Texas Cauble Family Association

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Cauble family and friends. Hope you have a great day.

09/17/2025

CAUBLE HOUSE

Earlier this year I learned that nearly all of the furnishings in the Cauble House had been removed. I have met with the Tyler County Heritage Society and said that if the locks on the house were changed and that they control the key, then the Cauble Family would refurnish the house.

I have set up a committee to oversee the refurnishing effort. Members are: Becky Christmas, Revis Leonard, Sylvia Rankin, Shelly Baize and Reagan Sims.

Anyone wanting to donate items to the house will need to insure it complies with the following guidelines.

1. The items must be appropriate to the mid 1800's. No veneers,
plastic, etc.
2. Must be donated, not loaned.
3. Must be approved by a majority of the Committee members.
4. Each item will include a picture of the item and doner if possible and included in a book that will be placed in the front room of the Cauble House. A card on the item explaining the item and donor's name is acceptable, but no metal plaques attached to the items.
5. No item will be added or removed without our approval.

Anyone wanting to donate items should send a picture and description of the item to the Committee.

We want the house to accurately represent what it would look like in the 1800's and be something that we and the people of Tyler County can be proud of.

Several members have mentioned they have items to donate, and I look forward to hearing from you.

James

08/07/2025

08/07/2025

To members of the Texas Cauble Family Association:
James Cauble mentioned to me that folks want to be able to post on this page. To post, one must be an admin. Having zillions of admins is dangerous to a page -- however, I think the folks who suggested this were likely thinking of how a Facebook GROUP works. Anyone who is admitted to the group can post and comment. It's a good idea for us to have a group to share research, historical tidbits, calls to action regarding the Peter Cauble home and more. I am going to set one up for us today. Stay tuned for info on how to join.
Your kin, Sylvia Caldwell Rankin.

06/25/2025

Reunion update: We will meet in the Cypress Room at the Fredericksburg Inn on Aug 2 at 9 am for visiting and sharing stories. We will break for lunch at noon and there are several good restaurants nearby depending on your preference. After lunch we will have a short business meeting followed by more visiting, site seeing and enjoying Fredericksburg. The Cypress Room will be available until 10 pm for those wanting to relax.

Hope to see you there.
Here's a link to the hotel so you can see what pleasures await us!

Escape to the secluded Fredericksburg Inn & Suites, in the heart of Texas Hill Country, one block from Main Street in downtown Fredericksburg, TX. Book now.

06/14/2025

Coming to the family reunion this summer? Look at what's cooking in Fredericksburg!

06/08/2025

Victor T. Cauble
05/30/2025
Victor T Cauble, 83, of Houston, Texas, left us peacefully on May 30. Victor was born in 1942 in Presidio, Texas. When he was six years old, he and his family moved to Houston. Victor grew up there, where he attended Sam Houston High School and the University of Houston. At the age of 18, Victor began working for Brown and Root Industrial Services, which gave him the foundation of his career. In 1986, Victor established his business, C.C. Hunter Inc., a provider of steel fabrication, er****on and concrete services in the Houston region. Victor is survived by his wife of 30 years, Sherry; his twin daughters, Kately Annie and Molly Sothea; his son, Hunter Christopher; as well as four sisters, Patsy (Robert) McElroy, Dixie Cauble Medford, JoAnne (Michael) McMeans, and Linda (Michael) Brummerhop. He was predeceased in death by his daughter, Tracy Winston, his father Hershel "T" Cauble, and his mother, Norma Ruth Atkinson Foreback. Victor loved to fish and hunt and had a sense of humor that everyone enjoyed. When asked how he was doing, his frequent comment was, "Another day in paradise." Now he is in paradise. The Celebration of Life to honor Victor T Cauble will be held at 10:00 AM on June 7, 2025, at Brookside Funeral Home & Memorial Park, Houston, TX. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to River Place Connection, a ministry for recovery, P.O. Box 774, Abingdon, VA 24212, or to Molly Cauble for the Cambodian Temple.

05/28/2025

Get the details about our reunion in Fredericksburg, Texas. To book your room call 800-446-0202 and ask for Cauble-Rotan room block or go to Fredericksburg inn.com and use code CAUBLE2025.

Reunion: Current Join us in Woodville, Texas for the 2025 Reunion! Friday, August 1, 2025: Meet in Woodville, Texas, for visiting, dinner and … more visiting! Saturday, August 2, 2025: Joins us for breakfast in Woodville. Travel to Peach Tree Village for a tour of the Peter Cauble House and cemete...

05/23/2025

Update on Educational Scholarship Award
There is no longer a requirement for the applicant’s family to be a member in good standing of TCFA. Deadline for 2025 applications has been extended to June 7. Candidates must contact the Family Registrar for a Cauble Registry Number prior to completing applications. Applications should be sent to Becky Christmas, Box 173, Wagon Mound, NM 87752.

The Guidelines and Application Form are available on Cauble-Rotan.org.

12/27/2024

OBITUARY
Ernestine Cauble
June 14, 1944 – December 19, 2024
Obituary of Ernestine Cauble
IN THE CARE OF
Katy Funeral Home
Ernestine Cauble passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 19, 2024 at the age of 80.
Ila Ernestine Cauble was born June 14, 1944 to Reba Lillian Wittie Jackson and Ernest Lloyd Jackson in Gatesville, TX. Growing up she lived in Hico and Pecos, TX and Lovington, NM, where she graduated from Lovington High School in 1962. She worked as a nurse’s guide in Lovington and briefly pursued nursing at Northwest Texas School of Nursing in Amarillo, TX before moving back to New Mexico and meeting the love of her life on a blind date. Ernestine and James were married on September 7, 1968 in Hobbs, NM. They were blessed with a daughter, Dalinda Sterlene, in 1971. In 1973 James was transferred to Odessa, TX where Ernestine attended and graduated from The University of Texas Permian Basin and earned her teaching certificate. She taught elementary school in Odessa and later in Katy, TX where they moved in 1987. While in Odessa they were blessed with a son, Ty James born in 1979. In 1991 they moved from Katy to Oklahoma City, OK. They always wanted to come back to Texas and in 1995 James was transferred back to Houston and they settled in Katy to reunite with family, old friends and their church community. Ernestine stayed active throughout her later years in life traveling to see relatives and friends, attending theater, trying new restaurants, exploring Houston and celebrating special occasions with her friends and family.
Ernestine is survived by her husband of 56 years, James Cauble of Katy; two children, daughter Dalinda Cauble of Houston, son Ty Cauble and wife Jackie of Katy, sister Pauline Faubian of Albuquerque, NM, and an army of extended family that she loved and was loved by dearly.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Lillian and Lloyd Jackson, brothers Alton Jackson and Jerry Jackson, and sisters Marie Dorsett and Mary Peacock.

Service will be at Kingsland Baptist Church, Katy, TX at 10:00 am on Jan 9. Reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Burial will be at the Houston National Cemetery at 1:15 pm.

10/23/2024

Famous Texas kolache shop (and inventor of klobasnek?) is reopening
Story by Timothy Malcolm

What's the first Texas food that you think of? Is it barbecue brisket? Beef fajitas? Chicken fried steak? A banh mi? All are good responses, but there may be no match for the humble kolache and klobasnek.
The treats of filling inside soft dough are an essential part of the Texas experience and was introduced to much of the Lone Star State at a small outpost in a a tiny Central Texas city. According to reports, that small outpost, which had been closed for five years, is coming back and will serve those kolaches and klobasniky once more.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported this week that Village Bakery in the city of West, about 20 miles north of Waco and with a population of just over 2,500, will soon reopen.
Village Bakery opened in 1951, when Wendel Montgomery made kolaches—the sweet ones filled with fruit—and klobasniky—the savory ones filled typically with meat and/or cheese—similar to those baked for decades in Czech communities. Village Bakery is considered the first to produce the tasty snacks to the public, though others have followed. It has even been claimed that Village Bakery invented the savory klobasnek.
After Montgomery died in 2003, his daughter Mimi Montgomery Irwin moved back from New York to take over the business. She died in 2019, leaving Village Bakery's future in question. The location had been closed ever since.
But according to the Star-Telegram, Shelly and Darrell Miller, who own the neighboring Village Shoppe, have purchased the building and will reopen with the old recipes.
West is something of a kolache capital, home to several well-known and highly regarded spots. It's also, with its larger Czech population, a place where the tradition of kolache is maybe a little more serious than in big Texas cities. In 2016, Irwin told NPR that it's something of a mission for her to educate the public on what's a kolache and what's a klobasnek.
"I try to help them understand that when they ask for a kolache, they should not be getting meat," Irwin told NPR. "And in many of the chains, that's what's being passed off as a kolache."
A date for the reopening of Village Bakery has not yet been revealed.