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Lucy C. Coffman Chrane

Daughter of David Emily "Dee" Coffman · 1886–1929

Lucy C. Coffman Chrane

Probable

Daughter of David Emily "Dee" Coffman · 1886–1929

Born
in Texas
Parents
David Emily "Dee" Coffman & Mary Jane "Mollie" Wright
Married
George Albert Chrane
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a daughter of David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright. The evidence is strong: the index of her own Texas death certificate gives Mrs. Lucy C. Chrane, born 20 December 1886 in Texas, died 30 December 1929 at Abilene, father D. E. Coffman and mother Mollie Wright, and the Texas Death Index gives the same day of death S1717. It stays Probable because the certificate image has not been read.

Evidence: The index of her Texas death certificate gives Mrs. Lucy C. Chrane, born 20 December 1886 in Texas, died 30 December 1929 at Abilene, father D. E. Coffman and mother Mollie Wright, and the Texas Death Index gives the same day; the 1910 and 1920 census indexes list Lucy C. as the wife of George A. Chrane (S1717). Weak or missing: Every record is an index and the certificate image is unread; a family history printed in 1940 gives 1885 and 1930, each a year off; no marriage record has been found. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1929
Lucy C. Coffman Chrane died on 30 December 1929 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, aged 43. She was born in Texas on 20 December 1886. Both dates come from the index of her death certificate S1717.
Death2026
History of this card. 11 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree, from the death certificate index (S1717). 11 Oct 2026 — her husband George Albert Chrane linked when his card was written; the line on her middle name rewritten from the two indexes that give it (S1723). 12 Oct 2026 — three of her children linked when their cards were written (S1726).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1883
Wife of George Albert Chrane (1883–1970): the indexes of the 1910 census of Callahan County, Texas, and of the 1920 census list Lucy C. as his wife, with their children S1717, and the index of his World War I draft registration names Lucy Caroline Chrane as his nearest relative S1723. The link is Probable, because no image has been read. Their children Lucille Odelle, Carey Oletta and Leo George have cards; their other children are not named here.
Marriage1940
A family history printed in 1940 gives her as Lucy Coffman, 20 December 1885 to 30 December 1930, married to George A. Chrane. Each year is one off from the certificate index, which is followed here.
Parents1924
Her parents’ family photograph of about 1924 names a “Lucy” among those standing S108. She was living then, but the caption gives no surname, so it is not settled that the Lucy in the photograph is this daughter.

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record here is an index, and no image has been read; her middle name is Caroline in the index of her husband’s draft registration and Catherine in the index of a 1926 birth record, and is not settled; no marriage record has been found; and the 1924 photograph is not tied to her by any record. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.

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Lucy C. Coffman Chrane · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 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. S108Dee Coffman family photograph, circa 1924 — names supplied by Virginia "Ginger" Coffman. A copy of the group photograph already published here, with names typed onto fourteen of the faces and captioned in the image itself “Dee Coffman Family / Circa 1924.” Compiled by Virginia "Ginger" Coffman (Earl's aunt, daughter of Robert William Coffman) and relayed by Earl on 18 September 2026. The labelled image is on this page. Names given: James Burton Coffman, Robert William Coffman, Sue, Lucy, Lydia Mae, Lee Coffman, James David Coffman, Dee Coffman, Mollie Wright Coffman, Lydia Francis Coffman, Ila Belle Coffman, Horace Glenn Coffman, David Coffman, Jesse Coffman. FAMILY TESTIMONY, and graded as such. A relative naming relatives she knew is good provenance; it is not a record, and no document here names a face. This is an addition, not a correction — the photograph's attribution to Dee and Mollie Coffman's family was never in question, and is unchanged. Its weight is that it answers a question this page had been carrying since 16 September: which figures are Dee and Mollie. Ten of the fourteen names are new; four agree with the identifications Earl's uncle David Coffman gave two days earlier. Mary Jane "Mollie" Wright has no other photograph anywhere in this record, so the detail on her card is cut from this frame and labelled as a detail. ⚠️ Her circa 1924 is the family's attribution and sits inside this page's earlier 1923–1930 estimate; the photograph still carries no date of its own.
  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).

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