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Alvera Betcher Cutbirth

Daughter of August Betcher · born 1884

Alvera Betcher Cutbirth

Probable

Daughter of August Betcher · born 1884

Parents
August Betcher & Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a daughter of August Betcher and Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher. The index of the 1900 census lists her as a daughter in her father’s household S1750. It stays Probable because that is one index entry: no image has been read, and no record of her own names her parents.

Evidence: The index of the 1900 census lists Alvera, born in March 1884 in Texas, as a daughter in the household of August Betcher; a Texas county marriage index lists J. R. Cutbirth and 'Olvena' Betcher, and a Texas birth index names a mother 'Avena' Betcher (S1750); her sister Pauline's 1944 obituary names a sister Mrs. Bob Cutbirth (S1718). Weak or missing: Every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; her name is spelled three ways; that she is the Mrs. Bob Cutbirth of 1944 rests on those spellings; no death record has been found, so no date of death is given. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Census1884
Alvera Betcher Cutbirth was born in Texas in March 1884, by the index of the 1900 census. No death record has been found, so no date of death is given S1750.
Death1944
She is probably the Mrs. Bob Cutbirth whom her sister Pauline’s 1944 obituary names S1718. The evidence is strong: a Texas county marriage index lists J. R. Cutbirth and “Olvena” Betcher, and a Texas birth index names “Avena” Betcher as the mother of a Cutbirth child S1750. Her husband has no card, and her children are not named here.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree as a daughter of August Betcher and Elisabeth Kamiska, from the 1900 census index, a marriage index and a birth index (S1750). 12 Oct 2026 — her sister Mary Betcher Johnson now has a card and is named.

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

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Daughter of August Betcher and Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher. Sister of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, Albert Betcher, Emma Betcher Wristen, Otto Betcher, Henry Edward Betcher, Tillie Betcher Farmer and Mary Betcher Johnson.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; her name is spelled Alvera, Olvena and Avena, and the link to Mrs. Bob Cutbirth rests on those forms; no death record has been found. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1718 S1750 Card added 2026-10-12

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Alvera Betcher Cutbirth · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 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. S1718Indexes — Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, born Germany, 24 August 1865; died Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, 7 September 1944. FamilySearch, Find a Grave index (Q243-4DSY); 1910 census index, Abilene Ward 2 (M23Z-F8F); “Texas Deaths” index for her son William J. Schultz, who died at Abilene on 26 March 1972 (K3FC-DBN). Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Find a Grave: born 24 Aug 1865, died 7 Sep 1944, buried at Abilene. 1910: H. Schultz, wife Pauline, born 1865 in Germany, immigrated 1874, with Otto, Carl, Philip and Minnie. 1972: father Herman Schultz, mother Pauline Betcher. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read, and her own 1944 death certificate has not been found. The 1930 and 1940 census pages that name her are read from the images (S1220, S1221). Serves the card of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz; her son William John Schultz has a card of his own (S1724).
  2. S1750Indexes — Alvera Betcher Cutbirth, born Texas, March 1884. FamilySearch: 1900 census index (M3LZ-TNM); Texas county marriage index (K61B-983); Texas birth index (VX97-XWF). Index text only; no image read. Probable 1900: Alvera, daughter, born March 1884 in Texas, in the household of August Betcher. Marriage index: J. R. Cutbirth and “Olvena” Betcher. Birth index: a Cutbirth child, mother “Avena” Betcher; the child is not named here. These fit the Mrs. Bob Cutbirth named as a sister in the 1944 obituary of Pauline Schultz (S1718). No death record has been found.

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