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Carey Clabourn Caffey

Son of James Clinton Caffey · 1911–1989

Carey Clabourn Caffey

Probable

Son of James Clinton Caffey · 1911–1989

Born
15 Feb 1911
Parents
James Clinton Caffey & Ebber Lou Owens Caffey
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE. Son of James Clinton Caffey and Ebber Lou Owens, Probable and strong. Every record behind this card was read as index text, not from an image: the Texas birth index (FamilySearch 4LJ4-CCPZ) names Carey Clabourn Caffey, born 15 Feb 1911 in Bastrop County, with father James Clinton Caffey and mother Ebber Lutilia Owens; the 1930 census index has Carey, 19, a son in the household of J. C. Caffey in Precinct 6, Travis County; his draft card index of 16 Oct 1940 gives Elgin as his birthplace and Del Rio as his home; the Find a Grave index gives 15 Feb 1911 – 20 Apr 1989 and Haynie Chapel Cemetery, Garfield. S1713 Added to the family tree on 11 October 2026.

Evidence: The Texas birth index names Carey Clabourn Caffey, born 15 February 1911 in Bastrop County, with father James Clinton Caffey and mother Ebber Lutilia Owens; the 1930 census index has Carey, 19, a son in J. C. Caffey's household in Travis County; his 1940 draft card index gives Elgin as his birthplace and Del Rio as his home; the Find a Grave index gives 15 February 1911 to 20 April 1989, Haynie Chapel Cemetery, Garfield; his brother Woodrow's 1987 obituary names a brother Kirk Caffey of Del Rio (S1712). Weak or missing: Every record is read from an index, none from an image; the index of his obituary dates the death three days later than Find a Grave, and the obituary itself is unread; that he was the Kirk of 1987 rests on the Del Rio residence and the obituary index's Carey Kirk Caffey. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1911
Carey Clabourn Caffey: born 15 Feb 1911 in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas and died 20 Apr 1989
Census1987
He is very probably the “Kirk Caffey of Del Rio” named among the surviving brothers in the 1987 obituary of Woodrow Willard Caffey S1712: he lived at Del Rio in the 1940 and 1950 census indexes, and the index of his own 1989 obituary calls him “Carey Kirk Caffey” Probable confirm or correct → S1713

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of James Clinton Caffey and Ebber Lou Owens Caffey

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: none of his records has been read from an image; the obituary index dates his death three days later than the Find a Grave index, and the obituary text, which would settle it, is unread; no place of death is on file. His wife and children are not named here because no death record is on file for them and they may be living. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1712 S1713 Card added 2026-10-11

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Carey Clabourn Caffey · 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. S1712Obituary — Woodrow W. Caffey, Bastrop, Texas, died 1 January 1987. Austin American-Statesman, Saturday 3 January 1987, p. 34 (Newspapers.com image 358782147); repeated as a paid notice on 4 January, p. 24 (image 363663279), and in the death list of 5 January, p. 11 (image 358787977). Read from the newspaper text on 4 October 2026. Confirmed Woodrow W. Caffey, 69, of Bastrop, formerly of Austin, died Thursday evening; retired construction superintendent, Methodist, U.S. Army veteran of the Second World War; he and his wife, Irene Etheridge Caffey, “would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on January 3, 1987”; survived by his wife, a son and three daughters, three brothers (Kirk Caffey of Del Rio, Harold Caffey and Carroll Caffey of Austin) and two sisters (Dorothy Hibler and Lola Pearl Leach of Austin); preceded in death by one son and four grandsons; funeral Monday at Hyltin-Manor Funeral Chapel, the Rev. C. D. Etheridge officiating; interment at Haynie Chapel Cemetery, Garfield. Read as text only: no page image is saved or shown. The obituary does not name his parents. “Harold” is the brother carded as Harrol B. Caffey; “Kirk” matches no census name and is very probably Carey Clabourn Caffey of Del Rio (S1713). The paid notice of 4 January calls him “of Austin”. The children are not named here because they may be living. Entered on 11 October 2026.
  2. S1713Indexes — Carey Clabourn Caffey, born Bastrop County, Texas, 15 February 1911; died 20 April 1989. FamilySearch, “Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840–1981” (4LJ4-CCPZ); World War II draft registration, 16 October 1940 (QL3F-BXNN); 1940 and 1950 censuses of Del Rio, Val Verde County (K4Q3-KKB; 6XPW-518P); GenealogyBank obituary index (QVS1-BSX6); Find a Grave index (QVK5-917T; Ancestry 60525, record 3286204). Index text read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable The birth index names his father as James Clinton Caffey and his mother as Ebber Lutilia Owens; the draft card gives his birthplace as Elgin and his home as Del Rio; the obituary index calls him “Carey Kirk Caffey”; Find a Grave gives 15 February 1911 – 20 April 1989 and Haynie Chapel Cemetery, Garfield, Travis County. Indexes only. The obituary index dates the death three days later than Find a Grave; the obituary text is unread. His wife and children are not named here because they may be living. Entered on 11 October 2026.

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