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Tommie Ina Chance

Female 1924 - 1991  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Tommie Ina Chance was born on 22 Aug 1924 in Oklahoma (daughter of Thomas Chance and Albertie "Bertie" Trawick); died on 30 Jan 1991 in Marin County, California.

    Notes:

    California Death Index:

    VANDERFORD TOMMIE INA 08/22/1924 TRAWICK CHANCE F OKLAHOMA MARIN 01/30/1991 569-22-5972 66 yrs


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Chance was born on 23 Mar 1894 in Texas; died on 24 Mar 1969 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.

    Thomas married Albertie "Bertie" Trawick about 1914 in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Albertie (daughter of William Henry Trawick and Susie Alice Webb) was born on 3 Jul 1896 in Oklahoma; died on 5 Mar 1985 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Albertie "Bertie" Trawick was born on 3 Jul 1896 in Oklahoma (daughter of William Henry Trawick and Susie Alice Webb); died on 5 Mar 1985 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.

    Notes:

    Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 8-Mar-1985

    Memorial services for Alberta "Bertie" Chance were held in Sacramento, California,
    March 8, 1985. Bertie was an Oklahoma pioneer, having moved to Sacramento 46 years ago.
    She died in a Convalescent home there at the age of 88 years.

    She had owned and managed apartments on G. Street between 13th and 16th streets from the late 1940's to 1970's. She also worked at McClellan Air Force Base during World War II.

    Mrs. Chance is survived by four daughters, Ada Lee Poore and Opal Trask of Sacramento, Phyllis Frost of Baja, California, Tommie Vanderford of San Rafael, California; sisters, Grace Collins of LaMesa, California and Lorene Barry of Napa, California; nine grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. Grimes and area friends remember Tom and Bertie Chance when they lived 1 mile west of Spitzer's corner for many years. Tom Chance passed away in 1969.

    (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1930 census
    Rogers Mills Co. OK
    ED 65-2 Pg. 170B
    Berlin Twp.
    71/78
    Chance, Thomas H., head, MW, 36, M, age when first married 20, TX TX TX
    Alberta, wife, FW, 34, M, age when first married 18, OK AR AR
    Ada Lee, dau., FW, 14, OK TX OK
    Opal May, dau., FW, 12, OK TX OK
    Phillis Fay, dau., FW, 7, OK TX OK
    Tommy, dau., FW, 5, OK TX OK

    (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Description: The daughters of Thomas Chance have all passed. These 3 show as living on this website:

    Ada Lee Chance died 5 Mar 1985 in Sacramento, California
    Opal May Chance died 20 Feb 2007 in Walnut Creek, California
    Phillis Fay Chance died 3 Dec 2003 in Oroville, California

    I found this information on ancestry.com.

    Dawn Flores
    ?u?dawn.hock@gmail.com ?/u?

    Children:
    1. Ada Lee Chance was born on 26 Jan 1916 in Oklahoma; died on 23 Mar 2008 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California.
    2. Opal May Chance was born on 2 Nov 1917 in Oklahoma; died on 20 Feb 2007 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California.
    3. Phyllis Fay Chance was born on 27 Oct 1922 in Oklahoma; died on 4 Dec 2003 in Oroville, Butte County, California.
    4. 1. Tommie Ina Chance was born on 22 Aug 1924 in Oklahoma; died on 30 Jan 1991 in Marin County, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William Henry Trawick was born on 8 Oct 1867 in Arkansas (son of James Jackson Trawick and Elizabeth Lucinda Adams); died on 27 Jan 1934 in Oklahoma; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

    Notes:

    The article was published in the 1995 Cemeteries and More Book by GlenaBelle Crane.

    "William "Henry" Trawick, born 8OCT1867 to James "Jimmie" Trawick and Elizabeth Adams, died 27 JAN 1934 near Hammon, OK. He married Susan Alice Webb, 22 FEB 1893 in Velma, Indian Territory. She was the daughter of William Henry Webb and Lucinda "Sindee" (Graham) Webb, who are buried in the Red Star Cemetery (Hammon, OK) . Susan was born 18 DEC 1874 in Benton County, Arkansas, died 11 NOV 1966 at Elk City, OK. Children born to Henry and Susan: Homer Lee, married Eva McRennels; Alberta "Bertie" married Tom Chance; John Jackson, married Angie Wilson; Mary Lou married Fred Delaughter; Grace Floy married Buford Collins; Lorena married Fred Barry; Ruby Love born 15 NOV 1914 died 20 MAR 1932, never married and Bessie Christine married Rollo Lancaster. Henry and Susan farmed in the Union Center Community. After Henry's death, Susan moved into the town of Hammon."


    (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

    (Research):1920 census Roger Mills Co. OK ED 156 Pg. 240A
    Kiowa
    Fm/34/34 Trawick, William H., head, MW, 53, M, AR TN MS
    Susie, wife, FW, 45, M, AR AR AR
    Mary L., dau., FW, 15, OK AR AR
    Grace, dau., FW, 10, OK AR AR
    Lorine, dau., FW, 8, OK AR AR
    Ruby, dau., FW, 6, OK AR AR
    Bessie, dau., FW, 3 11/12, OK AR AR


    1930 census Roger Mills Co. OK
    Kiowa Twp. ED 65-12 Sheet 4B
    67/68 There are 10 different families listed after these dwelling and family numbers; Hale, Barnes, Pritchard, Custer, Roberson, Patts or Polls, Blaylock and Wm. H. Trawick.
    Trawick, William H., head MW 63 M, age 1st married 26, AR TN MS
    Susie A., wife, FW 55 M, age when first married 18, AR TN AR
    Lourine, dau., FW 18 OK AR AR
    Bessie C., dau., FW 14 OK AR AR

    (Census extracts courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

    William married Susie Alice Webb in 1891. Susie was born on 18 Dec 1874 in Arkansas; died on 11 Nov 1966 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Susie Alice Webb was born on 18 Dec 1874 in Arkansas; died on 11 Nov 1966 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

    Notes:

    Susie Allice "Webb" Trawick was born 18 DEC. 1874, died 11 NOV. 1966.

    (From the Roger Mills Co. query board.) Unknown newspaper. Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Trawick, 91, who died in an Elk City hospital, were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, November 13, at Church of Christ with Lonnie Clayton, minister, officiating. Burial was in the Red Hill cemetery. Mrs. Trawick was born Dec. 18, 1874 in Arkansas and came to western Oklahoma when she was 8 years old. She was married in 1892 to W.H. Trawick, who preceded her in death in 1934. Surviving are one son, John, of Richmond, CA; five daughters, Bertie Chance, of Sacramento, CA; Mary Lou Delaughter, of Napa, CA; Grace Collins of LaMesa, CA; Lorene Barry of Richmond, CA and Bessie Lancaster of Lorenzo, TX; 16 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. Funeral Arrangements were under the direction of Savage Funeral Home.


    (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

    Children:
    1. Homer L. Trawick was born on 26 Dec 1893 in Oklahoma; died about 1958 in Oklahoma; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
    2. 3. Albertie "Bertie" Trawick was born on 3 Jul 1896 in Oklahoma; died on 5 Mar 1985 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.
    3. John Jackson Trawick was born on 28 Apr 1898 in Oklahoma; died on 31 Oct 1973 in Napa County, California; was buried on 13 Nov 1973 in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
    4. Mary Lou Trawick was born on 31 May 1904 in Oklahoma; died on 6 Dec 1974 in Napa County, California.
    5. Grace Floy Trawick was born on 26 Dec 1909 in Oklahoma; died on 28 Jul 1987 in San Diego, San Diego County, California.
    6. Lorene Trawick was born on 14 Dec 1911 in Oklahoma; died on 30 Sep 1990 in Napa County, California.
    7. Ruby Love Trawick was born on 15 Nov 1914 in Oklahoma; died on 20 Mar 1932 in Oklahoma; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
    8. Bessie Trawick was born on 12 Mar 1916 in Oklahoma; died in Dec 1973.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James Jackson Trawick was born on 2 Jun 1835 in Carroll County, Tennessee (son of John Traywick, II and Diana Cook); died on 8 Apr 1899 in Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

    Notes:

    Lynell Gentry notes that his headstone lists him as being age 64 at the time of the death in 1899, which would make his year of birth as 1835 instead of 1838.

    Ken Harvey writes that they lived in Searcy, Arkansas when their their two oldest children were born. Sometime before 1871, when daughter Elzada was born, they moved to Coffeyville, Kansas; perhaps as a result of railroad advertisements promoting Coffeyville and Independence as two large towns on the Border of the United States and the Indian Territory.

    The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. Title could also be acquired after only a 6-month residency and trivial improvements, provided the claimant paid the government $1.25 per acre. After the Civil War, Union soldiers could deduct the time they had served from the residency requirements. This served to opened western lands to qualified citizens, the Indian Territory of Kansas and Oklahoma-home to more than three dozen tribes-was subject to a series of legal measures that reduced its extent. A new philosophy of assimilation favored bringing Native Americans into the United States as individual citizens, rather than allowing them lands and tribal sovereignty-a philosophy that conveniently left many acres open for settlement.

    However, these unassigned lands were not opened unitl 1889, and during the decades after the Homestead Act, settlers acting illegally forced the government's hand by squatting on Indian land. The Ingalls family, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was one of a group of white settlers who set up house on Osage lands in Kansas in the 1860s, before that tribe was removed (again) to Oklahoma.

    The Trawick family did not stay long in Coffeyville. Kenn Harvey noted that "after the Jayhawkers became active they moved back to Searcy, Arkansas." In the late 1870's the family moved westward again, this time to Texas.

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/11/25/history_of_western_settlement_railroad_advertisements_for_settlers_to_move.html

    Wise County, Texas Deeds (researched by Charles Strong, 1998)

    Vol 33, Page 192-July 1890 JJ and Elizabeth Trawick sold land to R.Z. Dunwiddie Vol 30, Page 446?-1894 Makes reference to Vol 33, Page 192 Initiated in Indian Territory Sounds as though the Trawicks moved to IT after the sale in 1890 but that the note wasn't paid and the deed file in Wise County until 1894

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1880 Census
    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    J. J. TRAWICK Self M Male W 45 TN Farm
    L. E. TRAWICK Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS
    M. C. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 17 AR At Home
    W. H. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 13 AR At Home TN MS
    Elzadi TRAWICK Dau S Female W 9 KS At School
    George TRAWICK Son S Male W 7 AR At School TN MS
    Ida TRAWICK Dau S Female W 3 TX At Home
    S. M. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 1 TX At Home TN MS
    Tom AUTRY Son S Male W 28 TN Farmer TN TN
    Source Information:
    Census Place Precinct 6, Wise, Texas
    Family History Library Film 1255333
    NA Film Number T9-1333
    Page Number 224D

    James married Elizabeth Lucinda Adams before 1863 in Arkansas. Elizabeth (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll) was born on 8 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi; died on 7 Feb 1933 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Elizabeth Lucinda AdamsElizabeth Lucinda Adams was born on 8 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll); died on 7 Feb 1933 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.

    Notes:

    The 1860 Van Buren, Arkansas census shows W.V. and Nancy Adam's first child as Lucinda, age 14 born in MS. On the 1880 census, she is listed as L.E., age 34 born in MS. From then on she is called Lizzie, and her grave shows her as Elizebeth (sic) L. Trawick.

    Ada Sunday News-Feb. 9, 1933 BURNS FATAL TO MRS. E. TRAWICK Mother of Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld Succumbs at Advanced Age. Mrs. Elizabeth Trawick, 88, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld, 600 W. Sixteenth, Tuesday evening at 6:40 o'clock from the effects of burns sustained earlier in the day when her dress caught fire from a stove. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the chapel of the Hudson-Keith Funeral Home, Rev. W.M. Speck officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs Trawick is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mary Rennels of Canute, Okla., Mrs. J.E. Gentry of Arthur, Mrs J.O. McMinn of Trent, Texas, and Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld, of Ada; two sons, Henry Trawick of Hammond and George A. Trawick of Ada; 32 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

    Children:
    1. Mary C. Trawick was born in Jun 1862 in Arkansas; died about 1960; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
    2. 6. William Henry Trawick was born on 8 Oct 1867 in Arkansas; died on 27 Jan 1934 in Oklahoma; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
    3. Elzada Trawick was born on 6 Jan 1871 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas; died on 23 Jan 1951 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
    4. George Alford Trawick was born on 20 Mar 1872 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas; died on 30 Jan 1959 in Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
    5. Ida Trawick was born in Feb 1878 in Texas; died on 12 Oct 1948 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
    6. Susan Marguerite Trawick was born on 28 Apr 1879 in Wise County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1963 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.
    7. Thomas Andrew Trawick was born in 1882 in Texas; and died.