Merle Adin Vance (1902 - 1975)

Born 3 Jul 1902 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie Constance (Irvine) Vance — married 14 Oct 1925 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 25 Mar 1975 at age 72 in Ellenton, Manatee, Florida, United States

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Biography

Merle Adin Vance was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 3 Jul 1902, the son of Dr. William A Vance, Jr. and Lillian "Lillie" Mae Dodgson.

He married Elsie Constance Irvine in Detroit, Michigan on 14 Oct 1925. They were the parents of a daughter, Mary Eileen Vance born in Michigan about 1937.

A dentist, he died in Ellenton, Florida in 1975 and is buried at the Mansion Memorial Park in Ellenton.

Sources

• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQFN-SW5 : 12 August 2019), Merle H Vance, 03 Jul 1902; citing item 1 p 393 rn 1279, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,098

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLP8-7MQ : accessed 21 January 2022), Merle E Vance in household of William A Vance, Castleton, Barry, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 5B, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 636; FHL microfilm 1,374,649.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSH-SZ8 : 2 February 2021), Merle A Vance in entry for William A Vance, 1920.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7G-DKD : 15 January 2019), Merle A Vance and Elsie C Irvine, 1925.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQY8-YFW : accessed 21 January 2022), Merle A Vance, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 14A, line 1, family 391, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 983; FHL microfilm 2,340,718

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42Y-X47 : 10 January 2021), Merle Vance, Eaton Rapids, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-14, sheet 16B, line 64, family 405, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1747

• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVN4-HFN : 25 December 2014), Merle Adin Vance, 25 Mar 1975; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 21543, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLP-PDMR : 13 December 2015), Merle Adin Vance, 1975; Burial, Ellenton, Manatee, Florida, United States of America, Mansion Memorial Park & Funeral Home; citing record ID 104480602, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com