Thomas Capper, 1820 Settler

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2946
• Occupation: Weaver
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Residence: 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1855, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

12 June 1822: Lower Albany Chronicle:Thomas Capper of George Vale was given permission to return to England at his own expense.
This was probably due to the death of his wife Mary.?. He appears not to have taken this up as he appears to have married Eleanor before 1833 - see Sarah Ann's death notice, and 10 September 1855, the Lower Albany Chronicle reports that he had taken over the Albion Inn in Fort Beaufort.

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Residence:
Albion Inn

Thomas married Mary Haddon, 1820 Settler on 2 Oct 1815 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St.George, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Mary was born in 1790 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor, - 2nd wife of Thomas Capper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Ann Capper was born about 1834 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Oct 1905 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.