Laurie Matilda (Light) Vance (1859 - 1943)

Born 19 Mar 1859 in Orono, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Vance — married 23 Jun 1887 in Wymore NE

Died 13 Aug 1943 at age 84 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, United States

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Biography

Burial

Place: Wymore Cemetery, Wymore, Gage Co., Nebraska^[1]

Research Notes

Although both were listed as married, Laurie was in Oklahoma and Charles in Wymore NE at the time of the 1930 census.

Her death certificate has some interesting facts. Her name there was spelled as Laurie Mathilde Vance. She was born in Orono, Hennepin Co MN; the informant, her daughter, Miss Enid Vance, mistakenly said Oliver Perry Light was born in Indiana, and Nancy Jane Prather's birthplace was unknown. Laurie died at her home after breaking her leg in a fall on 1 Jul 1943; at the time of her death she was 84 years, four months and 24 days old.

The OP Light papers. In 1966, my grandmother obtained from her sister O. P. Light's hand-written family records, which I copied and returned. These papers have since disappeared, probably thrown away by my great-aunt's daughters when she gave up housekeeping. These papers provided dates and several generations of the Light, Prather and Veach families. There was nothing on the Dickinsons but the name and dates of Harriet Dickinson. The Lights he listed are exactly as later research has proven his family to be.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12163304

• Oliver P. Light pension no. 134865. National Archives.

• Shelby County Marriage Book, Xerox copy of certified copy dated 14 Feb 1983 from County Clerk's Office, Shelbyville IL, in Ramona Duff, Armstrong Album and Light Lines, 30.

• Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982"
  Dimmit > 1943 > Jul-Sep
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 31 December 2021)
  Oliver Perry Light.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Dickinson families b.ged on 20 January 2011.

This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.