Clare, I don't know if this could help you, but on the Lawrence Co. gen-web site, there's an online book of biographies of New Castle, PA residents written in about 1908. There is a Vance bio as follows (partial): NORMAN G. VANCE, [p. 926] sole proprietor of the only feed and hay market in Wilmington Township, owns a very fine farm in Mercer County and is also interested in raising thoroughbred horses. Mr. Vance was born December 21, 1861, in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Martha (Leslie) Vance. William Vance is a retired farmer residing at New Wilmington. His parents, James and Anna Vance, were the first settlers on the old Vance homestead, in Slippery Rock Township, where they located about 1790, when the land was still wild and uncleared. Carol M. >From: Clare Pebworth <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Mary (Fife) Vance ca 1835, St. Clair Twp. >Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:20:25 -0400 > >In William Fife, Sr.'s 1835 Will that was written in 1835 and proven in >1838 in St. Clair Twp., among his children, he lists Mary Vance as a >daughter. Does anyone know what happened to this Mary Vance? Did she >become a widow and marry again? > >Thanks, >Clare Pebworth > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >