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Leo George Chrane

Son of Lucy C. Coffman Chrane · 1911–1994

Leo George Chrane

Probable

Son of Lucy C. Coffman Chrane · 1911–1994

Born
at Dudley, Callahan County, Texas
Parents
George Albert Chrane & Lucy C. Coffman Chrane
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a son of George Albert Chrane and Lucy C. Coffman Chrane. The evidence is strong: the indexes of the 1920 and 1930 censuses of Callahan County list him as a son in the Chrane household S1717S1723, and the index of his Second World War draft registration gives his birth at Dudley, in the same county S1726. It stays Probable because every record is an index, no image has been read, and no record of his own names his parents: the link rests on the two households and the name.

Evidence: The indexes of the 1920 and 1930 censuses of Callahan County list him as a son in the household of George A. Chrane; the index of his Second World War draft registration gives his birth on 20 November 1911 at Dudley, Callahan County, and the Texas Death Index his death on 21 October 1994 in Taylor County (S1726, S1717, S1723). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index and no image has been read; no record of his own names his parents; a family history printed in 1940 gives 17 November for his birth. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1994
Leo George Chrane died on 21 October 1994 in Taylor County, Texas, aged 82. He was born at Dudley, Callahan County, Texas, on 20 November 1911. The day of birth comes from the index of his draft registration and the day of death from the Texas Death Index; the Find a Grave index also lists him S1726.
Military1940
A family history printed in 1940 gives his birthday as 17 November; the draft registration index, a record made in his own lifetime, gives 20 November, and that day is followed here S1222.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree, from the draft, death, grave and census indexes (S1726, S1717, S1723).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of George Albert Chrane and Lucy C. Coffman Chrane. His sisters Lucille Odelle Chrane and Carey Oletta Chrane have cards. He married; his wife and any children are not named here.

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Weak or missing
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Leo George Chrane · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1222Kauffman-Coffman genealogy (1940), p. 567, Texan Branch — Dee Carl Coffman, F11558. Ancestry, “U.S., Family History Books”, record 4518012354. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Probable Dee Carl Coffman, born 1 March 1898, U.S. Navy 1918, meat salesman, 426 Elm St., Abilene, married Minnie Mae Shultz on 24 June 1919. The page lists his whole sibling group. ⚠ A compiled genealogy printed in 1940, not a marriage record. Her obituary of January 1975 gives the same date and adds Abilene (S1728), but that is a compiled account too: the 24 June 1919 date is PROBABLE until the Taylor County marriage image (FamilySearch QV1Z-SB7B) is read. It fits the 1920 census, where the couple are already married.
  2. S1717Texas death certificate index — Mrs. Lucy C. Chrane, Abilene, Taylor County, 30 December 1929; with the 1910 and 1920 census indexes. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982”, record 22383856; FamilySearch K3QC-W12 and Texas Death Index VZD7-BJX; FamilySearch census indexes M298-X1P (1910, Justice Precinct 4, Callahan County) and MCM9-F2Z (1920). Indexes read on 4 October 2026. Probable Mrs. Lucy C. Chrane, born 20 Dec 1886, Texas, died 30 Dec 1929 at Abilene, aged 43; father D. E. Coffman, mother Mollie Wright. In 1910 and 1920 Lucy C. is the wife of George A. Chrane. ⚠ Index only: no image of the certificate or of either census page has been read. Serves the cards of Lucy C. Coffman Chrane and of her husband George Albert Chrane; three of their children have cards of their own (S1726).
  3. S1723Indexes — George Albert Chrane, born Texas, 15 January 1883; died September 1970, last residence Taylor County, Texas. FamilySearch: World War I draft registration index, Callahan County, Texas (7TZY-G76Z); 1930 census index, Precinct 2, Callahan County (CQP9-GW2); Texas birth index, Abilene, 1926; Social Security Death Index (J1LH-76K). Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Draft registration: George Albert Chrane, born 15 Jan 1883, nearest relative Lucy Caroline Chrane. 1930: G. A. Chrane, with children. Birth index, 1926: father George Albert Chrane, mother Lucy Catherine Coffman. Social Security: George Chrane, born 15 Jan 1883, died Sep 1970, last residence Taylor County. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. The death is given to the month only, with a last residence and no place of death. His wife’s middle name differs between the two indexes that give it. The 1910 and 1920 census indexes that name the couple are at S1717. Serves the card of George Albert Chrane; three of his children have cards of their own (S1726).
  4. S1726Indexes — three children of George Albert Chrane and Lucy C. Coffman Chrane, Callahan and Taylor Counties, Texas, 1906–1998. Ancestry, Texas death index (4876/3843171); FamilySearch: Find a Grave index (QV2S-33SB, QVV5-BLGT); Second World War draft registration index (QL3D-BB5F); Texas Death Index (VZ8J-4QY). The census indexes of 1910, 1920 and 1930 for the household are at S1717 and S1723. Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Death index: Lucille Odelle, born 17 Nov 1906, died 6 Oct 1998, Taylor County, mother Lucy C. Coffman; grave at Dudley, Callahan County. Find a Grave: Carey Oletta, born 8 Nov 1908, died 15 Jun 1988. Draft registration: Leo George Chrane, born 20 Nov 1911 at Dudley, Texas; Texas Death Index: died 21 Oct 1994, Taylor County. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. Only the first entry names a parent, and it names the mother alone; the other two children are tied to the couple by the census households. The second child’s dates rest on one grave index, with no place of death. It does not settle the day of the son’s birth, which a family history printed in 1940 gives as 17 November (S1222). Serves the cards of Lucille Odelle Chrane, Carey Oletta Chrane and Leo George Chrane.

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