Cauthens father is a fifthgeneration texan via montgomery, alabama, where cauthens paternal grandfather went to school with hank williams. In my search for maryline westenhavers the cauthen family. Signer of the sc ordinance dr william columbus cauthen. With notes on cawthornes, cauthorns, cawthons, cothrans, etc. When you visit a library and see someone, not reading a book, but entrenched in the study of the yellowed pages of an outofprint volume. By her theory when the family moved to south carolina the people that lived there dropped the r sound. William columbus cauthen was born on 20 dec 1825 in hanging rock.
Discover the meaning of the cauthen name on ancestry. Axthelms detailed story of the cauthen family and steves growth as a. Dianne cauthen passed away on april 20, 2020 at the age of 67 in florence, mississippi. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Sudye cauthen has written a resonant and evocative book about the place where. Many of us use maryline cauthen westenhavers book the cauthen family history as a point of departure for research on the branch of the cauthen family that descended from richard cawthorne ii, who settled in virginia in 1635. There is a book published called the cauthen family history by. Other family names include beckham, cauthen, croxton, ellis, faile, gooch. The cauthen genealogy and family tree page welcome to the cauthen family page at surname finder, a service of genealogy today.
The village of cawthorn was rendered as caluetun in the domesday book, and is derived from the old english terms calf and tun, which means calf and. Welcome to the cauthen family page at surname finder, a service of genealogy today. His grandmothers family was from west texas as well as part of new mexico because her father sold drill bits for oil wells. Robert edwin bob cauthen age 81, passed away on april 23, 2020, in leesburg, surrounded by family. Cauthence the first of these was charles edward cauthen.
The cauthen family history 1980 edition open library. Explore the worlds largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. Cauthen has said that his family is from texas on both sides. Search 155 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free. Wofford graduate, compiled a book of his memories of the cauthen family, of his. Floyd wrote a number of books on lancaster county history and genealogy. My grandfather was libe cauthen, born may 26, 1886 and he died in 1954 i was only 4 years old and do not remember much. The cauthen family history by maryline cauthen westenhaver, 1980, m. The book was a great story of the highly successful early career of.
Old rappahannock county, virginia compiled genealogies. Cauthen is a name of ancient anglosaxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in cawthorn, in the north riding of yorkshire, or in cawthorne, in the west riding. The cauthen family history by maryline cauthen westenhaver. In 1840 there was 1 cauthen family living in north carolina. North carolina had the highest population of cauthen families in 1840. Find your familys average life expectancy, most common occupation, and more. This was 100% of all the recorded cauthens in the usa. The most cauthen families were found in the usa in 1880. The surname cauthen was first found in yorkshire, where the cauthen family held a family seat from ancient times. There is a cauthen family history book that was published by maryline cauthen westenhaver in 1980. Robert cauthen obituary leesburg, fl beyers funeral home and.
While the names are superficially similar,their origins are different. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. My grandfather was the forest ranger at huntsville state park until his death from a heart attach. Funeral home services for dianne are being provided by chancellor funeral chapel. In maryline cauthen westenhavers excellent book the cauthen family history she explains how the name cauthen evolved from the original english name of cawthorne. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with usercontributed information and web sites for the cauthen surname. Cauthen calls herself alachuas heretic daughter, but shes actually its savior.
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