Branham, 60-0805 - Lamb And Dove, para. 97-98</ref> | :''That Light, that you see on that picture was hanging over my cradle when I was born. Born on a little straw tick with a shuck pillow. My mother was fifteen years old; my dad was eighteen. Five o'clock in the morning, they didn't have a window in the house, had a little door. I don't know whether you seen… How many of you ever seen one of them little—like supposed to be like a window, but it's just a little door you opened up. 98 And—and that Angel of God, at five o'clock in the morning, '''April 6, 1909''', at five o'clock in the morning, come right in and stood over that little bed where I was laying. They didn't know what… My people before me were Catholic. And so there was no Catholic churches up there, and so they taken me over to a little Baptist church. And there I made my first visit to a church. The Baptist church is called "Opossum Kingdom Baptist Church. Opossum Kingdom Baptist Church." There's where I made my first visit to a church. <ref>William Branham, 60-0805 - Lamb And Dove, para. 97-98</ref> | ||
:''I am forty eight years old in April the sixth.<ref>William Branham, 57-0516 - We Would See Jesus, para. 34</ref> | :''I am forty eight years old in April the sixth.<ref>William Branham, 57-0516 - We Would See Jesus, para. 34</ref> | ||
=April 8, 1909= | |||
The Marriage Certificate of Willliam Branham and Hope Brumbach lists April 8, 1909 as the date of birth of William Branham (click on the picture at the right to enlarge it). | |||
==Why did William Branham change his date of birth?== | ==Why did William Branham change his date of birth?== | ||
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William Branham appears to have believed a spiritualist astronomer over the birthdate that his parents had told him. | William Branham appears to have believed a spiritualist astronomer over the birthdate that his parents had told him. | ||
=Prior to April 15, 1907= | =Prior to April 15, 1907= | ||
[[Image:1910 Census Branham low res.jpg|thumb|250px|right|1910 Census Form - click to enlarge]] | |||
[[Image:1910 Census Branham low res.jpg|thumb|250px|right| | According to the U.S. Census form dated April 15, 1910, Charles and Ella Branham (spelled Brainon, possibly because Charles was running from the law) entered “Willie” as 3 years old as of April 15, 1910. As a result, William Branham's birthday would have to be April 14, 1907 at the latest. | ||
=March | =March 8, 1907= | ||
On September 29, 1951, William Branham was speaking in New York City and stated: | On September 29, 1951, William Branham was speaking in New York City and stated: | ||