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Vessie Ray Chance

Male 1910 - 1956  (45 years)


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  • Name Vessie Ray Chance  [1, 2
    Birth 17 Dec 1910  Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Sep 1956  Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, he was living with his older half brother, Roy Chance, in Sabine County. They were both farming in northeast of Brookeland.

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      Name: Vessie Ray Chance
      Death Date: 14 Sep 1956
      Death Place: Orange, Orange, Texas
      Gender: Male
      Race: white
      Death Age: 45 years
      Estimated Birth Date:
      Birth Date: 17 Dec 1910
      Birthplace: Fairdale, Texas
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name: Danial Chance
      Father's Birthplace: La.
      Mother's Name: Nancy Grant
      Mother's Birthplace: Texas
      Occupation: Carpenter
      Place of Residence: Orange, Orange, Texas
      Cemetery: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
      Burial Place: Orange, Texas
      Burial Date: 16 Sep 1956
      Additional Relatives:
      Film Number: 2114934
      Digital Film Number: 4032108
      Image Number: 2037
      Reference Number: v X cn 49751
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
    Person ID I25829  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Daniel Allen Chance,   b. Sep 1862, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1914, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Nancy Caldonia Grant,   b. 19 Nov 1878, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1946, Orange, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1908  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F6051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mae Bell Ferguson,   b. Abt 1914, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 2004, Vidor, Orange County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Doyle Ray Chance,   b. 10 Jan 1933   d. 16 Apr 1999, Buna, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Bryan Kermit Chance,   b. 4 Feb 1935, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1976, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Family ID F8607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Dec 1910 - Fairdale, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Sep 1956 - Orange, Orange County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Claybar Hillcrest), Orange, Orange County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    2. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 4 Enumerated 12 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 6A Milam and Geneva Road 116-117 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 2 Enumerated 23 and 25 Apr 1910 SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 6A Stamped 112 96-96 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S1223] Genforum: Chance Family Genealogy Forum ; http://genforum.genealogy.com/chance/messages/629.html.