South Australia: the surname 'Capel' COMPLETED

[judb]

So where does ‘Capel’ fit in?

Judith

[yelkcub]

Capel was the name of another steerage passenger on the 'Success' on the same voyage as Mrs Page and Charlwood. There were a few more. Eccentric as it may sound, I picked these two to start with as their names are also names of Surrey towns: more particularly Charlwood was a place the Page family had lived in. I know, probably just a coincidence. Let's forget Capel and co. When time permits I see if I can trace them in England before the Success's voyage ... though of course they sailed before the 1851 census.

[judb]

Thanks for information.

[judb]

Further to the Capel surname, some elimination:

I gave this birth in a previous answer
I see a birth (and death 2 weeks later )registered in Adelaide,
   John Capel
Birth, 22 Jul. 1852 at Adelaide
Registered: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Vol4 p47
Parents: John Capel,    Lucy Kilborn

England Census 30 March 1851
Lucy Burrows 35 widow, and J Capel, 37 living at 19 Allen St, Lambeth
This is their marriage:
Dec 21, 1851, St Judes church, Southwark
John Caple (sic), bachelor, Lucy Burrows widow, both of full age both living at an address in Southwark, his occupation coachbuilder.  Lucy's father's surname is Kilborn, thus one assumes her maiden name was Kilborn. Occupations of both parents: wheelwright.

Thus this cannot be the "Capel" arriving Adelaide.  The only Trove mention I can see in the 1850s for surname Capel or Caple is for an assault on a John Capel, wheelwright.

This John and Lucy Caple/Capel are buried at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide

Judith

[yelkcub]

Sorry about the slow reply, Judith. I've had an email from the State LIbrary of South Australia with a couple of interesting links, including an index of passengers boarding England-bound ships from South Australia ... though I still have the feeling that this quest for a possible chaperone is clutching at straws! I think those of us engaging in family history are all too familiar with that activity!
Best wishes
Ian