Medie Owens

Medie Owens

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1887–1954 · maiden name Owens, on her death certificate

Born

28 September 1887 at Salado

Died

28 July 1954

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Birth1887

Born 28 September 1887 at Salado; died 28 July 1954 at Austin State Hospital, of pneumonia, with senility and debility, her certificate filed in Travis County, widowed, occupation practical nurse, dying under her second married name Stobaugh S70; buried Salado Cemetery in the same plot as her first husband S34

Census1900

🆕 In 1900 she was 12, at home at Manor, Travis County, with her parents Charles W. and Alice R. Owens and six brothers and sisters: William W., Epper L., Charles E., Mary P., Annie H. and Robert G. The enumerator wrote her as “Rachel A”, born September 1887 S661. With her death certificate, that puts both parents on records; they are now Confirmed. added 26 September 2026.

Census1940

In 1940, as Medie Stobaugh, she was widowed, a practical nurse in Austin, with her son Thomas Caffey, 16, and her stepson Earle Stobaugh, 18 S219

Census1944

In 1944, as Mrs. J. W. Stobaugh, she swore to her son Howard Lee Caffey's birth S233. In 1950 she was at 2117 Clifton, Austin, widowed, with her mother Allice Owens, 83 S231

Death1954

So Owens is her maiden name on a state record Confirmed. Her 1954 Texas death certificate, read from the image on 16 September 2026, names her father Charles Owens (born Texas) and her mother Alice Walden (born Tennessee); the informant was the hospital, so the 1900 census's Arkansas and Texas birthplaces are preferred S70. Until that day it rested on FindAGrave contributor data and on the fact that it explains the Stobaugh surname.

Burial1863

FindAGrave carries the same parents as Charles W. Owens (1863–1939) and Alice Rachael Waldon (1867–1958) S34. The names are now on a certificate; 🆕 the dates are now on their own death certificates as well: Charles, born 9 March 1863 in Arkansas, died 6 July 1939 S780; Alice, born 14 September 1867 at Waco, died 8 August 1958, with Medie as the informant S781. Alice's certificate spells her father Waldon, the memorial's spelling; Medie's says Walden. Charles's own certificate and the 1910 census S783 both say Arkansas, so the “Texas” on Medie's certificate is outweighed (added 27 September 2026).

What is still open — the given name of the Stobaugh husband, and the 1904 Caffey–Owens marriage record, which would date the first marriage. The pedigree file puts that marriage at 25 September 1904 in Bastrop County and the Caffey line note at Bell County, c.1904; neither is a record yet. The death record once named here as the closer has been obtained — it is S70 — and it was filed in Travis County, not Bell.

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

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⚠️ An apparent conflict, resolved. The NUMIDENT names T.W. Jr's mother "Medie Stobaugh"; FindAGrave calls her "Medie Owens Caffey" S33S34. Not two women and not an error

the SSA recorded the surname she bore when her application was filed, which by then was her second married name. She married John William Stobaugh in 1934, four years after Thomas Walton Caffey Sr. died.

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Retrieved from the UNT Libraries' Portal to Texas History, or — for the University of Texas Cactus yearbooks — from Texas ScholarWorks. Each thumbnail opens the full page scan, which can also be downloaded. The quoted text is the OCR that ships with the scan, copied verbatim; the page image is the authority.

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Texas death certificate no. 36634 — "Media" Stobaugh (Medie Owens Caffey Stobaugh), 1887–1954

Death certificate · 28 July 1954

Confirmed because Image read. Born September 28, 1887 — the exact date already held for Medie Owens Caffey — buried Salado Cemetery, Bell Co. (her FindAGrave plot), surname Stobaugh (the second married name SSA recorded). Father: Charles Owens. Mother's maiden name: Alice Walden. Together with the 1900 Manor census (daughter b. Sept 1887 in Charles W. & Alice R. Owens's household) this joins Medie to both parents from records, not from the tree..

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In the record Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents

1. S33US Social Security NUMIDENT / Death Master File / VA-BIRLS, and the Texas Marriage and Divorce indexes — Caffey entries, republished verbatim at SortedByName.com. Government records. Supplies T.W. Caffey Jr's birth at "Salado Bell, Texas" and his parents Thomas W Caffey and Medie Stobaugh; Lucille's birth at "Austin Travi, Texas" and her parents Will Kretschmar and Liessi Ladusch; his Marine Corps service 1941–45; the shared Wimberley retirement ZIP; and the 1969 Caffey–Walker marriage and its 1980 dissolution. The Caffey pages 403'd on a second attempt the same day.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. S2191940 U.S. Federal Census — Medie Stobaugh household, Austin, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry record 159981746; ED 227-60, sheet 9A. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Medie Stobaugh, 51 [or 52], widowed, practical nurse in a private home; son Thomas Caffey, 16; stepson Earle Stobaugh, 18. 🔑 Medie was widowed a second time by 1940. ⚠ A Thomas Caffey, 30, filling-station operator, next door may be her son Osborn T.; not assumed.
5. 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.
6. S233Texas delayed (correcting) birth certificate No. 37973, filed 3 February 1944 — Howard Lee Caffey, Salado, Bell County. Ancestry record 121590938. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Howard Lee Caffey, born 28 [or 23] September 1917, Salado; father Thomas W. Caffey, 43, born Bastrop County, farmer; mother Medie Owens, 30, born Williamson County; two children born, two living. Informant Mrs. J. W. Stobaugh, 84 East Avenue, Austin. 🔑 Medie herself, under her second married name, on one document with both surnames. ⚠ Her sworn birthplace (Williamson County) differs from Salado on her death certificate; not settled.
7. 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.
8. S780Texas death certificate 71392: Charles W. Owens, died Austin, 6 July 1939. Ancestry record 21891220. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Charles W. Owens, a produce salesman of 808 Clermont, Austin, born 9 March 1863 in Arkansas, died 6 July 1939; buried at Youngs Prairie, Elgin. Father Joseph Owens, born Arkansas; mother China Pardon, born Arkansas. Informant: his wife. 🆕 The Texas death index agrees: “Owens C. W.”, Travis County, 6 July 1939, certificate 71392 (Ancestry record 6218014, read 27 September 2026). His own certificate, informed by his widow, gives Arkansas, as do the 1900 and 1910 censuses; his daughter Medie's certificate and the 1930 census say Texas. The parents' names are secondhand and the spellings may be Chaney/Chana and Pardue/Purdon; no record of the couple has been read. Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates.
9. 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.
10. 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.