John R. and John D. Debruhl - 1880
I've been working on various parts of my family tree for a long time, and yesterday I noticed that I may have actually made a mistake in one of the lines because there are two Debruhls with the same name born about the same time to men that I think that were brothers.
From the 1880 census:
First, there is a John D. Debruhl, b. 1880 in Bull Creek, Madison County, NC parents are George and Jane D. [McMurray] Debruhl.
Second, there is a John R. Debruhl, b. 1879 in Forks of Ivy, Buncombe County, NC, parents are William C. and Laura D.
The death certificate for John R. (m. Eskew Swanger) lists his parents as 'unknown.' He died in 1954. Said John uses the middle initial 'D.' in the 1900 census. I've often found that initials in the census aren't always correct. On his gravestone which can be found at 'find a grave' website, it's an 'R.' Since I can't find a copy of the Death cert. for the other John D (d.1940 supposedly), I have no way of knowing which set of parents is the correct set. If only we had the 1890 census, it might be clearer.
I had listed George and Jane D. as the parents of my John Debruhl, but now, I'm not so sure that's correct. I know that the John who is my ancestor died after 1941 because my grandmother lived with him after her mother died. Unfortunately, she passed away a while ago, so I can't ask her if she knew who his parents were.
I think that George and William are brothers, their father was George Ephraim who got himself shot at Forks of Ivy. I'm fairly certain that George Ephraim is my ancestor because my grandmother told me the story about how he was killed long before I started researching my family.
If anyone can shed any light on this, I'd appreciate it. It would be great if someone has a copy of the other John's death cert. stating his parents, or some other legal document.
I also asked this in one of the other message threads but thought I would start a new one as well since it is a separate topic from that one.
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Re: John R. and John D. Debruhl - 1880
Charles Cornell 3/17/14
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Re: John R. and John D. Debruhl - 1880
Tonya Payne 3/14/14