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Person · Harrol B. Caffey
The record
- HHomethe fan · what changed · open questions
- MMigrationbirths and deaths on a map, by decade
- TTimeline654 entries · 5 eras
- PPeople312 cards, by generationHarrol B. Caffey
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments896 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1227, with where each is cited
The findings
- How the wall came downProeger line
- The glass patentsProeger line
- How the Caffey half was closedCaffey line
- What the DNA saysits own page
- Four routesMigration
- The asymmetryLines
- Open questions20 questions
- Add to this recorda form, read by Earl
How to read this record
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proves, what the weight of evidence suggests, and what nobody has found yet. A fourth marks
what the family stated directly, where no document has been retrieved at all — it is kept
separate on purpose and is never quietly promoted to confirmed. A fifth, added on
13 September 2026, marks biological evidence: a DNA result is not a document, and it is not
testimony either. Two further labels mark where this page withholds information
rather than lacking it.
ConfirmedAttested by a document that was actually retrieved and read — a census sheet, a
government index, a grave marker, a family-written obituary.
ProbableStrongly supported but not nailed down: a user-contributed tree, a masked index field,
or a chain of consistent circumstances. Believable, not proven.
Not foundSearched for and not located. This is a statement about the search, not about the
person — the record may well exist somewhere unsearched.
Family testimonySupplied by the family and recorded on their word — no document has been retrieved for
it. Note the diamond rather than the dot: this is provenance, not proof, and it stands
apart from the three record tags above S24.
DNA evidenceBiological evidence consistent with a claim. It corroborates origins; it does
not by itself establish a person or a link. Note the bar rather than a dot or a diamond:
no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
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shown, and at most a year the family has already published. Full dates of birth, ages,
places of residence and record identifiers are held back.
Research in progressA branch that is actively being worked on. The node exists in the structure so the
shape of the family is honest; the detail is simply not in yet.
- Born
- 27 Jun 1924
- Parents
- James Clinton Caffey & Ebber Lou Owens Caffey
- Sources
- 2
Research status
Research status: CONFIRMED. Son of James Clinton Caffey and Ebber Lou Owens, twin of Carrol (1930 census, Precinct 6, Travis Co., FamilySearch HKYY-83Z). Birth 27 Jun 1924 from US Public Records (KGV2-WN9) and Find a Grave index; the twin C. C. Caffey carries the same birth date (K597-YR5). Death 17 Dec 2017, burial Liberty Hill, Williamson Co. is PROBABLE-strong: Find a Grave index only (CVJ8-KSPZ), no obituary or death index read. Birthplace given only as Texas. Wife and children not yet in this record. Added to the family tree on Earl’s approval of 4 October 2026. Added 4 October 2026
Life in the order the records give it
Death1924
Harrol B. Caffey: born 27 Jun 1924 in Texas; died 17 Dec 2017 in Liberty Hill, Williamson, Texas
Census1930
In 1930 he was 5, beside his twin Carrol, in his parents’ house on the Austin–Bastrop Road
S1223; in 1940, as “Harold”, 15, at 2406 Santa Rita, Austin
S1224Family parents, marriages, children, siblings
Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: his death is PROBABLE only: 17 December 2017 at Liberty Hill comes from a Find a Grave index entry, with no obituary or death index read; his birthplace is given only as Texas. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
In the record
Generation 3 — Kristin's grandparents and their siblings
- S12231930 census — J. C. and Ebber Caffey with Woodrow and the twins Harrol and Carrol, Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry, “1930 United States Federal Census (also record 60660157, same page)”, record 60660155. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Travis Co., Precinct 6, ED 227-52, sheet 11A, Austin–Bastrop Road: household of J. C. and Ebber Caffey, with sons Woodrow, 13, and the twins Harrol and Carrol, 5, all born in Texas. ⚠ Already cited on the cards from the FamilySearch index; now read from the image. Ages fit both cards.
- S12241940 census — J. C. and Ebber Caffey, 2406 Santa Rita, Austin, Texas. Ancestry, “1940 United States Federal Census”, record 158545623. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Austin, ED 227-47, sheet 14B: “Harold” [Harrol], 15, son, beside his twin Carroll, 15, in the house of J. C. and Ebber Caffey at 2406 Santa Rita. ⚠ The census spells him Harold. The same address is given for his father on Woodrow’s 1940 draft card (S1225).