Researching Jeff Chance
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1386 people with the Chance surname? In that year Chance was ranked number 2258 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jeff means "Form of JEFFREY. God's peace" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Jeff Chance on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jeff Chance and the Chance Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1958 people with the Chance surname in the UK? Chance is now ranked number 2374 for popularity in the UK. |
Chance Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Chance surname in the USA? Chance is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jeff Chance
Jeff Chance
Jeffrey Barosh, Sr. (December 13, 1954 in El Campo, Texas – December 12, 2008) was an American country music singer, known professionally as Jeff Chance. He was initially a member of the five-piece band "Texas Pride" which later became Chance recording one album for Mercury Records in 1985. As a solo artist he recorded four albums "Picture on the Wall" 1991 and "Walk Softly on the Bridges" 1992 for Mercury Records Nashville and "Back Again" 2008 and "Between the Sheets" 2013 for Music Master and charted five country singles in the mid-1980s. The second album included backing vocals from Shania Twain.
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Other names that sound a bit like Chance
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