It gets even more wackadoo. Apparently Pearlie's mother Ruby (Pearls, Rubies, ha ha!) took in baby Buryl when he was born, as his is included in the census lists for her household up until he was at least 16. It lends credence to either scenario 2, or scenario 3 and Ruby being extraordinarily kind for whatever reason.
I've been researching my family history, which I've discovered I REALLY enjoy doing.
I've discovered some shady shit, you guys.
So my grandpa Buryl was born in 1894. His mother, Pearl, married a dude named Wilson in 1899, five years later, where she was apparently working as a domestic, or working locally as a domestic for someone else. At one point, a fellow named Pearlie was living in their home as a boarder. Wilson was a farmer, so I imagine he was living there as a farmhand. Wilson dies in 1923, and she marries Pearlie in 1924.
Scenario 1: Great-grandma got preggers by Wilson a few years before they actually got married, and when she married Pearlie, he adopted Buryl.
Scenario 2: Great-grandma got preggers by Pearlie way back when, and Wilson married her for any number of possible reasons that are a rabbit hole I'm not going down because it will get way too Inception to handle, and Pearlie was able to properly acknowledge Buryl once he and Pearl married.
Scenario 3: Great-grandma got preggers by neither man, but by someone else entirely, which might tie into the Native American angle that's been passed along as a family legend, and Buryl was later adopted by Pearlie.
