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- LKH note:
 
Clues to Charley's biological father 
 
marriage record  
25 Dec 1888, Buchanan County, Iowa. 
Charles M. Hurmance 
b. Columbia County, New York [no year given] 
father: Alfred Hermance 
mother: Catherine Clow 
spouse: Mary M. Hearn 
 
Mary M. Hearn 
b. 1959, Winthrop, Buchanan County, Iowa 
father Martin Hern 
Mother: Elizabeth Oliver 
spouse Charles M. Hurmance 
 
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Find a Grave: 
Charles Albert Hurmance 
b. 17 Feb 1856 
d. 18 Mar 1893 
buried Oakwood Cemetery, Independance, Buchanan county, Iowa 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80090691/charles_albert_hurmance 
linked to his parents: 
Alfred Albert Hurmance 
Catherine Elizabeth Clow Hurmance 
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In the 1900 census in Simpson, Dewey County, Oklahoma. 
Charley Hermance (age 8) and his sister Ada Hermance (age 10) are listed as step children in the household of Mithias Clow (34) and wife Mary (37) and four Clow children ages 2 to 9. 
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Mary Clow's Find a Grave gives her father as Martin Hearn. 
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Iowa birth record for unnamed Harmance child matches information for Ada Hernance in the 1900 census. 
b. 24 Jan 1890, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa 
father: Chas M. Harmance, b. New York 
mother: Mary M. Heary, b. Iowa 
 
 
 
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- LKH note:
 
Find a Grave entries for both Charley and his sister Ada list their father as Matthias Gilbert Clow and their mother as Mary Martha Clow. 
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