Records of James Vance on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Vance in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Vance and the Vance Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Vance Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Vance family tree.

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Vance Family History Databases

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Some Famous People called James Vance

James Vance (footballer)

James Vance (1877 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who could play in any of the forward positions, preferring the inside left role. Born in Stevenston, he played for Annbank, Newton Heath and Fairfield.

Vance was part of the Annbank side that won the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1895, beating East Stirlingshire in the final. He was one of several Annbank players signed by Newton Heath in the 1890s, moving to Manchester in January 1896 as cover for the injured Joe Cassidy. He made his debut for the club in a league game at home to Leicester Fosse on 3 February 1896, starting at inside left in a 2–0 win. Despite scoring Newton Heath's only goal in their next game – a 4–1 defeat away to Burton Swifts on 8 February – he then missed both matches of the FA Cup second round tie against Derby County, as well as a 2–1 league defeat at home to Burton Wanderers, before returning to the side for the final eight games of the 1895–96 season.

Cassidy's return from injury and the signings of Rimmer Brown and Matthew Gillespie meant Vance only made one more appearance for Newton Heath – a 3–0 win over Burton Wanderers on 24 October 1896 – and he was allowed to move to Lancashire League side Fairfield in December 1896, where he joined up with fellow former Annbank players Tommy and David Fitzsimmons. However, he spent just three months there before returning to Annbank.

Source: James Vance (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Vance

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