James Thomas Lance

Brief Life History of James Thomas

When James Thomas Lance was born on 6 January 1865, in Walker, Texas, United States, his father, Lewis Lance, was 41 and his mother, Temperance Tomlinson, was 19. He married Ellen Budge on 30 November 1886, in Oneida, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870 and Rock Creek, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 1 March 1924, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Lance
1865–1924
Ellen Budge
1869–1944
Marriage: 30 November 1886
Mary Ellen Lance
1887–1967
James Arthur Lance
1889–1932
Ethel Minnie Lance
1891–1974
Thomas Lewis Lance
1893–1900
Leonard George Lance
1898–1973
Leland Lance
1900–
Jesse Howard Lance
1902–1940
Lela Mabel Lance
1903–1989
Paul Nolan Lance
1905–1975

Sources (34)

  • James Lance in household of Louis Lance, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James Lance, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
  • James E, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1866

Historical Boundaries 1866: Idaho, Idaho Territory, United States 1869: Lemhi, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Lemhi, Idaho, United States

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

Name Meaning

English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lanzo, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element land ‘land, territory’ (for example, Lambert ), but later used as an independent name. It was introduced to England by the Normans, for whom it was a popular name among the ruling classes, perhaps partly because of association with Old French lance ‘lance, spear’ (see 2 below).

French: metonymic occupational name for a soldier who carried a lance, or a nickname for a skilled fighter, from Old French lance ‘lance, spear’.

Americanized form of German Lanz and Lenz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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