Parents

Daughter of William Henry STRANGE & Edith Jane EDMONDS.

Life History

Notes

• The One World Tree which I cite for some facts on the children of thisfamily, has the name Caroline for the first child.  The 1870 censuslists Delila (Delilah) in that position.  This can be understood as achild named Caroline Delila or perhaps Delila Caroline.  But since thechild is listed in the census as Delila (and likely called by thatname by the family), I am putting that name first.  Deliah is listedas Caroline in later sources.
  
  1870 Census Jefferson County, Tennessee, 23 July, District 3, POTrion, p 7, Hse/Fam #43
  Strange, William 28  M W  Farmer TN [b abt 1842]
  Strange, Edia     24  F W Kpg Hse TN
  Strange, Delila     6  F W                TN
  
  The OWT had conflicting dates for the first two children.  Where thecensus had age 6 for the first two girls (yielding a rough birth yearof 1864), the OWT reports Dec 1863 for Caroline and 20 Feb 1864 forMartha S!  We know two children cannot be born two months apart to thesame woman.  The more exact birth date for Martha in OWT matches theyear from the census age, 1864.  With this reasoning I decided to usethat date for the birth date of both Caroline Delila and MarthaSusannah.  The 1900 census reports Delilah's birth as Oct 1862.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 13 June, CivilDistrict 3, Enumeration District 43, page 9A, Hse/Fam #155
  Hance, Hugh  Head W M May 1859  41 Married 20 yrs TN TN TN FarmerRents
  Hance, Delilah  Wife W F Oct 1862  37 Married 20 yrs 8 children, 8living TN TN TN
  
  A carefully commented source in World Family Tree (Pedigree # 2932)provides the death date and place for Caroline most of the siblings inthis family, which are missing in many other sources.  This samesource, however, also had the same odd birth date conflict as the OneWorld Tree genealogy.
  
  The Tennessee Marriage Records report the date Caroline married HughHance on 27 Aug 1879.  With her birthday on 20 Feb 1864, this meansshe was 15.5 years old when she married.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Hugh Hance
  Spouse Caroline Strange
  Marriage 27 Aug 1879 Jefferson County, Tennessee

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 23 July, District 3, PO Trion, p. 7, Hse/Fam #43
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 15 June, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 177, page 31, Hse
• 3. World Family Tree Vol. 2
  • Pedigree #2932
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 13 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 43, page 9A, Hse/Fam
• 5. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=41293044&st=1
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176
• 7. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 20 June, 5th Civil District, Enumeration District 45, page 10A, Hse
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 13 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 43, page 9B, Hse/Fam
• 9. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 16 May, District 8, Enumeration District 76, page 1A, Hse/Fam #3
• 10. 1920 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 15 January, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 77, page 5B,
• 11. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002