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Surnames: Capwill Capwell
Classification: Query
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Does anyone have information on Capwell's now spelled Capwill. I have a family group
sheet done by a Lois J. Capwell in CT. I believe. It shows Capwell going to Capwill
around 1857 - 1900 with Darwin and Jennie Capwell (Capwill). They had a son Albert
Capwill who married a Maud Pearl Hare and they adopted a son Alfred Capwill. I am trying
to get information regarding his adoption. He was told he was born in a home for unwed
mothers 8-16-1926 in Corry, Pa. and they took him from there about 3-16-1927and went to
Dunkirk, N.Y. I believe. They called him "Tommie." The home has supposedly
since burnt down
and it is unclear if there was any record of this. We were unable to get his birth cert.
in Erie, Pa. He was not told about this until he was over 21yrs and for some reason in
1952 (1-28) they had an order of adoption done by an attorney O.A. Ottaway in Westfield,
N.Y. filed in chautauqua county. Does anyone have any information regarding this???????