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Orbin Oliver Piland

Father of Alice Lorene Piland Caffey · 1893–1929

Orbin Oliver Piland

Confirmed

Father of Alice Lorene Piland Caffey · 1893–1929

Born
22 March 1893
Died
30 September 1929
Parents
Edward Raymond Piland & Virginia Francis "Jennie" Montgomery
Married
Mabel Logue Piland
Sources
9

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the father of Alice Lorene Piland, wife of Thomas Osborn Caffey. The 1920 census of Hays County, read from the image, has “Orvin O. Piland”, head, 26, born in Texas, with his wife Mabel, 24, and their daughter Alice L., 5 S910; in 1930 at Austin, read from the image, Mabel is a widow with her daughter Alice Lorena, 15 S924. FamilySearch’s index of Texas births, a record independent of both censuses, gives Alice Lorene Piland, born 20 November 1914 at Kyle, Hays County, as the daughter of Orbin Oliver Piland and Mabel Larrimore Logue S923. Added to the tree on Earl’s approval of 28 September 2026. Added 29 September 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1893
Born 22 March 1893 at Gonzales, Texas, by his own World War I draft card, made out at Buda, Hays County, on 5 June 1917, when he was farming for Jno. Howard and had a wife and two children S932; the index of his death certificate gives 24 March S911
Census1922
In 1922 he was a truck driver for the Texas Company, living at 104 Chicon, Austin, with Mabel S941
Death1929
Died 30 September 1929, aged 36, by the index of his Texas death certificate S911S914. Mabel is a widow by the 1930 census S924
Census1910
In 1910, aged 17, he was at home in Justice Precinct 4, Travis County, Texas, as “Oliver O.”, born in Texas, a son in the household of Edward R. Piland, 52, and Virginia F., 53, with Craton, Myrtle, Rubin, Edward R. Jr. and Carrol H. S1025. The census was read from the image. What is weak: it gives his names in reverse order, so the match rests on the age (17 fits his 1893 birth), the Texas birth and the parents’ names, which agree with his death certificate S911. Know more? Use ‘Add to this record’. Probable confirm or correct →

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1895
Husband of Mabel Logue Piland (1895–1961) and father of Alice Lorene Piland, born 1914 S923, who married Thomas Osborn Caffey in Austin on 15 December 1935 S621; Mabel’s probable parents, Dan Crutcher Logue and Virginia Alice Hamby, have their own cards (30 September 2026)
Parents
Son of Edward Raymond Piland and Virginia Francis “Jennie” Montgomery, by his death certificate, which names his parents as E. R. Piland and Virginia F. Montgomery S911 Probable confirm or correct →

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

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: his father-daughter link and his birth are settled from images, and his 1917 draft card gives “Orbin Oliver Piland” in full. His death date and his parents still rest on the index of his death certificate, whose image has not been read, and where he died has not been read. The 1920 census writes his name “Orvin O.” and Ancestry indexes it “Arvin P.”

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Orbin Oliver Piland · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

9 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. S621Travis County, Texas, marriage record, licence no. 1008, 1935. Ancestry record 40751477. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Mr. T. O. Caffey and Miss Alice Piland, licensed 14 December 1935; married 15 December 1935 by H. C. Morrison, pastor of East Avenue Baptist Church, Austin.
  2. S9101920 U.S. census — Piland household, Hays County, Texas. Ancestry collection 6061, record 43429362 (the page image is also reached through record 43429363). “Arvin P.”, 26; wife Mabel, 24; daughter Alice L., 5. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Precinct 2, ED 119, sheet 5B: the enumerator wrote Orvin O. Piland, head, 26, born in Texas; Mabel, wife, 24; Alice L. Piland, daughter, 5, all born in Texas. Ancestry's index reads the name as “Arvin P.”; the image reads “Orvin O.”, the same initials as Orbin Oliver. Updated 29 September 2026: it was first cited from the index only.
  3. S911Texas death certificate index — Orbin Oliver Piland, 30 September 1929. Ancestry collection 2272, record 23497175. Born 24 March 1893; parents E. R. Piland and Virginia F. Montgomery. Probable Read from the index only; the image has not been examined.
  4. S914Find a Grave memorial 26217520 — Orbin Oliver Piland. Cited with his death certificate for his dates. Probable A compiled memorial, not a record.
  5. S923FamilySearch index, Texas Births and Christenings, 1840–1981 — Alice Lorene Piland, born 20 November 1914, Kyle, Hays County. FamilySearch record 4LVY-XPMM, checked 28 September 2026. Probable Father Orbin Oliver Piland; mother Mabel Larrimore Logue. An index only; no image. It is independent of the 1920 and 1930 censuses, and its date matches the Social Security index.
  6. S9241930 U.S. census — Mable Piland household, Austin, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry collection 6224, record 60697622. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed ED 227-29, sheet 3A: Mable Piland, head, 34, widowed, born in Texas; Alice Lorena, daughter, 15, born in Texas; Virginia Logue, mother, 62, widowed, born in Tennessee. Mabel is widowed by April 1930, which fits Orbin's death in 1929.
  7. S932U.S. World War I draft registration card — Orbin Oliver Piland, Hays County, Texas, 5 June 1917. Ancestry record 19976228. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Orbin Oliver Piland, 24, of Buda, born 22 March 1893 at Gonzales, Texas; farming for Jno. Howard; a wife and two children. His own statement. The index of his death certificate (S911) gives 24 March.
  8. S941Austin, Texas, city directory, 1922, p. 373. Ancestry record 402287283. Image examined, read 29 September 2026. Confirmed Piland Orbin O (Mabel), truck driver, Texas Company, residence 104 Chicon. Nine other Pilands are listed in Austin.
  9. S10251910 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 4, Travis County, Texas, sheet 5B, lines 93–100. Ancestry record 28664058. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed Edward R. Piland, 52, married 27 years; Virginia F., 53, mother of 8 children, 8 living; Craton, Myrtle, Rubin, Oliver O., 17, Edward R. Jr. and Carrol H. Read from the image.

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