Dear Chance researchers,
I am sending all the data I have on Chance in my FTM. If
you have some additional data, let me know. Thank you.
Tim Mattingly
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Generation No. 5
12. ABRAM5 CHANCE (JOHN4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1)
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Child of ABRAM CHANCE is:
i. FRANCIS W.6 CHANCE.
13. JAMES JEFFERSON5 CHANCE,JR. (JAMES JEFFERSON4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOH=
N1) was born May 1854, and died September 8, 1933. He married SARAH JANE=
WARNER November 29, 1876 in FRANKLIN CO.,IN, daughter of WILLIAM WARNER =
and SUSAN WESTBROOK. She was born October 3, 1854, and died May 14, 1925=
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Children of JAMES CHANCE and SARAH WARNER are:
i. HARFEY LEON6 CHANCE, b. December 28, 1877; d. July 7,
1960, RUSHVILLE=
,IN; m. ETHEL AGNES CLOUD, April 3, 1915, NEW PORT,KY.
ii. EDDIE CHANCE, b. October 9, 1880; d. April 9, 1884.
iii. GENNIS CHANCE, b. May 29, 1884; d. October 15, 1886.
iv. JIMMIE CHANCE, b. April 1, 1887.
v. DORA ALFRED CHANCE, b. March 1889; d. July 2, 1901.
vi. MANDUS CHANCE, b. October 20, 1891; m. (1) WANDA
????; m. (2) MERLE =
HURST, ABT 1919.
14. WILLIAM5 CHANCE (JAMES JEFFERSON4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born=
1848 in FRANKLIN CO.,IN. He married MARY ELLEN HALL May 17, 1870 in FRA=
NKLIN CO.,IN. =
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Children of WILLIAM CHANCE and MARY HALL are:
i. CORY6 CHANCE, d. RILEY,OH; m. CHARLIE ANTHONY.
ii. PHOBE CHANCE, b. July 11, 1886; d. October 11, 1960;
m. HENRY KUEHN.=
iii. OLLIE CHANCE.
iv. MARGART CHANCE, b. 1873; d. 1948, ANDERSON,IN.
v. EUNICE CHANCE.
17. vi. ELSIE VIOLA CHANCE, b. March 18, 1869; d. May 27,
1910, ANDERSON,=
IN.
15. GEORGE W.5 CHANCE (BENJAMIN4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born Marc=
h 4, 1846 in FRANKLIN CO., IN, and died April 27, 1881 in FRANKLIN CO., I=
N. He married CHARLOTTE BARNHART June 8, 1897 in FRANKLIN CO., IN (B9 P2=
65), daughter of THOMAS BARNHART and MARY MORROW. She was born January 2=
4, 1849 in IN, and died July 19, 1933 in IN.
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Children of GEORGE CHANCE and CHARLOTTE BARNHART are:
18. i. ALVERNESS MARSHAL6 CHANCE, b. November 6, 1872,
FRANKLIN CO., IN; =
d. September 24, 1957, ANDERSONVILLE, IN.
ii. HARRY T. CHANCE, b. August 6, 1874.
iii. MARY E. CHANCE, b. April 12, 1877.
iv. GEORGE OTIS CHANCE, b. July 24, 1881; d. March 15,
1949; m. FLORA ID=
A SWARTZ, September 5, 1904, FAYETTE CO., IN [B.5 P.133]; b. January 9, 1=
886; d. March 15, 1954.
v. MOLLY CHANCE.
16. GEORGE WASHINGTON5 OUSLEY (SARAH4 POTTS, CATHERINE3 CHANCE, EZEKIEL2=
, JOHN1) was born October 1831 in EDGAR CO.,IL. He married SOPHANRIA UND=
ERWOOD May 1863 in HUMBOLT CO.,CA. She was born 1842, and died May 1897.=
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Child of GEORGE OUSLEY and SOPHANRIA UNDERWOOD is:
19. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 OUSLEY, b. July 1869, HUMBOLT
CO.,CA; d. June 2=
9, 1926, SANTA CLARA, CA.
Generation No. 6
17. ELSIE VIOLA6 CHANCE (WILLIAM5, JAMES JEFFERSON4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, J=
OHN1) was born March 18, 1869, and died May 27, 1910 in ANDERSON,IN. She=
married AARON WHATT December 1, 1891 in FRANKLIN CO.,IN. He was born Ma=
rch 24, 1855, and died February 13, 1942.
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Children of ELSIE CHANCE and AARON WHATT are:
20. i. HAROLD7 WHATT, b. January 12, 1898; d. December 7, 1938.
ii. VERNON WHATT.
iii. IRA WHATT.
iv. ELSIE LAVON WHATT.
18. ALVERNESS MARSHAL6 CHANCE (GEORGE W.5, BENJAMIN4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, =
JOHN1) was born November 6, 1872 in FRANKLIN CO., IN, and died September =
24, 1957 in ANDERSONVILLE, IN. He married EMMA ADELINE CROWELL May 1, 18=
95 in FAYETTE CO., IN (#124 REC.P.12#17), daughter of C.ENOCH CROWELL and=
MARY CLOUD. She was born July 18, 1873 in FRANKLIN CO., IN, and died Ma=
rch 15, 1954 in CONERSVILLE, IN.
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Children of ALVERNESS CHANCE and EMMA CROWELL are:
21. i. EDNA MYRTLE7 CHANCE, b. March 29, 1896, IN; d.
October 7, 1971, IN=
GLEWOOD,CA.
22. ii. ETHEL ELVA CHANCE, b. July 28, 1898, CONNERSVILLE,
IN; d. Februar=
y 17, 1960, CA.
iii. LUCILLE FRANCIS CHANCE, b. February 5, 1900; d. June
1940; m. WALTE=
R MILLER.
iv. DOROTHY ALNETTA CHANCE, b. April 17, 1908; d. January
1, 1941, LOS A=
NGELES,CA; m. (1) HAROLD COOKSEY; m. (2) HAROLD BONNIE BURKIE; m. (3) ???=
? IRWIN.
19. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 OUSLEY (GEORGE WASHINGTON5, SARAH4 POTTS, CATHERI=
NE3 CHANCE, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born July 1869 in HUMBOLT CO.,CA, and di=
ed June 29, 1926 in SANTA CLARA, CA. He married GERTRUDE SHAVER March 19=
07. =
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Child of GEORGE OUSLEY and GERTRUDE SHAVER is:
i. HAZEL GERTRUDE7 OUSLEY, b. 1911; m. DONALD ELVEY,
1934, SAN JOSE, CA;=
b. December 9, 1898; d. August 1975, SANTA CRUZ, CA..
Generation No. 7
20. HAROLD7 WHATT (ELSIE VIOLA6 CHANCE, WILLIAM5, JAMES JEFFERSON4, JAME=
S3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born January 12, 1898, and died December 7, 1938=
=2E He married HILDA KEEN. =
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Children of HAROLD WHATT and HILDA KEEN are:
i. GELORIA8 WHATT, b. June 9, 1922, ANDERSON,IN; d. ANDERSON,IN.
ii. PHILLIPA WHATT, b. November 30, 1924, ANDERSON,IN.
21. EDNA MYRTLE7 CHANCE (ALVERNESS MARSHAL6, GEORGE W.5, BENJAMIN4, JAME=
S3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born March 29, 1896 in IN, and died October 7, 1=
971 in INGLEWOOD,CA. She married (1) GEORGE GORDON. She married (2) A=
RCHAL HARRISON July 15, 1912 in NEW CASTLE,IN. =
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Children of EDNA CHANCE and ARCHAL HARRISON are:
i. CRISTIN8 HARRISON.
ii. VIRGINA HARRISON.
iii. MARGERT HARRISON.
22. ETHEL ELVA7 CHANCE (ALVERNESS MARSHAL6, GEORGE W.5, BENJAMIN4, JAMES=
3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born July 28, 1898 in CONNERSVILLE, IN, and died =
February 17, 1960 in CA. She married GURNEY T. MATTINGLY, SR April 15, 1=
915 in NEW CASTLE, IN (B16 P265), son of JOHN MATTINGLY and FLORENCE TERR=
Y. He was born March 23, 1894 in MANILLA, IN, and died December 26, 1948=
in MUNCIE, IN.
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Children of ETHEL CHANCE and GURNEY MATTINGLY are:
23. i. ELSIE MARIE8 MATTINGLY, b. February 2, 1917.
24. ii. GURNEY T. MATTINGLY, JR, b. December 22, 1920, EL
SENGUNDO, CA; d=
=2E August 27, 1996, MUNCIE, IN.
iii. ALVERNESS MARSHALL MATTINGLY, b. January 15, 1923.
iv. JAMES HENRY MATTINGLY, b. January 1, 1926.
Generation No. 8
23. ELSIE MARIE8 MATTINGLY (ETHEL ELVA7 CHANCE, ALVERNESS MARSHAL6, GEOR=
GE W.5, BENJAMIN4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born February 2, 1917. S=
he married (1) EARL DERR. She married (2) BILL WEST. She married (3=
) HOWARD LEE HERRIMAN. He died March 29, 1952.
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Child of ELSIE MATTINGLY and EARL DERR is:
i. SAM9 DERR, b. April 19, 1937.
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Children of ELSIE MATTINGLY and BILL WEST are:
ii. DOROTHY9 WEST, b. April 2, 1941.
iii. RUTH WEST, b. September 27, 1942.
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Child of ELSIE MATTINGLY and HOWARD HERRIMAN is:
iv. CRISTINA9 HERRIMAN.
24. GURNEY T.8 MATTINGLY, JR (ETHEL ELVA7 CHANCE, ALVERNESS MARSHAL6, GE=
ORGE W.5, BENJAMIN4, JAMES3, EZEKIEL2, JOHN1) was born December 22, 1920 =
in EL SENGUNDO, CA, and died August 27, 1996 in MUNCIE, IN. He married O=
PAL CHAPMAN November 13, 1944 in STANFORD, KY, #295, daughter of JAMES CH=
APMAN and DOLLY THOMAS. She was born June 3, 1925 in LINCOLN CO., KY, an=
d died November 21, 1990 in INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
Notes for GURNEY T. MATTINGLY, JR:
GURNEY MATTINGLY, Jr., WAS
BORN IN CALIF, WHILE HIS PARENTS LIVED TH=
ERE AFTER WORLD WAR 1. THE FAMILY CAME BACK TO MUNCIE, IND. WHERE HIS P=
ARENTS AND OLDER SISTER LIVED EARLIER. HE LIVED IN THE INDIANA STATE ALL=
THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE WENT TO COLLAGE, TAUGHT SCHOOL AND HAD HAD MAN=
Y OTHER JOBS. HE HAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, JAMES AND ALVERNESS. =
GURNEY GRADUATED FROM MUNCIE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938. WHILE HE WAS IN BALL S=
TATE COLLAGE, HE WAS DRAFTED IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS IN ALASKA MOST ALL=
OF THE WAR. AFTER IT WAS OVER, HE STARTED TEACHING IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS=
ALL THROUGH INDIANA. WHILE HE TAUGHT AT FAIRMOUNT, HE HAD A FAMOUS STUD=
ENT, JAMES DEAN. HE WAS JAMES DEAN'S DRAMA DIRECTOR AND TEACHER WHILE HE=
WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE ALSO SAT FOR GURNEY AND OPALS SON, TIM (MYSELF).=
HE HAD MARRIED
OPAL CHAPMAN IN STANFORD, KY ON NOV.13,1944, AND OTHER THAN MYSELF, THEY =
HAD ONLY ONE OTHER CHILD, MELODY LORAIN MATTINGLY. THEY DIVORCED IN 1950=
? GURNEY MARRIED FERDA SPILLMAN AROUND 1951
SO MELODY AND MYSELF MOVED WITH DAD TO FERDA'S HOUSE IN OAKALANDON (NEAR =
INDIANAPOLIS). GURNEY WAS TEACHING SCHOOL IN LAPEL, IND., ABOUT 1955 WE=
ALL MOVED TO ANDERSON, WHICH WAS CLOSER TO LAPEL THAN OAKALANDON. IN 19=
62? FREDA AND DAD GOT A DIVORCE SO MELODY, MYSELF AND GURNEY MOVED TO A H=
OUSE AT 1316 W. 38th. ST. IN 1965 GURNEY MARRIED MARY TRACY (FROM LAPEL)=
=2E IN FEB. OF
1966, GURNEY AND MARY MOVED TO HARTFORD CITY. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN: S=
EAN, PATRICK, AND TRACY. GURNEY AND MARY GOT A DIVORCE =
AND HE MOVED TO A SMALL HOUSE ON 6th ST. IN MUNCIE WHERE HE LIVED BY HIMS=
ELF UNTILL HE DIED. HE ENJOYED LIFE AND DID A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE WOULD=
SAY A MAN HIS AGE SHOULD NOT DO. HE FLEW TO ENGLAND IN 1986? TO SEE HIS=
BROTHER, JIM, AND SEE THE SIGHTS THAT ENGLAND HAD. HE WENT TO PARIS AND=
HAD A GOOD TIME AS FAR AS I KNEW.
IN 1991, HE BOUGHT A NEW '92 CHEV TRUCK AND WAS HE PROUD OF IT. HE HAD S=
OME DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION AND HE COULD GO. AND GO! HE DROVE TO CALIF=
ORNIA IN 1993? STOPPING WHEN EVER WAS TIRED AND STAYING WITH FRIENDS ALON=
G THE WAY. HE STOPED IN LAS VEGAS TO SEE HIS BROTHER, JIM AND IN RENO TO=
SEE HIS SISTER, ELSIE. ON TO CALIFORNIA AND LIVED WITH HIS SISTER ELSIE=
BOY, SAM. HE ALSO SAW AND PHOTOGRAPHED WHERE HIS MOTHER, ETHEL CHANCE M=
ATTINGLY, IS BURRIED. MY DAD WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND SORT OF A GOOD S=
OUNDING BLOCK FOR OUR LOVE OF TELLING JOKES. =
More About GURNEY T. MATTINGLY, JR:
Cause of Death: HEART TROUBLE
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Children of GURNEY MATTINGLY and OPAL CHAPMAN are:
i. GURNEY T.9 MATTINGLY III, b. December 10, 1945,
MUNCIE, IN; m. JANET =
WALKER, April 6, 1996, LAS VEGAS, NV; b. February 27, 1943, ANDERSON, IN.=
Notes for GURNEY T. MATTINGLY III:
I AM WRIGHTING THIS ABOUT MYSELF. I WAS BORN IN MUNCIE, INDIANA WHILE MY=
PARENTS LIVED THERE, THEY LATER MOVED TO FAIRMOUNT WHERE MY SISTER, MELO=
DY, WAS BORN. I GREW UP LIVING WITH MY FATHER BECAUSE HE AND MY MOTHER G=
OT DEVORCED AROUND 1950. MY FATHER MARRIED AGAIN TO FERDA SPILLMAN. THI=
S WAS THE ONLY WOMAN I EVER KNEW THAT I HATED SO BAD I COULD CARE NOT IF =
SHE DIED TODAY. MY DAD AND FERDA GOT A DEVORCE IN 1961. I GRADUATED FRO=
M MADISON HIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964 AND LATER THAT YEAR, I GOT HIRED AT =
DELCO-REMY. IN JAN. OF 1966, I HAD A BAD WRECK IN WHICH I BROKE MY RIGHT=
LEG. IN FEB. 1968, I MARRIED BRENDA JONES OF PENDELTON, IND. DURING T=
HIS MARRIAGE WE BOUGHT A HOUSE AT 1505 E. 30th. WE GOT A DEVORCE IN 1970=
=2E IN 1972, CAROL OBERDING FROM ELWOOD, AND I GOT MARRIED. CAROL HAD T=
HREE GIRLS WHO WERE: THERESA, DOROTHY AND KAREN. THIS MARRIAGE LASTED UN=
TILL JULY OF 1978. IN 1979, (AND I'LL NEVER KNOW WHY) I MARRIED PEGG=
Y WASSON. WE ARGUED ALL THE TIME, AND HER FIVE KIDS DID NOT HELP. IN=
1980 I MARRIED PAT GARZA, AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE IT. SHE HAD ONE B=
OY, TONY, AND EVERYONE GOT ALONG REAL GOOD. SHE STARTED TAKING "BIBLE CL=
ASSES" AT NIGHT AND WHEN I FOUND OUT HER "INSTRUCTOR" WAS HER LOVER..... =
IT WAS OVER. MY SISTER MELODY, TOLD ME OF A WOMAN THAT WORKED FOR HER A=
T HER "TEE-SHIRT" SHOP IN THE MOUNDS MALL. DEBBIE ELLIOTT AND I GOT ALON=
G PERFECT. IN NOVEMBER OF 1992, SHE MOVED IN WITH ME. IN DECEMBER OF 19=
93, I BOUGHT A HOUSE AT 3602 COLUMBUS AV. THIS MARRIAGE LASTED UNTILL 199=
1 WHEN DIVORCE WAS FINAL. I STARTED DATING A WOMAN NAMED JANET WALKER AN=
D WE WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 6, 1996. WE HAVE BOTH BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND =
THIS IS GOING TO LAST BECAUSE I WANT IT TO MORE THAN ENYTHING. I SIMI-RE=
TIRED FROM DELCO JAN.1,1999 WITH 85% OF 40 HOURS PAY. IN OCT.1999, WILL =
GO ON FULL RETIREMENT.
More About GURNEY T. MATTINGLY III:
Event 1: 1964, GRADUATE MADISON HIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL
Event 2: November 11, 1964, HIRED ON AT DELCO REMY
Event 3: July 23, 1973, STARTED ON APPRINTSHIP OF ELECTRICIAN
Fact 4: December 30, 1998, LAST DAY I WORKED AT DELCO REMY; 85% NOW AND F=
ULL RETIREMENT OCT.'99
ii. MELODY LORAINE MATTINGLY, b. April 1, 1948, ELKHART,
IN; d. June 6, =
1984, ANDERSON, IN; m. LLOYD KEIRNS, 1966, ANDERSON, IN; b. ABT 1943; d.=
ABT 1985, ANDERSON, IN..
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