Sydney Augustus Berkeley Capel (abt. 1842 - 1899)

Born about 1842 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Charlotte Paget (Humphries) Capel — married 1873 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1899 at about age 57 in Montosa, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

Sydney Capel migrated from Ireland to New Zealand.

Sydney was born in 1842. He was the son of Sydney Augustus Capel, an army captain, and the Lady Emily Elizabeth Fitzhardinge Berkeley.

He married Emily Charlotte Paget Humphries in 1873.^[1] The children of Emily and Sydney were:

1. Ellen Fitzharding (Good)
2. Laura Winifred (Fookes)
3. Sydney Emily
4. Nina Berkeley
5. Ella (died at birth)^[2]
6. Maud Harold (Nolan)^[3]

He passed away in 1899.^[4][5][6]

.....Captain Capel in his youth joined the Royal Navy, and we believe saw some service, but resigned when quite a young man and came to New Zealand at the time of the Otago goldfields outbreak. After a trip Home he again came out to New Zealand, and joined the Armed Constabulary Force, in which he served for many years. At Poverty Bay, Waikato, the White Cliffs, Waihi, Auckland, and more recently at Opunake, he held commands. Since resigning from the force about 10 or 15 years ago he has lived in New Plymouth.....^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1873/5449 Emily Charlotte Paget Humphries and Sydney Augustus Berkeley Capel
2. ↑ 1883/3622 Capel Ella 1H
3. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Births:

   1874/17253 Capel Ellen Fitzharding Parents - Emily and Sydney

   1875/4472 Capel Laura Winifred Capel Emily Sydney

   1878/1062 Capel Sydney Emily Emiley Charlotte Paget Sydney Augustus Berkeley

   1879/16897 Capel Mina(sic) Berkeley Emily Charlotte Sydney Augustus Berkeley

   1883/10503 Capel Ella Emily Charlotte Paget Sydney Augustus Berkeley

   1885/5822 Capel Maudo(sic) Harold Emily Charlotte Paget Sydney Augustus Berkeley

4. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Death: 1899/6187 Capel Sydney Augustus Berkely 57Y
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SB-HKWH : 28 May 2019), Sydney Augustus Berkeley Capel, 1876; citing , New Plymouth probate files, 1867-1981, record number 708, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007499436.
6. ↑ Find a Will - Capel 1900
7. ↑ Obituary, Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5062, 25 October 1899, Page 2

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• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPM3-ZR2 : 12 September 2019), Sydney A B Capel in household of Sydney Agustus Capel, , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.