The Proeger Family · Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents

Alice Walden

Kristin's great-grandmother · 1867–1958

Alice Walden

Confirmed

Kristin's great-grandmother · 1867–1958

Born
14 September 1867
Parents
Wm. Mathis Waldon
Married
C. W. Owens
Sources
11

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as Medie Owens's mother. Medie's 1954 Texas death certificate gives her mother's maiden name as Alice Walden S70, and in 1900 Alice R. Owens, wife of Charles W. Owens, had a daughter born September 1887 S661. Confirmed 26 September 2026.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1867
Born 14 September 1867 at Waco, Texas, by her own death certificate Confirmed S781; the 1900 census gave September 1866, and the 1870 census has her aged 3; she had borne nine children, seven living S661. The death certificate says Tennessee, from hospital paperwork, and is the weaker of the two S70
Census1950
In 1950, as Allice Owens, 83, she lived with Medie at 2117 Clifton, Austin S231. FindAGrave gives her as Alice Rachael Waldon, 1867–1958 S34; Walden or Waldon is still unsettled
Census1912
🆕 The Austin city directories list her with Charles W. Owens at 1912 E. 2nd in 1929 and at 808 Clermont in 1930–31, where Wm (Katie) and Edw Owens also lived Confirmed S807. added 27 September 2026
Census1880
🆕 The 1880 census of Travis County, read from the image, lists Alice, 13, at school, as the daughter of William Waldrin, 37, a farmer born Missouri, with his second wife P. P., 23, and three young children S916. With her death certificate, that confirms Wm. Mathis Waldon as her father Confirmed. added 28 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents1870
🆕 Her father was Wm. Mathis Waldon, by her death certificate, informed by her daughter Medie S781. In 1870 Alice R., 3, was in the Dallas County household of William Waldon, 28, born Missouri, and Susan, 24, born Texas, with Joana Walden, 67, born Kentucky S801; Susan is her probable mother, Susan (Voshery) Waldon Probable confirm or correct →, but the census states no relationships and the certificate gives the mother as unknown. She died on 8 August 1958 at 804 South 1st, Austin, and was buried at Youngs Prairie S781. added 26 September 2026
Marriage1866
🆕 A Texas marriage index has Susan Voshery marrying William M. Walden on 23 December 1866 in San Augustine County, nine months before Alice was born S852 Probable confirm or correct →. It is an index only, and it supports Susan as her mother without naming Alice. added 28 September 2026.
Marriage1883
Married C. W. Owens on 7 October 1883 in Travis County, as Alice Rachell Waldon Confirmed S782; by 1910 she had borne ten children, seven living, and the family was in Lampasas County S783. added 26 September 2026

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Alice Walden · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

11 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. S34FindAGrave memorials, Caffey / Kretschmar / Ladusch — Thomas Alan Caffey 274110930, Thomas Walton Caffey Jr 39163436, Lucille Lorene Kretschmar Caffey 39163435, Thomas Walton Caffey Sr 62147776, Medie Caffey Stobaugh 62147759, Willie Frank Kretschmar 41405071, Hattie "Liessi" Ladusch Kretschmar 41405070. Grave inscriptions, plot numbers and dates are transcriptions of stones. Family links on FindAGrave are contributor-asserted, not records — they corroborate here and are never the basis. Memorial 62147776 additionally quotes Texas death certificate #16496, which is a record.
  2. S70Media Owens Stobaugh — Texas death certificate, 28 July 1954. Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, state file no. 36634, Travis County; Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982 (Ancestry collection 2272). Read on the certificate image 16 September 2026. Born 28 September 1887, Salado, Texas; occupation practical nurse; father Charles Owens, born Texas; mother Alice Walden, born Tennessee. This certificate settles a maiden name and adds two ancestors in one line. It confirms Owens as her maiden name rather than a tree's assumption, and it is the only record on this page that names her parents. ⚠️ The certificate spells her mother Walden; the family tree carries the same woman as Alice Rachael Waldon. The spelling is unsettled and both forms are left standing here rather than one being chosen quietly.
  3. S2311950 U.S. Federal Census — Meddie Stobaugh, 2117 Clifton, Austin, Texas. Ancestry record 195231986; ED 256-143, sheet 10, lines 15–16. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Meddie Stobaugh, 63, widowed, head; with her mother Allice Owens, 83, widowed. 🔑 Medie's mother Alice was living in April 1950. ⚠ Alice is entered born Texas here, Tennessee on [S70]; not settled.
  4. S6611900 U.S. census — Manor precinct, Travis County, Texas, ED 109, sheet 3B, dwelling 46. Ancestry record 44329283. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Charles W. Owens, born March 1863, Arkansas, farm labourer, married 16 years; Alice R., born September 1866, Texas, mother of 9 children, 7 living; William W. (1884), “Rachel A”, daughter, born September 1887, Epper L. (1889), Charles E. (1891), Mary P. (1893), Annie H. (1895), Robert G. (1898). The daughter born September 1887 is Medie (born 28 September 1887): the month and year match and Rachel is her mother's middle name. Read with S70.
  5. S781Texas death certificate 47912: Alice Rachael Owens, died Austin, 8 August 1958. Ancestry record 22341781. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Alice Rachael Owens, born 14 September 1867 at Waco, Texas, died 8 August 1958 at 804 South 1st, Austin; buried 9 August at Youngs Prairie Cemetery. Father Wm. Mathis Waldon; mother unknown. Informant: Mrs. J. C. Caffey, her daughter Medie. 🆕 The Texas death index agrees: “OWENS ALICE RACHAEL”, Travis County, 8 August 1958, file 47912 (Ancestry record 6803138, read 27 September 2026). Settles her birth year (1867, not 1866) and birthplace (Texas, not the Tennessee on Medie's certificate). The 1870 Dallas County census has Alice R., 3, with William Waldon, 28, born Missouri, and Susan, 24; Susan as her mother is not yet on any record that states a relationship. Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates.
  6. S782Travis County marriage record vol. 6 p. 59: C. W. Owens and Alice Rachell Waldon, 7 October 1883. Ancestry record 130763767. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Licence issued 22 September 1883 on oath that the parents were willing; married 7 October 1883 by W. T. Baxter (reading uncertain), minister. The index gives 22 September, which is the licence date. Collection: Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records.
  7. S7831910 U.S. census, Justice Precinct 4, Lampasas County, Texas, ED 170, sheet 9A, dwelling 160: Charlie Owens household. Ancestry record 28326902. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Charlie, 47, born Arkansas, a farmer, renting; Alice, 43, born Texas, her father born Missouri; married 26 years, 10 children born, 7 living. With them Edward, 18, Annie, 13, and Robert, 11. Places the family in Lampasas County in 1910, between Manor (1900) and Austin (1930). Collection: 1910 United States Federal Census.
  8. S8011870 U.S. census, Precinct 1, Dallas County, Texas, p. 259, dwelling 1664: William Waldon household. Ancestry record 14464669. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Probable William Waldon, 28, farmer, born Missouri; Susan, 24, born Texas; Alice R., 3, born Texas; Rachel Billard, 20; James Billard, 1; Joana Walden, 67, born Kentucky; Nancy, 22; Lewis, 19; Phamy E., 16. The index reads the name “Walaon”. The census states no relationships, so Susan is only the probable mother. Collection: 1870 United States Federal Census.
  9. S807Austin, Texas, city directories (Morrison & Fourmy), 1929 p. 384 and 1930–31 p. 407: Charles W. and Alice Owens. Ancestry record 399110426. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 27 September 2026. Confirmed 1929: "Owens Chas W (Alice) huckster h1912 E 2d". 1930–31 (Ancestry record 396847181): "Owens Chas W (Alice) pdlr h808 Clermont", with Wm (Katie) Owens, householder, and Edw Owens, roomer, at the same house. 808 Clermont is the address on his 1939 death certificate (S780). The 1929 index reads “912 E 2d”; the page has 1912. William is probably their son William W. (1900 census, S661); Edward is not identified, and the directory states no relationships. Collection: U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995.
  10. S852Texas marriage index — William M. Walden and Susan Voshery, 23 December 1866, San Augustine County. Texas Marriage Index. Index entry only — no image was examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Susan Voshery and William M. Walden, 23 December 1866, San Augustine County, Texas. Index only. Indexes of the 1850 and 1860 San Augustine County censuses list a Susan Voshury or Voschery, aged 5 and 14, born Texas; they have not been read.
  11. S9161880 U.S. census, Travis County, Texas, polling places 12 and 24, SD 5, ED 125, p. 7, dwelling 60: William Waldrin household. Ancestry record 7306932. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 7–8 June 1880: William Waldrin, 37, farmer, born Missouri; P. P., wife, 23, born Arkansas; Alice, daughter, 13, at school, born Texas, father born Missouri; John, son, 5; Edward M., son, 2; Sarah, daughter, 4 months. The census states relationships, so it names Alice as William's daughter. The surname is spelled Waldrin here. Collection: 1880 United States Federal Census.

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