The Proeger Family · Generation 5 — Kristin's great-great-grandparents

Susan (Voshery) Waldon

Probable mother of Alice Walden · born about 1846

Susan (Voshery) Waldon

Probable

Probable mother of Alice Walden · born about 1846

Born
about 1846
Sources
6

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. In the 1870 census of Dallas County, Texas, read from the image, Susan, 24, keeping house, born Texas, is in William Waldon's household with Alice R., 3 S801, and 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. What is weak: the census states no relationships, Alice's own death certificate gives her mother as “Unknown” S781, and the marriage and the maiden name rest on an index only Probable confirm or correct →

Evidence: In the 1870 Dallas County census, read from the image, Susan, 24, is in William Waldon's household with Alice R., 3; a Texas marriage index has Susan Voshery marrying William M. Walden on 23 December 1866, nine months before Alice's birth. Weak or missing: The census states no relationships, Alice's own death certificate gives her mother as 'Unknown', and the marriage and maiden name rest on an index only. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1846
Born about 1846, Texas, by her 1870 age S801. Indexes of the 1850 and 1860 San Augustine County censuses list a Susan Voshury or Voschery, aged 5 and 14; they have not been read. An online tree's spelling “Voshay” and its death in 1870 are unsupported: she was alive on 28 September 1870

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

Probable
Probable mother of Alice Walden; probable wife of William Mathis Waldon, Alice's father by her death certificate and the 1880 census S916 S781
Probable
🆕 Probably her in 1850: Susan, 5, born Texas, in the San Augustine County household of John Voshary, 40, with Mary, 26, born Tennessee, Nancy, 12, Anthony, 8, Greenbury, 3, and John, 2 months Probable confirm or correct → S1002. Evidence: the surname, her age, and the county of her 1866 marriage S852. Weak: 1850 states no relationships, and Mary is too young to be Nancy's mother, so John is her probable father but her mother is not known. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Probable
🆕 Probably her in 1860: Susan, 14, born Texas, in the San Augustine household of John Voshery, 50, a farmer born Mississippi, and Mary, 35, born Tennessee, with Nancy, 22, Mary, 19, Anthony, 16, Greenberry, 11, John, 10, and Margaret, 6 Probable confirm or correct → S1070. Evidence: the rare surname, her age, and the same household as 1850 S1002, ten years on. Weak: the census states no relationships, and Mary, 35, is too young to be Nancy’s mother, so John is her probable father but her mother is not known. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026

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Susan (Voshery) Waldon · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

6 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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. S10021850 United States Federal Census — San Augustine County, Texas, dwelling 231 (28 September 1850). Ancestry record 1077993. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable John Voshary, 40, born Mi[ssissippi?]; Mary, 26, born Tennessee; Nancy, 12; Anthony, 8; Susan, 5; Greenbury, 3; and John, 2 months; the children born Texas. 1850 states no relationships. Mary is too young to be Nancy's mother, so she may be a second wife.
  6. S10701860 United States Federal Census — San Augustine District, San Augustine County, Texas, P.O. San Augustine, page 30, dwelling 196, family 196. Ancestry record 35335272. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable 20 July 1860, enumerator Rufus Price: John Voshery, 50, farmer, real estate $1,280, personal estate $500, born Mississippi; Mary, 35, born Tennessee; Nancy, 22; Mary, 19; Anthony, 16; Susan, 14; Greenberry, 11; John, 10; Margaret, 6; the children born Texas (the household continues on the next page). The same household as 1850 (S1002), ten years on. The census states no relationships, and Mary, 35, is too young to be Nancy’s mother.

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