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Chloye Ann West

1931–2002

Dolores Grace Carpenter 1911–1960Hugh Othal West, Sr. 1903–1945Margaret Elizabeth Cavins 1875–1960Major Lindsey Carpenter 1870–1948Hanna Bessie Elizabeth Alexander 1870–1939George Washington West 1866–1938Lucy Ann (Lou) Quisenberry 1847–1915Thomas William Cavins 1844–1883Margaret Carpenter 1841–1908Lindsey Powell Carpenter 1825–1875Haddie Elizabeth Kunkel 1842–1936Rev. Hugh Paden Alexander 1836–1911Jane Ann Smith 1839–1931Wilbur Dennis West 1832–1918Chloe Jane Bush 1825–1900Stephen C Quisenberry 1821–1903Mary Frances Mansfield 1818–1892James Edwards Cavins 1819–1860Mary Ann Jones 1818–1897Adam Carpenter 1804–1877Sarah Sallie Powell 1805–1898George Franklin Carpenter 1801–1875ElizabethRudolph GunklePhebe Ann Bowen 1792–1847Matthew West c. 1793–1852Jeanette "Jane" QUISENBERRY 1782–1859James Ambrose BUSH, Jr. 1779–1873Mary Polly EUBANK(S)* 1795–1866Roger QUISENBERRY* 1792–1877Salina Eddings 1799–1888William Herndon Mansfield 1790–1880Margaret E Gorham 1796–1856William Cavins 1795–1846Catherine Spears 1760–1848Adam Carpenter 1760–1806Leah Frye 1778–1820Jacob Young Carpenter 1779–c. 1828Tryphena Rood 1770–1857George West 1769–1853Jane Burris-Quisenberry 1759–1811Rev. James Quisenberry, Sr. 1759–1830Lucy Gholson 1746–1814James Ambrose BUSH 1748–1815Mary Polly Bush 1755–1830Achilles Jackson Eubank, Sr. 1758–1844Jane Burris-Quisenberry 1759–1811Rev. James Quisenberry, Sr. 1759–1830Mourning Clark Mansfield 1763–1831Robert J Mansfield (Rev War) 1762–1833Margaret Craig 1759–c. 1810Edward Cavins 1755–1814Anna Sophia Schulteli 1735–1783George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Catherine Spears 1760–1848John Frye –1782ELIZABETH BOYER 1751–1818George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Jr. 1746–1819Mary Lawton 1738–1812Francis West 1735–1803Joyce c. 1722–c. 1797Aaron Quisenberry c. 1725–c. 1795Sarah Mary Carlton 1727–Richard Eubank 1730–1813Joyce c. 1722–c. 1797Aaron Quisenberry c. 1725–c. 1795Mary Prewitts c. 1725–1793John L Cavin 1720–1787Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782George Zimmerman\Carpenter, Sr. 1725–1778Sarah Lawton –c. 1788Joseph Lawton –c. 1765Jane Tanner 1685–c. 1742William West 1681–c. 1742Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782Susanna Soule c. 1642–c. 1684Francis West c. 1632–c. 1696Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Mary Bucket –1676George SouleAnne PopeJohn Quisenberry, Sr. 1627–1717Anne PopeJohn Quisenberry, Sr. 1627–1717Ann Fallowell 1611–1683Thomas Pope 1608–1683Joane (Jesse) Johnson 1607–1672Thomas Johnson (Questenbury) Quesenberry 1608–1672Ann Fallowell 1611–1683Thomas Pope 1608–1683Joane (Jesse) Johnson 1607–1672Thomas Johnson (Questenbury) Quesenberry 1608–1672
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✦ direct ancestor — Owen's grandmother · mother's side

✦ A story has been written about this person: Correspondence between Eugene Catchings and Chloye West — Five years of letters, from sixteen years old to married, 1947–1952 — in their own hands.

Life

Born
30 Aug 1931 · Humble, Harris, Texas, USA
Died
27 Oct 2002 · Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States of America

Parents

Father✦ Hugh Othal West, Sr. (1903–1945)✓ father proven
Mother✦ Dolores Grace Carpenter (1911–1960)✓ mother proven

Marriage & children

Spouse✦ Eugene Lloyd Catchings (1931–1972) m. 20 Dec 1949 · Taft, San Patricio County, Texas, United States of America
a living family member

Timeline

Records behind this page

Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index
Number: [SSN redacted]; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Birth date: 30 Aug 1931Birth place: Death date: 27 Oct 2002Death place: Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States of America<line />
Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Birth Indexes
Ancestry.com, Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2015
Birth date: 1932Birth place: Marriage date: 19 Dec 1949Marriage place: Divorce date: 1 Nov 1971Divorce place: Harris, Texas<line />
Ancestry.com, Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, TX; Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Birth date: 30 Aug 1931Birth place: Residence date: 1935-1993Residence place: Kerrville, TX<line />
Ancestry.com, U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020)
Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Texas College of Arts and Industries; Year: 1949
Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015)
read the transcript
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Ancestry collection 60901), primary record for CHLOYE ANN WEST — read on screen 31 Jul 2026. NAME: Chloye Ann West · GENDER: Female · RACE: White BIRTH DATE: 30 Aug 1931 · BIRTH PLACE: Humble, Harris, Texas DEATH DATE: 27 Oct 2002 FATHER: Hugh O West MOTHER: Grace Carpenter NOTES: Jun 1945 — name listed as Chloye Ann West; May 1951 — name listed as Chloye Ann Catchings; 30 Oct 2002 — name listed as Chloye W Catchings. (SSN present on the record and deliberately not transcribed here.) ⭐ BOTH PARENTS ARE NAMED OUTRIGHT and both match the tree: Hugh O West = [229] Hugh Othal West Sr; Grace Carpenter = [230] Dolores GRACE Carpenter, recorded under her middle name. ⭐ The 1945 → 1951 name change independently brackets her marriage to a Catchings between Jun 1945 and May 1951, consistent with the 19/20 Dec 1949 marriage already in the tree.

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.

Research note · 30 Jul 2026
Audited 30 Jul 2026 - PARENTAGE PROVEN from the birth certificate IMAGE, read in full (media 33153_B061706-02008.jpg, already attached to citation 885, Texas Birth Certificates 1903-1932). TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH No. 67233. (1) County of Harris, Prec #4, City Humble. (2) Full name of child: Chloye Anne West. (3) Female. (6) Legitimate: Yes. (7) Born Aug 30, 1931 - matches the tree exactly. (8) FATHER: Hugh O. West; (9) residence Humble, Tex; (10) White; (11) age at last birthday 37; (12) birthplace Kan.; (13) occupation Oil Field Worker. (14) MOTHER maiden name: Grace Del--- Carpenter (middle name not confidently legible); (15) residence Humble, Texas; (16) White; (17) age at last birthday 19; (18) birthplace Humble, Tex; (19) Housewife. (20) Children born to this mother including present birth: 1 - so Chloye was the FIRSTBORN. (22) Born alive 4:45 a.m.; physician H. E. McKay, M.D., Humble, Texas. (23) Filed Sept 8, 1931; received stamp SEP 10 1931 - i.e. contemporaneous, nine days after the birth. FIT TO THE TREE: the mother is an exact match - [230] Dolores Grace Carpenter b. 12 Sep 1911 Humble, Harris Co., Texas was 19 at her last birthday on 30 Aug 1931, and the birthplace matches to the town. WARNING, NOT RESOLVED: the certificate gives the father's age as 37, but [229] Hugh Othal West is recorded b. 15 Dec 1903 Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas, which would make him 27, not 37. The name, the birth STATE (Kansas) and the residence all match, so this is very probably the right man and the discrepancy is about HIS birth year or the informant's report - but the digit was read from handwriting and 37 vs 27 is exactly the kind of loop that misreads. DO NOT harmonise either value until the digit is re-examined or an independent record settles his birth year. Also noted: the child's name is written Chloye ANNE West here, against the tree's Chloye Ann West. ProofFather and ProofMother set to Proven. ── ADDENDUM 31 Jul 2026: her SSACI record has now ACTUALLY BEEN READ (Ancestry coll. 60901), closing queue item §1f which had been open since 27 Jul — it was blocked by a genuine Ancestry server error that day and the collection is working again. THE RECORD NAMES BOTH PARENTS: 'FATHER: Hugh O West' and 'MOTHER: Grace Carpenter' — matching [229] Hugh Othal West Sr and [230] Dolores GRACE Carpenter. ⚠ THIS CHANGES NO CONCLUSION: her ProofFather/ProofMother were already 1. What was missing was the reading — CitationIDs 879 and 881 both carried ZERO ActualText, i.e. the graded parentage rested on a citation that recorded only that a hint had once been clicked. Both citations now carry the transcript. Her SSN appears on the record and is deliberately not transcribed.

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