When William Oscar Jr. Vance was born on 24 July 1911, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Oscar Vance, was 29 and his mother, Mary Sulah Samuel, was 26. He married Annie Lois O'Connell on 1 July 1933, in Danville, Virginia, United States. He lived in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Sumner Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 November 1988, in Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio, United States.
Scottish: apparently a spelling pronunciation of Vans, a misreading of Vaus (see Vause ), in which -u- has been miscopied as -n-. If true, it is probably limited to the Vans or Vaus family of Wigtownshire. It may be this surname that appears in Ireland from the early 17th century, especially in Ulster, but it could alternatively be the English name in 2 below.
English: if not a transcription error for Vause (a surname well evidenced in Warwickshire and Leicestershire), a variant of Vann , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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