Hello Linda, et at..... At present I don't show any direct ties to your Vance lineage. Here is mine for you to look at and please let me know if you (anyone) sees a connections: 1st Generation ***************************** JOHN VANCE, b:abt. 1760 (estimated), probably in Ireland, possibly Co. Donegal. Married MARY ALLISON. Child: 1.ROBERT VANCE 2.Probably others ?? 2nd Generation ***************************** ROBERT VANCE, b.1805, in Ireland,(Co.Donegal?). Married MARY RAMSEY b.Abt. 1809. Children (Oldest to youngest): 1.Robert Ramsey Vance 2.John Vance 3.Elizabeth Vance.........(married John WARSON) 4.Mathew Vance............(died at a young age) 5.Matilda Vance...........(married Alex ROGERS) 6.Andrew Vance 7.Sarah Vance.............(married George GALFILLEN) 8.Mary Vance..............(never married) 9.Jane Vance..............(died in infancy) 10.Mathew Vance............(1st Mathew died before this one was born) 11.ALEXANDER VANCE.........(married MARY BARNHILL) 12.Jane Vance..............(married William PORTER--the 1st Jane died ..............before this one was born) 3rd Generation ***************************** ALEXANDER VANCE, b:Nov. 28, 1831 in Co. Donegal, Ireland. d:May 27,1920 in Branch County, MI,USA. Married MARY BARNHILL, b:Jan. 18, 1830 in Ireland.,d:Sept. 8, 1888 in Branch Co., MI. 2nd married Elvira Paul Dunlap, widow of Alexander Dunlap. Children by first marriage: 1.Robert W. Vance.........died in infancy in Brooklyn, NY 2.Martha G. Vance.........died in infancy in Brooklyn, NY 3.Alexander Vance.........died in infancy in Maryland? 4.Hugh Vance..............died in infancy in Maryland? 5.Eleanor Hamilton Vance.....married John DUNLAP in MI 6.Andrew Barnhill Vance......married Emma PAUL in MI 7.Sarah Vance ............married Wilson PAUL in MI 8.MATHEW VANCE ...........married ROSE STEELE in MI 9.William Vance ..........married Lillian GYPSON in MI 10.Anna Vance .............married Rev. Charles McLOUTH in MI 4th Generation ***************************** MATHEW VANCE, b:July 24, 1865 in Branch Co., MI., USA. d:May 14, 1953 in Coldwater, MI. Married ROSE STEELE, b: June 24, 1876..d:April 07,1972 in Coldwater, MI. One child: 1.ARLIN MERLE VANCE. 5th Generation ***************************** ARLIN MERLE VANCE, b:Dec. 27, 1896 in Branch Co.,MI. d:Aug. 04, 1972 in Coldwater, MI. Married LYLLA MAY ADAMS. b:May 16, 1899 in Montgomery, MI.,d:June 01, 1992 in Coldwater, MI. Children: 1.Leland Adam VANCE 2.NORMAN MACLYN VANCE 6th Generation ***************************** Leland Adam VANCE, b:Apr.09,1920 in Branch Co.,MI. Married Donna Rolene DONBROCK.Children: 1.Cheryl Lee VANCE, b:Mar.24,1948 in Coldwater, MI.,married Dennis DOWNS. .........Children: .............Matthew Vance DOWNS, b:Apr.21,1973 in Coldwater, MI. .............Benjamin Adam DOWNS, b:Sept.08,1974 in Coldwater, MI. .............Graham Jonathon DOWNS, b:Apr.05,1979 in Coldwater,MI. 2.Colleen Ann VANCE, b:Nov.01,1952 in Coldwater, MI. 3.John Rex VANCE, b:June 12,1957 in Coldwater,MI.,d:May 24,1982 NORMAN MACLYN VANCE, b:Dec.31, 1935 in Branch Co.,MI. First married Ann Morrison ENGLAND of Jonesville, MI. Children: 1.NORMAN SCOTT VANCE 2.TAMARA LYNN VANCE 3.DARREN LEE VANCE Second married Janet RYAN of Sand Lake, Hillsdale, MI. Third married Mary Anne SAYLOR-HAYES of Hillsdale, MI. 7th Generation ***************************** NORMAN SCOTT VANCE, b:Aug.05,1958 In Hillsdale, MI. ....Married Domenica MARCHETTI. Children: ........NICHOLAS FRANCIS VANCE, b: Oct. 27, 1996 ........ADRIANA MARIA VANCE, b: June 7, 1998 TAMARA LYNN VANCE, b:1963 in Hillsdale, MI., d:1964 in Hillsdale, MI. DARREN LEE VANCE, b:Nov.14, 1965 in Dowagiac, MI. 8th Generation ***************************** NICHOLAS FRANCIS VANCE, b: Oct. 27, 1996 ADRIANA MARIA VANCE, b: June 7, 1998 Norm Vance Linda Laminack wrote: > > I'm looking for the following people - are you in any way connected? > > John Joseph Vance born June 2, 1856, Coweta County, Ga died 11 - 11 - 1934, > Tallapoosa, Ga > m'd 10 - 15 - 1879 - Carroll County, Ga > Ara Morgan Hughey born 12 - 10 - Clayton Co, Ga > Children : > Ernest Luther Vance > Alma Vance > Elvyn H Vance > Iva Catherine Vance > Charles Jones Vance > Emily Delilah Vance > > Ernest Luther m'd Mary R Bell - 5 children > Alma m'd Arlin L Jackson > Elvyn H m'd Josie MacBerry - 1 child - then he married Lucie Marie Warner > Iva Catherine m'd Thomas M Fowler - 4 children > Charles Jones m'd Mildred Thornton - 6 children > Emily Delilah m'd Ira Y Suggs - 2 children > > I have all the children's names & birthdates of most, some spouses names & > death dates. > Connecting surnames to the children are: > Darden, Toler, Bogle > Places are: Clayton Co, Coweta Co, Carroll Co, Waco, Ga; Tift Co, Ga; > Tallapoosa, Ga; Bowdon, Ga in Carroll Co. > I am looking for the descendants of John Joseph & Ara Morgan Hughey Vance. > Thanks > LindaJ > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7534/index.html > > AOL IM lindaj464 -- Trail Tree Village 175 N. Michigan Ave., #127 Coldwater, MI 49036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ 1705347 E-Mail: [email protected] AOL IM: norm1231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames: VANCE-STEELE-BLANCHARD-FERRIS-ADAMS TERPENING-DUNTON-DONBROCK-PAUL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE**: All my Family Trees are NOW SEARCHABLE in my homepage. Homepage URL: http://members.tripod.com/~nvance/ My 10 MI Counties Index: MI A.L.H.N. & MIGenWeb Project Pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5666/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Coordinator Maryland A.L.H.N. (American Local History Network) http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnmdus/md.html *******************************************************************