Searching for as much information as possible on the following Capsticks,
thought to emanate from Manchester UK, but possibly further north in
Lancashire. If anyone can give any leads, I should be absolutely delighted
WILLIAM KERR CAPSTICK
Born
Died 31 August 1934, aged 64, at Manchester
Other dates not known but married once before marrying Mary McLelland Craig.
Except that one of his relatives was a perhaps mole-catcher, Thomas
Capstick, nothing else is yet known about William Kerr Capstick
Commemorated at Morton, Dumfriesshire.
Children by a first marriage were:
HUGH CAPSTICK
Born
Died
JENNIFER CAPSTICK
Born
Died
Daughter of Thomas Capstick by his first marriage, she married Jack Lindsay.
(Jack Lindsay
Born
Died
Jack Lindsay married Jennifer Capstick and lived in a large Edwardian house
called "Durrisdeer", near Heaton Park, Manchester. He became Managing
Director of S.M.Co., Ltd. The children of Jack Lindsay and Jennifer
Capstick were Dorothy or Dorothea, Marjorie and Douglas Lindsay.
ANTHONY CAPSTICK
Born
Died in action in France, aged 36 years
His grave has not been traced
He married, secondly, Mary McLelland Craig who was born 1867 at Dalbeattie,
the eldest child of Charles Craig and Sarah Thompson Kerr Craig.
Died 25 ***** 1923 at Manchester aged 56
No trace of marriage to Capstick which may have taken place in England,
possibly Manchester.
Commemorated at Morton
Their children were:
CHARLES CRAIG CAPSTICK
Born
Died in action in France on 1 July 1916, on the first day of battle
The names of Charles Craig Capstick and his brother, William Robert
Capstick, are recorded in the books of remembrance in the Scottish War
Memorial at Edinburgh Castle.
Lance Corporal, Royal Scots Regiment
WILLIAM RICHARD CAPSTICK
Born
Died in action in France on 1 July 1916, on the first day of battle.
Sergeant, Royal Scots Regiment
ARTHUR EDWARD CAPSTICK
Born 1896
Died 8 April 1911 at Manchester
BETTY CAPSTICK
Born
Died
Married Arthur Hughes
John Craig Capstick,
Sarah Margaret Capstick and
Mary Agnes Capstick.
I hope someone finds this interesting and as useful as I would find
information and connections out there.
Donald Craig