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Birth:          4 Aug 1887 Tarrytown, N.Y.
Death:          1 Sep 1933 Philadelphia, Pa.
Cause of Death: suicide by hanging
Burial:         5 Sep 1933 Elmwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes
1981 book (see for details)
1920 in Philadelphia, Pa. mining engineer
1930 in Lower Merion, Montgomery Co., Pa. coal engineer, 1 servant
Who's Who in Engineering, vol. 1, on googlebooks
837 Drexel Bldg, res 224 S 43rd St., mining engineer, "maternal ancestors identified 
with development of iron industry from its inception in the U.S. and prominent in 
Colonial and Revolutionary Wars;" ed. Univ of Pena., Asst supt Nevada Eureka 
Mining Co, 1907-08, since 1908 with H.M. Chance & Co. cons mining engrs, 
"specialized in design and development of internal combustion pumping machinery and 
coal washing and concentrating appliances." US Army 1917-19, Capt., Ordnance 
R.C., Dec 1917-Jul 1918, Major, Chemical Warfare Service, July 1918-Jan 1919, in 
France 1918-1919. author of various contribns to tech. press and proceedings of tech. 
societies. rec: yacht racing, motoring, Union League, Republican, Episcopalian
11 Apr 2012 email from Peter Gibbons-Neff
death cert (in files) idx'd as Hance, died Inst of Penna Hosp, lived Kent Rd., 
Wynnewood, Pa., mining engineer, buried Woodlands Cemetery (same as Elmwood?)


Parents
CHANCE Henry Martin ()
MICKLEY Lilla E. ()

Siblings
CHANCE Thomas Mitchell (4 Aug 1887 - 1 Sep 1933)

Marriage To HAAG Florence (7 Dec 1885 - 30 May 1943)
    m. 14 Nov 1910 Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes

Parents
HAAG Frederick (15 Jun 1848 - 15 May 1935)
CLENDENON Sarah Elizabeth (6 Mar 1853 - 1 Apr 1937)

Children by HAAG Florence 7 Dec 1885 - 30 May 1943
CHANCE Florence Mitchell (25 Oct 1914 - 28 Apr 2002)

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