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Author: CG_Autry
Surnames: Autry, Schance, George, Reeves, Nichols
Classification: queries
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I am researching the Schance Surname (my wife's maiden). Her gf was Gilbert Wayne
Schance b 1901 Story Co. IA.
The family story is that when he moved from IA to Nebraska, he altered his name (as some
folks did back then). According to his wife (who died last year) his fathers name was
Thomas.
I was wanting to run an idea past some of the more experienced researchers on this board
to see if it is possible so here goes. There is a Thomas S. Chance in Story Co., IA in
1910 who had a son named Delbert. Could it be possible Gilbert just added his fathers
middle initial to his surname to become a Schance? The names are similar Delbert \
Gilbert. Am I reaching too far for this one?
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