Forest of Dean FHT Forum - CAPPER Family

CAPPER Family (reply)

desperatedan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:31:44 +0000

I guess its to be expected if they are old burials. We would like to find some headtones from 1950 backwards. The man in Question Henry W C Capper passed away in the 1940's so Im guessing there should be a headstone located somewhere.

Thanks

CAPPER Family (reply)

slowhands — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:25:30 +0000

Dont be too disappointed if not - in my family the first headstones that I have seen are only from the mid 1930's. I know from oral history roughly where in certain graveyards "some" are laid to rest, and they are unmarked / no stone work graves..

However they still existed - census, BMD, inquests, newspaper articles - and are still very "real" to me :-)

CAPPER Family (reply)

desperatedan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:14:24 +0000

Must be at least one somewhere surely?

CAPPER Family (reply)

slowhands — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:04:18 +0000

Headstones

Either they never existed - burial into the ground with no costly grave stone work

The headstones have fallen and been removed....

Capper Family (reply)

desperatedan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:01:31 +0000

Any ideas how I go about locating the burials of the Capper family? Would like to find some headstones but wouldnt know where to start.

Cheers

William CAPPER (reply)

desperatedan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:06:40 +0000

Great info there thanks Keith. Lots around the Hartpury area!

Gonna tie quite a few of them names.

Many thanks

William CAPPER (reply)

Bailey — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:20:17 +0000

The records of the Capper family in the parish of Hartpury & Corse, adjacent to Lassington, are as follows:-

Hartpury & Corse Parish Records (Parish & IGI references)

Mortha & Sarah
JAMES CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 15 NOV 1778 Hartpury, Gloucester
ELIZABETH CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 29 APR 1781 Hartpury, Gloucester

HANNAH CAPPER - Anne Capper Gender: Female Christening: 05 AUG 1764 Hartpury, Gloucester
MARY CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 12 APR 1801 Hartpury, Gloucester

WILLIAM CAPPER – mar. Betty (Elizabeth) Phillips
Marriage: 25 NOV 1792 Corse, Gloucester, England
ANN CAPPER - Gender: Female Christening: 02 NOV 1794 Hartpury, Gloucester
WILLIAM CAPPER –Gender: Male Christening: 1796 Hartpury, Gloucester
JAMES CAPPER –Gender: Male Christening: 26 OCT 1800 Hartpury, Gloucester
MARY ANNE CAPPER - Gender: Female Christening: 18 NOV 1798 Hartpury, Gloucester,
JAMES CAPPER - Gender: Male Christening: 20 OCT 1800 Hartpury, Gloucester,
SARAH CAPPER –Gender: Female Christening: 23 MAY 1802 Hartpury, Gloucester,

JOHN CAPPER mar. Mary Bond
Marriage: 10 FEB 1795 Hartpury, Gloucester
WILLIAM CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 1796 Hartpury, Gloucester
ANN CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 25 AUG 1799 Hartpury, Gloucester
MARY CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 12 APR 1801 Hartpury, Gloucester
JOSEPH CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 24 JUL 1803 Hartpury, Gloucester
JOHN CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 12 JAN 1806 Hartpury, Gloucester
SARAH CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 06 AUG 1809 Hartpury, Gloucester

JAMES CAPER – Ann Dobbins
Marriage: 26 APR 1802 Corse, Gloucester, England
ROBERT CAPPER –Gender: Male Christening: 23 JAN 1803 Hartpury, Gloucester
JAMES CAPPER –Gender: Male Christening: 23 DEC 1804 Hartpury, Gloucester
CHARLES CAPPER –Gender: Male Christening: 11 DEC 1808 Hartpury, Gloucester
ETHELINDA CAPPER –Gender: Female Christening: 27 JAN 1811 Hartpury, Gloucester
ANN CAPPER - Gender: Female Christening: 23 AUG 1812 Hartpury, Gloucester
ELIZABETH CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 08 MAR 1807 Hartpury, Gloucester
GEORGE CAPER Gender: Male Christening: 19 FEB 1815 Hartpury, Gloucester

James & Mary
ANN CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 16 NOV 1834 Hartpury, Gloucester
SARAH ANN CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 13 DEC 1835 Hartpury, Gloucester
ELIZA CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 21 JAN 1838 Hartpury, Gloucester
CHARLES CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 10 MAR 1841 Hartpury, Gloucester
HENRY JAMES CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 07 APR 1844 Hartpury, Gloucester
THOMAS CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 01 FEB 1846 Hartpury, Gloucester

Charles & Comfort
ELLEN CAPPER - Gender: Female Christening: 27 DEC 1835 Hartpury, Gloucester

GEORGE CAPPER mar. Ann Vallender
Marriage: 28 MAY 1835 Hartpury, Gloucester
HENRY JAMES CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 01 JAN 1836 Hartpury, Gloucester
ROBERT CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 24 OCT 1841 Hartpury, Gloucester
WILLIAM CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 05 MAY 1844 Hartpury, Gloucester
JOHN CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 01 AUG 1847 Hartpury, Gloucester
JOSEPH CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 30 MAY 1852 Hartpury, Gloucester

Charles & Ann
CHARLES ALFRED CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 31 MAR 1839 Hartpury, Gloucester,

James & Mary Ann
JOHN CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 02 JUN 1861 Hartpury, Gloucester
ANN ELIZABETH CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 17 AUG 1862 Hartpury, Gloucester,
AGNES MARIA CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 29 DEC 1867 Hartpury, Gloucester,
EMILY LOUISA CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 13 APR 1873 Hartpury, Gloucester,
WILLIAM JOHN CAPPER Gender: Male Christening: 17 APR 1870 Hartpury, Gloucester
MARY JANE CAPPER Gender: Female Christening: 05 FEB 1865 Hartpury, Gloucester

THOMAS CAPPER mar Sarah Staite
Marriage: 23 JUL 1874 Hartpury, Gloucester

ANN CAPPER – mar James Lewis
Marriage: 27 JUN 1827 Corse, Gloucester, England

WILLIAM CAPPER – mar Ann Bayley ( my owm connection to the Capper family)
Marriage: 26 FEB 1822 Corse, Gloucester, England

Kind Regards

Keith

William CAPPER (reply)

m p griffiths — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:21:50 +0000

Joseph's father William CAPPER

William CAPPER (Wid) of Rudford married Hannah DAUNTER - 30 September 1828 Banns at Taynton

1851 Census, Glous. Rudford
Highleadon

William CAPPER - age 82, Farm Labourer, born Gloucester
Hannah CAPPER - age 78, Domestic Business, born W.H.H.???

1841 Census, Glos. Rudford

William CAPPER - 72
Hannah CAPPER - 68
George CAPPER - 14
Joseph CAPPER - 13

Joseph CAPPER - Highleadon (reply)

desperatedan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:06:24 +0000

my other half (a Capper) is going to arrange to visit the records office to find some info so will look at the gamekeepers records.

Looking forwrd to it.

Joseph CAPPER - Highleadon/Rudford (reply)

m p griffiths — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:00:42 +0000

Looking at Joseph CAPPER c 1806 - on the various census he says he was born in Highleadon, (also Rudford) which is in the FOD area...

1871 Gloucesteshire Lassington.

Lassington Hill

Joseph CAPPER - Head, married 65, Gamekeeper, born Gloucestershire, Highleadon
Esther CAPPER - wife - married 67, born Gloucestershire, Minsterworth
Elizabeth CAPPER - daughter - unmarried 34, born Lassington
Winifred CAPPER - grand dau age 11 born Lassington
Anne CAPPER - grand dau - age 4 - born Lassington

In my email to you Dan, I explained that as Joseph CAPPER was a Gamekeeper - his name may appear in the Gloucestershire Index to the series of Gamekeeper's deputation which appear in the Quarter Sessions Order Books, (held from 1711 to 1889) held at the Gloucestershire Records Office - this is how I found out my WICKENDEN gamekeeper movements.

FOD records

Joseph CAPPER, 20 December 1806 - parents William & Elizabeth CAPPER - Rudford

CAPPER & Harriett DEE of Westbury on Severn (reply)

desperatedan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:29:44 +0000

Thats great info. We have tied in some names looking at our research.

Thank you

CAPPER & Harriett DEE of Westbury on Severn (reply)

m p griffiths — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:04 +0000

Here's the connection to the Forest of Dean.....

FOD records....

Harriett DEE, christened 11 April 1830 - parents James & Mary DEE (Westbury on Severn)

FreeBDM

O/N/D Qtr 1854 - District, Gloucester,

John CAPPER married Harriett DEE

(on Lassington website) - John CAPPER 26 Bachelor, Labourer of Lassington, son of Joseph CAPPER, Labourer, & Harriett DEE, 24 Spinster of Lassington, daughter of James DEE, Tailor, were married in the presence of Herbert SIMS and Eliza DEE)

1861 Census, Lassington, District 4

Joseph CAPPER - Head - Mar - 56 - born Gloucestershire,Highleadon
Esther CAPPER - Wife - Mar - 56, born Gloucestershire, Minsterworth
Elizabeth CAPPER - Dau - unmarried - 25 - born Gloucestershire, Lassington
Joseph CAPPER - unmarried age 17 - Ag. Lab. born Gloucestershire, Lassington
Winnifred CAPPER - grand dau - 1 born Gloucestershire, Lassington.

next door

John CAPPER - mar - 33 - Carter, born Lassington
(christened 22 February 1829, Lassington St Oswalds, parents Joseph & Esther CAPPER)
Harriet CAPPER - wife - mar - 5 - Scholar, born Westbury
Charles CAPPER - Son - 5 born Newent
Emily Mary CAPPER - 3 born Newent
George CAPPER - son 8 months, born Lassington

1851 Census, Lassington

Joseph CAPPER - 44
Esther CAPPER - 44
Elizabeth CAPPER - 15
Charles CAPPER - 13
Sarah CAPPER 10
Joseph CAPPER - 7
Walter CAPPER - 4
Henry CAPPER - 4

FreeBDM

? Charles TURNER CAPPER - birth A/M/J Qtr 1859 - Prescot District which covers Eckington

Joseph CAPER married Esther POSTINGS, 25 February 1827, Minsterworth, Gloucestershire

Capper family. Lassington (1901 Census) (reply)

desperatedan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:40:32 +0000

Thanks Keith

Will look into that.

Cheers

Capper family. Lassington (1901 Census) (reply)

Bailey — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:32:09 +0000

The neighbouring parishes of Hartpury and Corse are worth researching regarding the Capper family (who are too numerous to mention - records from 1793 onwards) which I am sure are related to the Lassington Capper family. Lassington was an extremely small community and much of the teneted farm land was farmed by families in Hartpury and Corse and vice versa.

Regards

Keith

Capper family. Lassington (1901 Census) (reply)

m p griffiths — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:18:21 +0000

Henry William Charles CAPPER - birth O/N/D Qtr 1859, Pershore, Worcester

Have sent a Henry W C CAPPER - 1949 age 89 c1860 and Elizabeth CAPPER 1951 age 78 deaths in Gloucester City direct.

1901 Census, Gloucester - South Hamlet
74 Castle Street

Jane CAPPER - 66 - Widow
Henry CAPPER - 29(c1871) Labourer/General, born Eckington, Worcester - there's a line through the 2, but it looks like 3, hence 29 and not 39
Sidney CAPPER - 24, born Lassington, Glos

On the 1891 Census, Gloucester
74 Castle Street

Jane CAPPER - age is 50
Herbert CAPPER - son is 29
Henry CAPPER - son is 14 born Lassington

These two Sons ages are the wrong way round on the census. If you look at the Lassington site :

Herbert Alfred CAPPER, was christened 8 October 1876, parents Charles & Jane

Henry William Charles CAPPER, was christened 11 December 1859 Charles & Jane

1861 Census, Worcestershire, Eckington
New Road

Charles CAPPER - age 22 - born Lassington
Jane CAPPER - age 22 - born Eckington
Henry CAPPER - age 1 - ditto

Capper family. Lassington (reply)

desperatedan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:38:00 +0000

Thanks. Thats some gret info.

Henry William Charles Capper is the one we need to find more info on. We cannot find him on the 1891 or 1901 Census but he shows up on the 1911 census.

He is a great grandfather but we cannot find any info of his whereabouts or death neither his wifes. Eliabeth Capper, previously Cobert (widow) maiden name Waters.

We have drawn a blank.

Capper family. Lassington (reply)

m p griffiths — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:23:53 +0000

There is a slight connection with the FOD ....

1871 Census, Gloucestershire, Lassington, District 5

Charles CAPPER - Married, 31, Ag. Lab. born Gloucester, Lassington
Jane CAPPER - wife, married 32, born Gloucester, Eckington
Henry - 11 - born Eckington
Eliza - 7
George 4
Sydney - 2

next door

John CAPPER - Head, married 43, Ag. Lab. Carter, born Lassington
Emily CAPPER, daughter age 13 - born Gloucester, Newent
George - Son, 11, Carter Boy. Ag. Lab. born Lassington
Annie - daughter, age 8, born Lassington
Esther - daughter age 6 , born Lassington
James - Son - age 3

On the 1881 census, Glos. Wotton St Mary
17 Castle Street

Jane CAPPER is now a Widow age 39
Henry CAPPER 21 (born Eckington)
Sidney 12, Clara 9, Charles 1
Charles CAPPER, Nephew age 25 - born Newent
James CAPPER, Nephew, age 13, born Lassington

Capper family. Lassington (reply)

desperatedan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:03:43 +0000

Thanks for the reply.

I had looked at the website before and found lots of Cappers but they seem to dissapear as the years go on. Havent found any graves or headstones either as we have scoured the churchyards.

Capper family. Lassington (reply)

m p griffiths — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:42:09 +0000

Do you have relatives from the FOD

If not, this Lassington site may help. (10 CAPPER burials)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wrag44/lassington/lassington.htm

Capper family. Lassington

desperatedan — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:45:56 +0000

Currently researching the Capper family from Lassington. Especially a Henry William Charles Capper born in Eckington/Pershore, Worcs although he lived in Gloucester. Most of the family were either born or buried at Lassington but cannot find any relevant headstones at the church.

Thanks