Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAfton ROBERTSON
Spouses
1Bladen Horace CAPELL
, 3rd Cousin
, 3rd CousinBirth26 Aug 1922, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho
Death3 Mar 1978, Yuba City, Sutter, California
BurialSutter Cemetery, Sutter County, California
OccupationArmy Clerk, Grocery Store Clerk
FatherBladen Ozro CAPELL (1897-1959)
MotherMadjora Elizabeth CRAWFORD (1900-1956)
Marriage10 May 1943
Notes for Bladen Horace (Spouse 1)
Merchant
In the 1930 US census, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho.
Bladen O. Capell age 33, born Idaho, father born in England, truck driver.
Wife Madge Capell, age 27, born Utah, father born in Maine, mother born in Utah, Practical Nurse.
Son Bladen Capell, age 7, born Idaho.
Daughter, Ada Capell, age 6, born Idaho.
Daughter Helen Capell, age 3 6/12, born Idaho.
1940 US Census
North Harrison, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho
Head Cleone Stewart, age 38, married, born Idaho, truck driver, road construction
Wife Madge Stewart, age 38, born Utah, maid, hotel
Son Bladen Stewart, age 17, single, born in Idaho
Daughter Ada Stewart, age 16, single, born Idaho, school teacher’s helper, public school
Daughter Helen Stewart, age 13, single, born in Idaho
[Presumably the last name of the children should still be Capell]
US WWII Army Enlistment records. Bladen H. Capell, October 21, 1942 address Bannock Idaho, enlisted at Pocatello Idaho. Private, 4 years of high school, occupation stock clerk, single without dependents, height 68”, weight 134 lbs.
Idaho County Marriage Records
Pocatello, Bannock county, Idaho
Marriage May 10, 1943
L.D.S. Church [Latter Day Saints]
Bladen H. Capell of Pocatello and Afton Robertson of Salt Lake City, Utah
In the presence of Madge Stewart [his mother] and Cleone Stewart [step father]
H. W. Henderson, Minister
[It would seem they must have either divorced or otherwise parted ways.]
1950 US Census 2504 [either East Hoffman or East Kellesley Avenue], Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Head Bladen H. Capell, age 27, born Idaho, shoe clerk, retail dry goods store
Wife Mae E. Capell, age 26, born Missouri
Daughter Dorita M. Capell, age 1, born Washington State
Polk’s Pocatello (Bannock County, Idaho) City Directory
Capell Bladen H clk [clerk] Benson Hotel S 4th Av
The Commercial Appeal - Memphis, Tennessee, May 25, 1967
The Thrill is Gone
Yuba City, California, may 24. - Bladen Horace Capell isn’t too thrilled about the prospect of becoming an English Earl. In fact, the $7000 a year grocery clerk said he wouldn’t care to be the 10th earl of Essex unless the title included “a substantial amount of money.” He talked vaguely of millions of dollars.
The present holder of the title, the ninth earl of Essex, is Reginald George de Vere Capell, 60 who has no children. Does the earldom include a manor or money? “I’ve been told there’s nothing like that. It’s just the title,” said Capell.
“Unless there’s a substantial amount of money, I wouldn’t be willing to give up my citizenship to take it. For me, citizenship has a pretty high price.”
The 46-year-old Capell and his wife Mae, live in a modest five-room house in this agricultural community. They have three children, a son William Jennings Capell, 14; and two daughters, Dorita Mae Capell, 18, and Raylene Dee Capell, 9.
Capell’s branch of the family started in America when his grandfather Morris Capell, a British seaman, settled on the East Coast in the 1800s.
End of article.
[In fact, Bladen Horace Capell was not next in line to be the 10th Earl of Essex. It was his distant cousin Robert Edward de Vere Capell, a distant cousin of the 9th Earl who became the 10th Earl. The 11th Earl of Essex, son of the 10th Earl Frederick Paul de Vere Capell is the present earl since 2005. Bladen’s son is heir presumptive to possibly become the 12th Earl of Essex.]
[Bladen’s grandfather was not Maurice Capell but Horace Charles George Arthur Capell. I’m not sure if he ever was a seaman, but he was a farmer and a painter.]
California Death Index, Bladen Horace Capell, born August 26, 1922, Idaho, died March 3, 1978, Yuba.
Social Security Death index, Bladen Capell, born 26 Aug 1922, last benefit 95991, Yuba City, Sutter, California, died March 1978, Social Security issued Idaho.
In the 1930 US census, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho.
Bladen O. Capell age 33, born Idaho, father born in England, truck driver.
Wife Madge Capell, age 27, born Utah, father born in Maine, mother born in Utah, Practical Nurse.
Son Bladen Capell, age 7, born Idaho.
Daughter, Ada Capell, age 6, born Idaho.
Daughter Helen Capell, age 3 6/12, born Idaho.
1940 US Census
North Harrison, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho
Head Cleone Stewart, age 38, married, born Idaho, truck driver, road construction
Wife Madge Stewart, age 38, born Utah, maid, hotel
Son Bladen Stewart, age 17, single, born in Idaho
Daughter Ada Stewart, age 16, single, born Idaho, school teacher’s helper, public school
Daughter Helen Stewart, age 13, single, born in Idaho
[Presumably the last name of the children should still be Capell]
US WWII Army Enlistment records. Bladen H. Capell, October 21, 1942 address Bannock Idaho, enlisted at Pocatello Idaho. Private, 4 years of high school, occupation stock clerk, single without dependents, height 68”, weight 134 lbs.
Idaho County Marriage Records
Pocatello, Bannock county, Idaho
Marriage May 10, 1943
L.D.S. Church [Latter Day Saints]
Bladen H. Capell of Pocatello and Afton Robertson of Salt Lake City, Utah
In the presence of Madge Stewart [his mother] and Cleone Stewart [step father]
H. W. Henderson, Minister
[It would seem they must have either divorced or otherwise parted ways.]
1950 US Census 2504 [either East Hoffman or East Kellesley Avenue], Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Head Bladen H. Capell, age 27, born Idaho, shoe clerk, retail dry goods store
Wife Mae E. Capell, age 26, born Missouri
Daughter Dorita M. Capell, age 1, born Washington State
Polk’s Pocatello (Bannock County, Idaho) City Directory
Capell Bladen H clk [clerk] Benson Hotel S 4th Av
The Commercial Appeal - Memphis, Tennessee, May 25, 1967
The Thrill is Gone
Yuba City, California, may 24. - Bladen Horace Capell isn’t too thrilled about the prospect of becoming an English Earl. In fact, the $7000 a year grocery clerk said he wouldn’t care to be the 10th earl of Essex unless the title included “a substantial amount of money.” He talked vaguely of millions of dollars.
The present holder of the title, the ninth earl of Essex, is Reginald George de Vere Capell, 60 who has no children. Does the earldom include a manor or money? “I’ve been told there’s nothing like that. It’s just the title,” said Capell.
“Unless there’s a substantial amount of money, I wouldn’t be willing to give up my citizenship to take it. For me, citizenship has a pretty high price.”
The 46-year-old Capell and his wife Mae, live in a modest five-room house in this agricultural community. They have three children, a son William Jennings Capell, 14; and two daughters, Dorita Mae Capell, 18, and Raylene Dee Capell, 9.
Capell’s branch of the family started in America when his grandfather Morris Capell, a British seaman, settled on the East Coast in the 1800s.
End of article.
[In fact, Bladen Horace Capell was not next in line to be the 10th Earl of Essex. It was his distant cousin Robert Edward de Vere Capell, a distant cousin of the 9th Earl who became the 10th Earl. The 11th Earl of Essex, son of the 10th Earl Frederick Paul de Vere Capell is the present earl since 2005. Bladen’s son is heir presumptive to possibly become the 12th Earl of Essex.]
[Bladen’s grandfather was not Maurice Capell but Horace Charles George Arthur Capell. I’m not sure if he ever was a seaman, but he was a farmer and a painter.]
California Death Index, Bladen Horace Capell, born August 26, 1922, Idaho, died March 3, 1978, Yuba.
Social Security Death index, Bladen Capell, born 26 Aug 1922, last benefit 95991, Yuba City, Sutter, California, died March 1978, Social Security issued Idaho.