I'm looking for clarification/info on the maiden name of Catherine, the wife of John Pyeatt. John (listed as Piatte) marries Catherine 9 September 1824 in Richland County, OH and her maiden name is written on the record, but no one seems to be able to agree on what it actually says. I have seen it interpreted as Brun, Brumm, and Brean, but the record clearly seems to spell Breece or Bruce. The source of the confusion seems to be a transcription done by a newspaper in 1884 in which the name was transcribed as Brun. (John & Catherine later moved to Grant County, IN.)
I'm researching the descendants of Samuel Breece & Elizabeth Cook of Knox County, OH, which is just south of Richland County. They had 14 children, the oldest of whom was Catherine/Katherine (b. ~1798-1800). No one has ever listed a spouse for her. She appears in Samuel's household in 1820 in her 20s, so she did NOT die as a child. I've searched the census for Bruns, Brumms, Breans, and Bruces in and around Knox County in 1820s and there are none. Samuel Breece's family, however, is in the area not just in the 1820s but for at least the next few decades.
If anyone has any more info on this, or any thoughts (on either the Breece or Pyeatt side), I would like to hear from you.
Source of newspaper transcription:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohrichla/MAR-1824.htmJohn & Catherine's marriage record (transcribed as Bruce here, sixth down on the left-hand page):
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17957-68326-85?cc...