The all capitalized names are my direct lineage.
1st Generation
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JOHN VANCE, b:abt. 1760 (estimated), probably in Ireland,
possibly Co. Donegal. Married MARY ALLISON. Child:
- ROBERT VANCE
- Probably others ??
2nd Generation
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ROBERT VANCE, b.1805, in Ireland,(Co.Donegal?).
Married MARY RAMSEY b.Abt. 1809. Children (Oldest to youngest):
- Robert Ramsey Vance
- John Vance
- Elizabeth Vance...................(married John WARSON)
- Mathew Vance....................(died at a young age)
- Matilda Vance.....................(married Alex ROGERS)
- Andrew Vance
- Sarah Vance.........................(married George GALFILLEN)
- Mary Vance.........................(never married)
- Jane Vance...........................(died in infancy)
- Mathew Vance.....................(1st Mathew died before this one was born)
- ALEXANDER VANCE.......(married MARY BARNHILL)
- Jane Vance...........................(married William PORTER--the 1st Jane died
................................................before this one was born)
3rd Generation
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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:
- Robert W. Vance.................died in infancy in Brooklyn, NY
- Martha G. Vance.................died in infancy in Brooklyn, NY
- Alexander Vance.................died in infancy in MD or MI?
- Hugh Vance.........................died in infancy in MD or MI?
- Eleanor Hamilton Vance.....married John DUNLAP in MI
- Andrew Barnhill Vance.......married Emma PAUL in MI
- Sarah Vance .......................married Wilson PAUL in MI
- MATHEW VANCE ...........married ROSE STEELE in MI
- William Vance ....................married Lillian GYPSON in MI
- Anna Vance ........................married Rev. Charles McLOUTH in MI
4th Generation
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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:
- ARLIN MERLE VANCE.
5th Generation
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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:
- Leland Adam VANCE
- NORMAN MACLYN VANCE
6th Generation
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Leland Adam VANCE, b:Apr.09,1920 in Branch Co.,MI. Married Donna
Rolene DONBROCK.Children:
- 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.
- Colleen Ann VANCE, b:Nov.01,1952 in Coldwater, MI.
- 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:
- NORMAN SCOTT VANCE
- TAMARA LYNN VANCE
- DARREN LEE VANCE
Second married Janet RYAN of Sand Lake, Hillsdale, MI.
Third married Mary Anne SAYLOR-HAYES of Hillsdale, MI.
7th Generation
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NORMAN SCOTT VANCE, b:Aug.05,1958 In Hillsdale, MI.
....Married Domenica MARCHETTI. Children:
........NICHOLAS FRANCIS VANCE, b: Oct. 27, 1996 in Washington, D.C.
........ADRIANA MARIA VANCE, b: June 7, 1998 in Washington, D.C.
TAMARA LYNN VANCE, b:1963 in Hillsdale, MI., d:1964 in Hillsdale, MI.
DARREN LEE VANCE, b:Nov.14, 1965 in Dowagiac, MI.
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DARREN LEE VANCE
....Friend John Paul
........ALEXANDER SCOTT MERKANA PAUL-VANCE, Adopted in 2005
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8th Generation
NICHOLAS FRANCIS VANCE, b: Oct. 27, 1996 in Washington, D.C.
ADRIANA MARIA VANCE, b: June 7, 1998 in Washington, D.C.
ALEXANDER SCOTT MERKANA PAUL-VANCE, b. 2005 in Guatamala.
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