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Alex

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once again thanks a lot for your info- amazing what can be uncovered -regards Karen

Births Mar 1893 (>99%)
Capner Harold Stuart Chester 8a 409
Births Jun 1894 (>99%)
Capner Douglas Chester 8a 405

Deaths Dec 1893 (>99%)
Capner Harold Stuart 0 Chester 8a 283
Deaths Jun 1894 (>99%)
Capner Male 0 Chester 8a 223

1911 census (although crossed out) say Mary had 7 children, 2 had died - so these look likely.

Well, good on Mary Jane I say!

Have sent a couple of newspaper articles to Harbour about Thomas Capner. They relate to his boats. One is about a licence and the other is where a lady unsuccessfully tried to sue him for £10 when the staging to one of his boats collapsed and she got her clothes wet.

Interesting, this is the Ancestry version of 1911 - with a "visitor"

Mary Jane Capner (it's Janet on the image)
Age in 1911: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Stafford, Radford, England
Civil Parish: Chester
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address: 10 Queens Avenue
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Private Means
Registration District: Chester
Registration District Number: 450
Sub-registration District: Chester Castle
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Piece: 21857
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Jane Capner 37
Gertrude Dorothy May Capner 15
John Leonard Capner 14
Harold Capner 12
Phyllis Capner 11
Edward John Williams 23 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Annie James 80 (Aunt)

Coincidence of what ;-)

According to the Nat archives website Mary Janet Capner divorced Thomas Archibald in 1921, hence he was then free to re-marry - so was she:

Mary J Capner
Spouse Surname: Williams
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1922
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 926

Spouse:
Edward J Williams Capner Or Tavernor Apr-May-Jun 1922 Chester Cheshire

Persephone

You cannot deduce from the Probate who were the beneficiaries of a Will.

The info on the record gives ONLY the name(s) of the Executor(s)

again thanks :-)

If you want anything further give us a bell..

Persie


I will PM you his will...

thanks a lot for your help- adds a little bit more to the family history :-)

Thomas Archibald's death:

Name: Thomas A Capner
Birth Date: abt 1870
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1944
Age at Death: 74
Registration District: Lancaster
Inferred County: Lancashire

Index of will has this for him

Thomas Archibald Capner otherwise Gregory Thomas Archibald and his address and his effects left to Alice Capner widow and Ronald Seymour Gregory (assistant silkworks manager)

In the index of wills

Harold died 23 Feb 1956 and left his affects to his sister Gertrude Dorothy.

I think this is Harold's birth

Name: Laurence Harold Capner
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1898
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire

Looks like he travelled

Name: Harold Capner
Arrival Date: 21 May 1943
Birth Date: abt 1899
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: chester
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Gourock, Scotland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth

and his death

Name: Harold L Capner
Birth Date: abt 1899
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1956
Age at Death: 57
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire

Persie

I guess one can put what one likes on a census and yes she could have been trying to save face.

I did them and then thought funny that does not agree with the brief you had set out LOL

that's interesting-Thomas Archibald capner had 3 children to Alice Gregory -early 1900's but did not marry her until 1922-so he didn't die but had a 2nd family? Its a mystery-whether she thought he had died or was trying to cover up what happened

Birth reg:

Name: Gertrude Dorothy M Capner
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1895
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 401

Name: Gertrude D W Capner
Spouse Surname: Collins
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1935
Registration District: Hampstead
Inferred County: Middlesex

Married Joseph Collins.

Birth reg:
Name: John Leonard Capner
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1897
Registration District: ChesterName: John Leonard Capner
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1897
Registration District: Chester

Name: John L Capner
Spouse Surname: Lewis
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1924
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire
Married Margaret Lewis

Birth reg:
Name: Phyllis Capner
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1900
Registration District: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire

Birth reg:
Name: Archibald Norman Capner
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1891
Registration District: Chester


Inferred County: Cheshire

1891 census just the two of them


1901 census

Name: Thomas A Capner
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary I Capner
Gender: Male
Where born: Bromsgrove, Warwickshire, England

Civil Parish: Chester
Ecclesiastical parish: Chester St John
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas A Capner 31
Mary I Capner 27
Norman Capner 9
Dorothy Capner 5
Leonard Capner 4
Harold Capner 2
Phyllis Capner 1


1911 census has her as a widow.

Name: Mary Jane Capner
Age in 1911: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Stafford, Radford, England
Civil Parish: Chester
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address: 10 Queens Avenue
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Private Means
Registration District: Chester
Registration District Number: 450
Sub-registration District: Chester Castle

Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Jane Capner 37
Gertrude Dorothy May Capner 15
John Leonard Capner 14
Harold Capner 12
Phyllis Capner 11

Are these the children of that ? 1st marriage was she not a widow

I have all the details on Thomas Capner 2nd marriage but am looking for details of children born to Thomas Archibald Capner 1 st marriage. He was born 1870 Bromsgrove and married Mary Tavernor 1890 Lichfield. I am searching for details of their children
thank you _Karen :-)