The Proeger Family · Generation 3 — Kristin's grandparents and their siblings

Lola Pearl Caffey Leach

Daughter of James Clinton Caffey · 1920–2003

Lola Pearl Caffey Leach

Probable

Daughter of James Clinton Caffey · 1920–2003

Born
16 Jun 1920
Parents
James Clinton Caffey & Ebber Lou Owens Caffey
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE. Daughter 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 Social Security Numident index (FamilySearch 6K7J-6XZQ) gives her birth on 16 Jun 1920 at Salado, Bell County, her death on 8 Jul 2003, her father as James C Caffey and her mother as “Ebben L Owens”; the 1930 census index has Lola P., 9, a daughter in the household of J. C. Caffey in Precinct 6, Travis County; the Social Security Death Index and the Find a Grave index give the same dates, with burial at Garfield, Travis County. S1714 Added to the family tree on 11 October 2026.

Evidence: The Social Security Numident index gives her birth on 16 June 1920 at Salado, Bell County, her death on 8 July 2003, and her parents as James C Caffey and Ebben L Owens; the 1930 census index has Lola P., 9, a daughter in J. C. Caffey's household in Travis County; the Social Security Death Index and the Find a Grave index give the same dates, with burial at Garfield; her brother Woodrow's 1987 obituary names a sister Lola Pearl Leach of Austin (S1712). Weak or missing: Every record is read from an index, none from an image; the Numident index enters her under the surname Schmidt, which is unexplained; Manchaca is her last residence, used as the place of death; no marriage record has been searched. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1920
Lola Pearl Caffey Leach: born 16 Jun 1920 in Salado, Bell, Texas and died 8 Jul 2003 in Manchaca, Travis, Texas
Death1987
She is the “Lola Pearl Leach of Austin” named among the surviving sisters in the 1987 obituary of her brother Woodrow Willard Caffey S1712; that she is the same woman is probable, not proved

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Daughter of James Clinton Caffey and Ebber Lou Owens Caffey

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

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: none of her records has been read from an image; the Numident index enters her under the surname “Schmidt”, which is not explained and may be an earlier or later married name; Manchaca is her last residence in the Social Security index and stands here as the place of death for want of a better record. Her husband 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 S1714 Card added 2026-10-11

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Lola Pearl Caffey Leach · 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. S1714Indexes — Lola Pearl Caffey Leach, born Salado, Bell County, Texas, 16 June 1920; died 8 July 2003. FamilySearch, Social Security Numident index (6K7J-6XZQ); Social Security Death Index (JLXY-T6R); Find a Grave index (QV2Z-445M); GenealogyBank obituary index (QV5P-JHBG); 1950 census of Travis County (6XGB-W7QC). Index text read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable The Numident names her father as James C Caffey and her mother as “Ebben L Owens”, with birth at Salado on 16 June 1920 and death on 8 July 2003; the death index gives her last residence as Manchaca, Travis County; Find a Grave gives burial at Garfield, Travis County. Indexes only. The Numident enters her as Lola Pearl Schmidt; the surname is unexplained. Her husband and children are not named here because they may be living. Entered on 11 October 2026.

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