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Troy Litton Chrane

Son of Lucy C. Coffman Chrane · 1916–1977

Troy Litton Chrane

Probable

Son of Lucy C. Coffman Chrane · 1916–1977

Born
at Dudley, Callahan County, Texas
Died
on 18 May 1977
Parents
George Albert Chrane & Lucy C. Coffman Chrane
Sources
3

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 S1734; the index of his Second World War draft registration gives his birth at Dudley, in the same county S1734; and his 1977 obituary, read as machine text, names a brother Leo and sisters Odelle and Oletta, who have cards as children of the same couple S1735. It stays Probable because every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, no image has been read, and no record names his parents: the link rests on the two households and on the brother and sisters in the obituary.

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 14 January 1916 at Dudley, Callahan County, and the Find a Grave index his death on 18 May 1977 (S1734); his 1977 obituary, read as machine text, gives the same birth and names a brother Leo and sisters Odelle and Oletta (S1735). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read; no record names his parents; his burial is the Tecumseh Cemetery in the obituary and Denton in the grave index; a family history printed in 1940 gives 15 January for his birth. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Military1977
Troy Litton Chrane died on 18 May 1977, aged 61. He was born at Dudley, Callahan County, Texas, on 14 January 1916. The day of birth is in the index of his draft registration, in the Social Security Death Index and in the obituary; the day of death is in the Find a Grave index, and the obituary, printed on Friday 20 May, says that he died at 10:45 p.m. on the Wednesday S1734S1735. No place of death is printed: the obituary calls him “of the Dudley Community”, and the Social Security index gives Taylor County as his last residence.
Military1940
A family history printed in 1940 gives his birthday as 15 January; the draft registration index, the Social Security index and the obituary all give 14 January, and that day is followed here S1222.
Burial
His burial has two readings, and neither is chosen here. The obituary says that burial would be in the Tecumseh Cemetery; the Find a Grave index puts his grave at Denton, Callahan County S1735S1734. The two may be one place under two names; that has not been checked, and no cemetery record has been read.
Death1936
By the obituary he lived at Dudley all his life, was a farmer and rancher, and belonged to the Highway 36 Church of Christ. He married on 26 April 1936 at Potosi, Taylor County Probable confirm or correct → S1735. What is weak: the date and place are in the machine-read obituary alone, and no marriage record has been read. His wife is not named here.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree, from the draft, Social Security, grave and census indexes (S1734) and the machine-read text of his 1977 obituary (S1735).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of George Albert Chrane and Lucy C. Coffman Chrane. His sisters and brother Lucille Odelle Chrane, Carey Oletta Chrane and Leo George Chrane have cards. His wife, his children and his other brothers and sisters are not named here.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record here is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read; no record names his parents; two days are given for his birth and two places for his grave; the obituary prints no place of death. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.

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Troy Litton 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. 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. S1734Indexes — Troy Litton Chrane, Callahan and Taylor Counties, Texas, 1916–1977. FamilySearch: Second World War draft registration index (QL36-5WLN); Social Security Death Index (J5S5-P2D); Find a Grave index (QVLD-VGVT); 1920 census index, Justice Precinct 4, Callahan County (MCM9-F2X); 1930 census index, Precinct 2, Callahan County (CQP9-Y2M). Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Draft registration, 16 October 1940, Abilene: Troy Litton Chrane, born 14 Jan 1916 at Dudley, Callahan County. Social Security index: born 14 Jan 1916, died May 1977, Taylor County. Find a Grave: Troy L. Chrane, 14 Jan 1916 – 18 May 1977, grave indexed at Denton, Callahan County. 1920: Troy L., son of George A. and Lucy C. Chrane. 1930: Troy, in the household of G. A. Chrane. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. No entry names his parents outside the two census households. It does not settle his burial, which his obituary puts in the Tecumseh Cemetery (S1735), or the day of his birth, which a family history printed in 1940 gives as 15 January (S1222). Serves the card of Troy Litton Chrane.
  3. S1735Obituary — Troy Chrane, Dudley, Abilene Reporter-News, Friday 20 May 1977, p. 6. Newspapers.com, image 762724019. Machine-read text read on 4 October 2026; the page image has not been opened and no copy of the page is kept here. Probable Troy Chrane, 61, of the Dudley Community died at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday; burial to be in the Tecumseh Cemetery. Born 14 January 1916 in Dudley, where he lived all his life; a farmer and rancher; married on 26 April 1936 at Potosi; a member of the Highway 36 Church of Christ. Among the survivors: his stepmother, of Dudley; a brother Leo, of Dudley; sisters Odelle Cody of Austin and Oletta Windham of Potter Valley, California. Wednesday was 18 May 1977. ⚠ Machine-read text only. The obituary names no parents; it is tied to the Chrane family by the birth date, by Dudley and by the brother and sisters it names. Its burial place differs from the Find a Grave index (S1734). His wife, his children, his stepmother and his other brothers and sisters are in the notice and are not named here. Serves the cards of Troy Litton Chrane, George Albert Chrane, Lucille Odelle Chrane, Carey Oletta Chrane and Leo George Chrane.

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