Charles Owens

Charles Owens

ArkansasConfirmed

Kristin's great-grandfather · 1863–1939

Born

March 1863, Arkansas

Died

6 July 1939

Parents

Joseph Owens & China Pardon

Married

Alice Rachell Waldon

Sources

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Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as Medie Owens's father. Her 1954 Texas death certificate names her father Charles Owens S70, and the 1900 census of Manor, Travis County, has Charles W. Owens and his wife Alice R. with a daughter born September 1887, the month and year of Medie's birth S661. Confirmed 26 September 2026.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1863

Born March 1863, Arkansas, by the 1900 census, which also gives both his parents as born in Arkansas S661. ⚠️ Medie's death certificate says born Texas, but its informant was the hospital, not the family, so the census is preferred S70. 🆕 His own 1939 death certificate, informed by his wife, also says Arkansas, and gives his birth as 9 March 1863 S780; so does the 1910 census S783. added 26 September 2026.

Death1939

Died 6 July 1939 at Austin, a produce salesman of 808 Clermont; buried at Youngs Prairie, Elgin Confirmed S780. On his FindAGrave memorial as Charles W. Owens (1863–1939) S34

Death1968

🆕 A second daughter's 1968 Texas death certificate also names her parents as Charles Owens and Alice Walden S811. added 27 September 2026

Census1880

🆕 In 1880, aged 17, he was in Williamson County, Texas, with his mother China Owen, 41, a widow born in Kentucky, and his brothers and sisters Wm. A. J., Joseph C., Alice, Levi A. and Edgar Confirmed S798. The census gives his father's birthplace as Tennessee. added 27 September 2026

Census1929

🆕 In the Austin city directory for 1929 he is Chas W. Owens, with Alice, a huckster at 1912 E. 2nd; in 1930–31 a peddler at 808 Clermont, the house he died in, with Wm (Katie) and Edw Owens at the same address Confirmed S807. added 27 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents1880

🆕 His parents, as his death certificate gives them: Joseph Owens and China Pardon, both born in Arkansas Probable confirm or correct → S780. The evidence is that one certificate; what is weak is that its informant was his widow, not a parent, and the spellings may be Chaney or Chana, Pardue or Purdon. 🆕 The 1880 census names China as his mother, a widow born in Kentucky, and gives his father's birthplace as Tennessee S798; it was taken with her in the house, so on the birthplaces it outweighs the certificate. Joseph is still named only by the certificate; an Arkansas marriage of about 1855–62 would settle it. added 26 September 2026 🆕 Their marriage is found: Chiney Parton, 16, of Whitley County, Kentucky, married Joseph Owens there on 30 January 1852 (the register's year is only a ditto mark; a Tennessee index says 1853) S810 See Joseph Owens & China Parton. added 27 September 2026

Marriage1883

Married Alice Rachell Waldon on 7 October 1883 in Travis County; the licence was issued on 22 September Confirmed S782. In 1910 they were farming in Lampasas County, married 26 years, with ten children born and seven living S783. added 26 September 2026

Marriage1900

A farm labourer at Manor in 1900, married 16 years, with seven children living: William W., Medie (written “Rachel A”), Epper L., Charles E., Mary P., Annie H. and Robert G. S661

Marriage1845

Husband of Alice Walden. The FamilySearch tree's dates for him, c.1845–1909, are wrong for this man and are no longer used S12

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

Probable

🆕 Probably him in 1870: C. W., 8, born Arkansas, in the household of the widow(?) E. Owens, 43, a farmer born Mississippi, in Bayou Mason Township, Chicot County, Arkansas, with W. F., M. J., M. J. and S. A. Probable confirm or correct → S1065. Evidence: his initials, age and Arkansas birth. Weak: initials only, no relationships stated, and his mother in 1880 was China, 41, born Kentucky S798. Probably him too in 1920: Richard(?) W. Owens, 56, born Arkansas, owning his home at Elgin, Bastrop County, with his wife Alice R., 53, born Texas to a Missouri-born father Probable confirm or correct → S1066. Evidence: Alice’s name, age and parentage, and his age and birthplace. Weak: the enumerator wrote Richard, not Charles. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026

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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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1900 United States Federal Census — Manor precinct, Travis Co., Texas, ED 109, sh. 3B (Ancestry record 44329283) · **S661** — page sh. 3B

Federal census schedule · 1900

Confirmed because Image read. Daughter on line 56 is written "Rachel A" (index), born Sept 1887, Texas — Medie Owens Caffey was born 28 Sep 1887. Month and year match exactly and she carries her mother's name Rachel (Alice Rachael; Medie appears elsewhere as "Madie R"). On its own the sheet would only be PROBABLE because the first name reads "Rachel A", not Medie..

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

1. S12FamilySearch Tree public pages, no login required for deceased persons — William Harry Proeger KC1N-799, Aileane Marie Silva L9GZ-NDP, William Leonard Proeger L7GK-VBK, Queen Anne Proeger LHQW-W1L — ancestors.familysearch.org. User-contributed; event lists are treated as PROBABLE unless separately sourced.
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. 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. 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.
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. S7981880 U.S. census, Williamson County, Texas, ED 157, dwelling 29: China Owen household. Ancestry record 11746866. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 27 September 2026. Confirmed China Owen, 41, widow, born Kentucky; her son Charles, 17, born Arkansas, his father born Tennessee; and Charles's brothers and sisters Wm. A. J., 25, a wagoner (with his wife M. Eliza, 21), Joseph C., 15, Alice, 12, Levi A., 10, and Edgar, 5. Taken with China in the house, so its birthplaces for the parents (Tennessee and Kentucky) outweigh the 1939 certificate's “Arkansas” for both (S780). Collection: 1880 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. S810Kentucky marriage register, Whitley County: Joseph Owens and Chiney Parton, 30 January 1852. Ancestry record 4192 (roll 994058). Image examined, read 27 September 2026 (image KYVR_994058-0164). Probable Joseph Owens, 19, and Chiney Parton, 16, both single, living in and born in Whitley County, Kentucky, married “Jany 30th”. The year is a ditto mark: the only year on the page is “August 22nd 1852” in the first row, and the rows are out of date order, so the page is a compiled return and the year may be 1853. A Tennessee compiled index (Ancestry record 1034394) has China Parton and Joseph Owens married on 30 January 1853 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, which borders Whitley; the day and month agree, the year does not. Collection: Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852–1914.
11. S811Texas death certificate 59869: Ebber Lou Caffey (indexed “Gaffey”), died Austin, 17 August 1968. Ancestry record 49969. Index read 27 September 2026. Confirmed Born 2 March 1889 at Leander, Texas; father Charles Owens, mother Alice Walden. Cited only as a second daughter's record naming Charles Owens and Alice Walden as parents; she is not given a card. Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates.
12. S10651870 United States Federal Census — Bayou Mason Township, Chicot County, Arkansas, P.O. Grand Lake, page 2, dwelling 16, family 19. Ancestry record 12843446. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable 22 August 1870: E. Owens, 43, female, farmer, real estate $800, personal estate $750, born Mississippi; W. F., 20, male; M. J., 17, female; M. J., 15, female; S. A., 10, female; C. W., 8, male; the children born Arkansas. Initials only, and no relationships. C. W., 8, born Arkansas fits Charles W. Owens, born March 1863; a woman heading the farm fits his father’s death before 1880. But in 1880 his widowed mother was China, 41, born Kentucky (S798), not 43 in 1870 and born Mississippi.
13. S10661920 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 4, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, S.D. 10, E.D. 29(?), sheet 3A. Ancestry record 92888734. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Probable January 1920: Richard(?) W. Owens, head, owns his home free, 56, married, born Arkansas, parents born U.S., labourer, working out; Alice R., wife, 53, cannot read or write, born Texas, father born Missouri. The enumerator wrote the head’s first name as Richard (or similar), not Charles. Alice R., born Texas about 1867 to a Missouri-born father, and a husband of 56 born Arkansas both fit Charles W. and Alice R. (Walden) Owens.