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Birth of Nellie Capel

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Donald

Donald Report 19 Mar 2016 11:40

can any one help trying to trace the birth of Nellie Capel who had a Child in 1925 and left the child with the Powis family to raise she is the wife grandmother .
The child was called John D O CAPEL
THANKS
Don

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:03

Type: Births Surname: capel First name(s): nellie
Start date: Mar 1885 End date: Dec 1910 District: all


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Jun 1885 (>99%)
Capel Nellie Reigate 2a 157 Scan available - click to view
Births Jun 1890 (>99%)
Capel Nellie Winslow 3a 708 Scan available - click to view

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:06

this is the Reigate one
1891
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William C Capel Head Married Male 40 1851 Butcher Lambeth, Surrey, England
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Elizabeth Capel Wife Married Female 39 1852 - Paulton, Somerset, England
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William E Capel Son - Male 11 1880 Scholar Reigate, Surrey, England
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Paweld Capel Daughter - Female 9 1882 Scholar Reigate, Surrey, England
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Dudley Capel Son - Male 7 1884 Scholar Reigate, Surrey, England
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Nellie Capel Daughter - Female 6 1885 Scholar Reigate, Surrey, England
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Isabel Capel Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Reigate, Surrey, England

and the Winslow one
1891
George Capel Head Married Male 30 1861 Groom Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England
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Alice Capel Wife Married Female 29 1862 - Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England
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Lizzie Capel Daughter Single Female 7 1884 Scholar Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England
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Edith Capel Daughter - Female 4 1887 Scholar Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England
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Ethel R Capel Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England
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Nellie Capel Daughter - Female 1 1890 - Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England

this is all guesswork

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Mar 2016 12:10

presume you have his birth cert for its info ?

First name(s) JOHN D O
Last name CAPEL
Birth year 1925
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's last name CAPEL
District PANCRAS
County London
Country England
Volume 1B
Page 128
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 19 Mar 2016 12:11

I don't understand "She is the wife grandmother"

Is this John's birth in Pancras? Mother's maiden name Capel so an illegitimate birth?

Births Sep 1925 (>99%)

Capel John D O Capel Pancras 1b 128

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:14

Wife's Grandmother?

Rambling

Rambling Report 19 Mar 2016 12:16

It might be worth looking at this one?

Births Mar 1906 (>99%)
Capel Ellen Islington 1b 296

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:19

1911 for Rambling Rose find

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
Charles Capel Head Married Male Civil Servant Post Office 32 1879 London Islington
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Ellen Capel Wife Married Female - 34 1877 London Clerkenwell
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Charles Doncaster Stepson - Male School 12 1899 London Islington
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George Capel Son - Male - 7 1904 London Islington
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Ellen Capel Daughter - Female - 5 1906 London Islington
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Lily Capel Daughter - Female - 0 1911 London Holloway
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Edward Capel Son - Male - 2 1909 London Islington Rose find

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 19 Mar 2016 12:19

Whose wife's grandmother?

Mary

Mary Report 19 Mar 2016 12:21

Nellie Capel born 1891 a servant in workhouse in St Pancras with John D O Capel born 5/7/1925.
Addresss from which admitted was 8,Brownlow Mews.

A Nellie Capel born 1891 in 1900 was in workhouse with tonsilitus parents Donald and Annie.

I think the Nellie above was born Ellen Louise Capel 1891 Whitecapel to Donald Caple born @ 1864 Malta a bootmaker and Esther Annie Adams.

Maryb

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:21

Donald's wife's Grandmother?

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:25

??

Nellie Capel in the London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
Name: Nellie Capel
Age: 5
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1891
School: Laxon Street School
Borough: Southwark
Admission Date: 6 Jul 1896
Parent: Donald
Address: 1 Walkers Place

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:32

Name: Nelly Louisa Capel
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 Apr 1891
Father's name: Donald Capel
Mother's name: Annie Capel
Parish or Poor Law Union: Spitalfields St Stephen
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:35

??

Nelly Louisa Capel in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Nelly Louisa Capel
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 Apr 1891
Father's name: Donald Capel (Boot Maker)
Mother's name: Annie Capel
Res: 5 Vine Yard
Parish or Poor Law Union: Spitalfields St Stephen
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

Does it give Nellis's name as...Nellie Louisa Capel on John's birth certificate Donald?

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:37

if she did'nt marry
?
Name: Ellen L Capel
Birth Date: abt 1891
Date of Registration: Jun 1968
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Camberwell
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5a
Page: 489

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:38

Marriages Jun 1884 (>99%)
Adams Esther Ann Whitechapel 1c 689
CAPEL Donald Whitechapel 1c 689

Donald Capel in the 1911 England Census
Name: Donald Capel
Age in 1911:48
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Lambeth
County/Island:London
Country: England
Street address:5 Brandon Road, Brixton S W
Marital Status:Married
Occupation:BOOT REPAIRER
Registration district:Lambeth
Sub-registration district:Norwood

Household Members:

Donald Capel 48 (Boot Repairer) Born Malta
Esther Annie Capel 47
Ellen Louise Capel 20
Charles John Capel 15
William Alfred Capel 14
Annie Sarah Capel 8
Janet Lily Capel 5
Frederick Robert Capel 3

Married 27 years.....9 children born......1 had died

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:38

ties in with the schools admission record
1939 register

Roughway House , Malling R.D., Kent, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Ellen L Capel 05 Mar 1891 Female Domestic Servant Single 124 7 ----------------------
George D R Cromer 19 Dec 1892 Male Paper Maker Mill Manager Married 124 1
Blanche A W Cromer 29 May 1904 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 124 2
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Adelaide H Ferguson (Lady) 08 Aug 1878 Female Private Means Incapacitated Partially Widowed 124 4
Ian C A Ferguson 19 Nov 1907 Male Stock Broker Member Of Stock Exchange London Single 124 5
Selina B Gosling 01 Dec 1892 Female Domestic Servant Single 124 6

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:46

Donald Capel in the 1901 England Census
Name:Donald Capel
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Relation to Head: Head
Gender:Male
Spouse: Esther A Capel
Birth Place: Malta
Civil Parish: Newington

Ecclesiastical parish:St John
County/Island:London
Country:England

Household Members:


Donald Capel 37 (Shoe Maker)
Esther A Capel 37
George W Capel 15
Harold Capel 12
Donald Capel 7
Charles Capel 5
William Capel 4

Maddie

Maddie Report 19 Mar 2016 12:53

1911
Donald Capel Head Married Male Boot Repairer 48 1863 Malta Resident
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Esther Annie Capel Wife Married Female - 47 1864 Devon Exmouth
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Ellen Louise Capel Daughter Single Female - 20 1891 London Whitechapel
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Charles John Capel Son Single Male Van Guard 15 1896 London Bermondsey
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William Alfred Capel Son - Male Errand Boy 14 1897 London Bermondsey
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Annie Sarah Capel Daughter - Female - 8 1903 London Camberwell
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Janet Lily Capel Daughter - Female - 5 1906 London Brixton
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Fredrick Robert Capel Son - Male - 3 1908 London Brixton
Occupation Boot Repairer
Age 48
Birth year 1863
Birth place Malta Resident
Address 5 Brandon Road
Parish Lambeth
County London

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 19 Mar 2016 12:57

Esther Ann Adams in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Esther Ann Adams (Spinster) Commercial Street
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Age: 21
Spouse: Donald Capel (Shoe Maker) Bachelor...Commercial Street
Spouse Age: 20
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Jun 1884
Parish: Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen, Spitalfields
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: George Adams (Paperhanger)
Spouse Father: Thomas William Capel (Soldier)
Register Type: Parish Register
Witnesses: William Silcox and Mary Ann Reynolds