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From: "Jean Buntin Chamness" <>
Subject: Re: Lance Family
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:48:07 -0600


Sheldon, I have a copy of book 1. On page 228 line 3, it is very clearly
spelled Nance. Jean
-----Original Message-----
From: Sheldon Jones <>
To: <>
Date: Saturday, March 04, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: RE: Lance Family


>Let me do a couiple more clarifications:
>
>a) the handwritten marriage record clearly says "NANCE" -
> I have it*** and can send anyone a scan of it...
> -- so it isn't Jean/Mary's error, really...
>
>*** for those who are interested I now have 1888 - 1893 FCI marriage
>register records - handwritten is you all have any questions...
>
>
>b) Until I was trying to figure out the following census
>entry in 1910 Ewing - I didn't do much checking...
>
>There simply is no NANCE record I can find which would
> match -- i.e., no Henry NANCE marrying a PAGE - so early
> also the records below are clearly LANCE...
>
>156/157 CIPHER, Andrew Head M/W/80/Wd GER/GER/GER Own Income N/N/- O/F/H
> , Beckie Dau F/W/37/S IL/GER/IN Y/Y/-
> , Tilda Dau F/W/33/Wd/-/1/1 IL/GER/IN Y/Y/Y
> LANCE, May Granddau F/W/13/S IL/IL/IL Y/Y/Y
> LOFTEN, Elsie Granddau F/W/5/S IL/IL/IL -/-/Y
>* Andrew immigrated in 1839 and was a Naturalized Citizen.
>* Andrew CYPHER married Rebecca UNDERWOOD 20 May 1857 FCI
>* May d/o Sally Ann CYPHER and Edward LANCE (s/o Henry LANCE and Judith
Ann
>PAGE McCANN ) they married on 3 Apr 1893 FCI
>* to match 1900 census, name must be Ethel May LANCE
>* Elsie LOFTON d/o William Marion LOFTON (s/o William Clifton LOFTON and
>Rebecca J MATHIS )
>* and Matilda CYPHER - they mar 6 Aug 1902 FCI
>
>
>1900 Ewing Twp Census clearly has
>Edward LANCE, Sallie, and children Matilda and Ethel LANCE
>
>Everything fits if we assume the clerk heard NANCE when the
>couple said LANCE - for the marriage record ...
> - we have "other" records...
>
>Brings back the 'old issue - have more than one document to "prove" the
>connections...
>The more records, the less likely a single misspelling can derail you...
>
>-SRJ
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:]
>> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 6:15 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: Lance Family
>>
>>
>> Thank you Sheldon -- the books (by Buntin & Eubanks) are a
>> masterpiece and
>> one of the things that got me started in genealogy when I ran
>> across them in
>> an antique store in McLeansboro, IL. This is just a reminder
>> that we should
>> all go back to the original documentation when we can, but these
>> books are so
>> great and as long as we document our source we can always
>> research further
>> when the 'doubts' arise.
>>
>> I'm still a newbie and if there is one thing I can recommend
>> (from experience
>> the hard way) document, document document!
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>
>

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