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Dolores Grace Carpenter

1911–1960

Margaret Elizabeth Cavins 1875–1960Major Lindsey Carpenter 1870–1948Lucy Ann (Lou) Quisenberry 1847–1915Thomas William Cavins 1844–1883Margaret Carpenter 1841–1908Lindsey Powell Carpenter 1825–1875Chloe 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 1801–1875Jeanette "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. 1828Jane 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. 1746–1819Joyce 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. 1725–1778Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Anna Barbara Kercher Leupolden 1705–1787Johannes (John) Zimmerman Carpenter 1700–1782Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Anne 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 great-grandmother · Carpenter line

Life

Born
12 Sep 1911 · Humble, Harris, Texas, USA
Died
12 Jun 1960 · Refugio, Texas, USA
Buried
Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States of America

Parents

Father✦ Major Lindsey Carpenter (1870–1948)✓ father proven
Mother✦ Margaret Elizabeth Cavins (1875–1960)✓ mother proven

Marriage & children

Spouse✦ Hugh Othal West, Sr. (1903–1945) m. 18 Jun 1930 · Harris, Texas, USA
✦ Chloye Ann West (1931–2002)
Hugh Othal West, Jr. (1933–2003)
SpouseJohn Henry "Hank" Walker, Jr. (1906–1951) m. about 1947 · Refugio, Refugio, Texas, USA
Hugh Othal West, Jr. (1933–2003)
a living family member

Timeline

Records behind this page

Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 263
Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Harris, Texas; Roll: 2353; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: 34.0; FHL microfilm: 2342087
Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022)
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Refugio, Texas; Roll: 4668; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 196-10
Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Birth Indexes
Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
Harris County Clerk's Office; Houston, Texas; Harris County, Texas, Marriage Records
Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012)
Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019)
Victoria Advocate; Publication Date: 17 Jun 1960; Publication Place: Victoria, Texas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/440830624/?article=a84bb3e0-49b6-4c06-a172-2234098d5af7&focus=0.25625688,0.22190422,0.375986,0.42467153&xid=3355
Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015)
Newspapers.com - Victoria Advocate - 17 Jun 1960 - Page 13 (Victoria, Texas: Victoria Advocate, 17 June 1960)
Obituary for Grace Walker (Aged 48) 17 Jun 1960
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000

Research notes

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

Research note · 27 Jul 2026
Audited 27 Jul 2026. BOTH PARENTS EVIDENCED. Death certificate, Refugio Co., 12 Jun 1960, state file 38221, image 40394_b062571-00222 (Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry coll. 2272)), informant her son Hugh West: field 13 FATHER = 'MAJOR L. CARPENTER'; field 14 MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME = 'MARGARET E. CAVENS' (the tree's Cavins). Recorded under her remarried name Delores Grace WALKER, which independently confirms the second marriage. Removed to Brookside Memorial Park, Houston. SSN on the certificate, deliberately not recorded.

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