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Anna Bell Caffey Gold

Daughter of Hooper Van Caffey · 1871–1949

Anna Bell Caffey Gold

Probable

Daughter of Hooper Van Caffey · 1871–1949

Born
5 January 1871
Died
5 May 1949
Parents
Hooper Van Caffey & Amanda Melvina Griffin
Married
Henry L. (Henry Lewis) Gold
Children
Vernon Clyde Gold
Sources
8

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — her 1949 Texas death certificate, no. 25185, names her father as Hooper Van Caffey and her mother as Mattie Griffen, the name Amanda went by S480; “Annie B.”, 9, is in Hooper's 1880 household S479. One certificate, informant J. E. Gold, relationship not stated, written 78 years after her birth

Evidence: Her 1949 Texas death certificate naming Hooper Van Caffey and Mattie Griffen, and Annie B., 9, in Hooper's 1880 household. Weak or missing: One certificate, informant J. E. Gold, relationship not stated, written 78 years after her birth. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1871
Born 5 January 1871, Alabama; died 5 May 1949, Austin, Texas; buried Kyle Cemetery
Census1930
🆕 In 1930 at Kyle, Hays County, she was Anna, 59, born in Texas of Alabama-born parents, wife of Henry L. Gold, 58, a farmer who owned his place, with Vernon, 22, and Hazel, 15 S711. In 1940, still at Kyle, she was Anna B., 69, born in Alabama, and Henry L., 68, gave the answers S712. added 26 September 2026.
Census1900
🆕 In 1900, in Precinct 1 of Bastrop County, she was Annie Gold, born January 1871 in Alabama, wife of Henry Gold, born August 1871 in Texas to German-born parents. They had married about 1892 and had four children: James E., Lela E., Alva V. and Henry R. Next door was John W. Caffey, born January 1860 in Alabama S730. In 1920, in Hays County, Henry L. and Anna Gold had Myrtle, Vernon and Hazel B. at home S731. Her son James E. Gold is probably the “J. E. Gold” who gave the answers on her 1949 death certificate S480 Probable confirm or correct →. What is weak: the certificate does not say how J. E. was related to her. added 26 September 2026.
Census1910
🆕 In April 1910 she was Anna, wife of Henry L. Gold, a renting farmer, in Justice Precinct 5 of Caldwell County, Texas; she had borne 7 children, 5 of them living, and at home were Elmo, 16, Eva, 15, Alvie, 13, Myrtle, 8, and Vernon, 2. Her age is entered as 30, ten years short of her 1871 birth Confirmed S1092

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Daughter of Hooper Van Caffey and Amanda Melvina Griffin; sister of Thomas Walton Caffey Sr.
Marriage1930
Married Henry L. (Henry Lewis) Gold: the 1930 and 1940 censuses and her son Vernon's birth record all name him (below). J. E. Gold, shown here before as her husband, is the informant on her 1949 death certificate, which does not say how he was related to her S480
Children1908
🆕 Her son Vernon Clyde Gold was born in rural Caldwell County on 3 April 1908. A 1969 amendment to his birth certificate, sworn by his sister Lola E. Whittington of Kyle, names his parents as Henry Lewis Gold and Anna Caffey S696. The 1930 and 1940 censuses agree (below). added 26 September 2026.

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Anna Bell Caffey Gold · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 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. S4791880 U.S. Federal Census — Hooper V. Caffey household, Wards Store (Snake Prairie), Bastrop County, Texas (ED 10, p. 17). Ancestry record 6521306. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Hooper V., 48; Mandy, 30, born Georgia; John W., 20; Cordelia D. P., 17; Charls B., 14; Annie B., 9; Thomas W.; Jessie [?]; James C., 2; and the widowed daughter Fanny E. Willson, 21. One page, two hints (record 7179290 for Amanda). The children to Charls B. have an Alabama-born mother, those from Annie B. on a Georgia-born one.
  2. S480Texas, U.S., Death Certificates — Anna Bell Gold, Austin, 1949 (no. 25185). Ancestry record 773924602. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Anna Bell Gold, born 5 January 1871, Alabama, died 5 May 1949 at Austin; father Hooper Van Caffey, mother Mattie Griffen, born Georgia; informant J. E. Gold; buried Kyle Cemetery.
  3. S696Texas birth certificate, amendment filed 1969, Caldwell County. Ancestry record 123034746. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Vernon Clyde Gold, born 3 April 1908, rural Caldwell County; father Henry Lewis Gold, mother Anna Caffey. A delayed amendment, sworn by his sister Lola E. Whittington of Kyle 61 years after the birth.
  4. S7111930 U.S. census, Justice Precinct 2, Kyle, Hays County, Texas, ED 105-7, sheet 3A. Ancestry record 63039624. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Henry L. Gold, 58, farmer, owns, born Texas; wife Anna, 59, born Texas, parents born Alabama; son Vernon, 22; daughter Hazel, 15.
  5. S7121940 U.S. census, Kyle, Hays County, Texas, ED 105-7, sheet 7A. Ancestry record 155963792. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Henry L. Gold, 68, born Texas, the informant, and his wife Anna B., 69, born Alabama; renting at $5 a month; both in rural Hays County in 1935.
  6. S7301900 U.S. census, Precinct 1, Bastrop County, Texas. Ancestry record 70147944. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Annie Gold, born January 1871, Alabama, wife of Henry Gold, born August 1871, Texas, of German-born parents; married about 1892; children James E., Lela E., Alva V. and Henry R. Next door: John W. Caffey, born January 1860, Alabama, with his wife Elizabeth and seven children.
  7. S7311920 U.S. census, Justice Precinct 5, Hays County, Texas. Ancestry record 43433886. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Henry L. Gold and his wife Anna, 49, with Myrtle, Vernon and Hazel B. Her birthplace is entered as Texas; her other records say Alabama.
  8. S10921910 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 5, Caldwell County, Texas, S.D. 10, E.D. 33, sheet 6A, dwelling 103, family 104. Ancestry record 122960984. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed 23 April 1910: Henry L. Gold, head, 38, first marriage of 18 years, born Texas of German-born parents, farmer, renting; Anna, wife, 30, first marriage of 18 years, mother of 7 children of whom 5 living, born Alabama of Alabama-born parents; Elmo, son, 16; Eva, daughter, 15; Alvie, son, 13; Myrtle, daughter, 8; Vernon, son, 2; the children born Texas. Her age, 30, is ten years short: she is Annie B., 9, in 1880 (S479) and born January 1871 by the 1900 census (S730). Eighteen years married agrees with the 1900 census’s marriage about 1892.

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