EDGOOSE:
In search of Ancestry
CAPPER, Elizabeth Martha
1877 - 1946 (69 years) Has 5 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1846 - 1923 (77 years)-
Name CAPPER, Elizabeth Martha Birth 1877 Chelsea, Middlesex 
Gender Female Death 1946 Bideford, Devon, England Person ID I1831 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father CAPPER, Thomas John, b. 1846, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England d. 15 Oct 1923, Portsea, Hampshire, England (Age 77 years) Mother PARKER, Priscilla Elizabeth, b. 19 Dec 1847, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 22 Jul 1907, Portsea, Hampshire, England (Age 59 years) Marriage 1867 Stepney Registration District, Middlesex Family ID F888 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROOK, Walter George, b. 1872, Portsea Registration District, Hampshire d. 1941, Bideford, Devon, England (Age 69 years) Marriage 1902 Portsmouth Registration District, Hampshire Family ID F169 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
-
Notes
ELIZABETH MARTHA CAPPER 1877-
The birth of Elizabeth Martha CAPPER was registered in 1877.
(GRO December Q 1877 Chelsea 1a 301)
The 1881 census return for 14 John Street, Portsea, Hampshire:
Thomas J. CAPPER, head, aged 34, coppersmith HMD Yard, born at Portsmouth, Hampshire;
Priscilla E. CAPPER, wife, aged 31, born at Portsmouth (sic);
Thomas J. CAPPER, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Poplar, Middlesex;
Edwin J. CAPPER, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Poplar;
*Elizabeth M. CAPPER, daughter, aged 3, born at Chelsea, Middlesex;
Arthur CAPPER, son, aged 10 months, born at Poplar.
(RG11/1143/74/24)
According to the 1891 census the following were living at 45 School Lane, Portsea:
Thomas J. CAPPER, head, aged 44, employed as a coppersmith, born at Portsmouth, Hampshire;
Priscilla E. CAPPER, wife, aged 42, born at Oxford, Oxfordshire;
Thomas J. CAPPER, son, aged 21, single, purveyor of milk, born at Poplar in London;
*Elizabeth M. CAPPER, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Chelsea in London;
Arthur CAPPER, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Poplar;
George CAPPER, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Portsmouth.
(RG12/856/137/5)
The 1901 census of 45 School Lane, Portsmouth, Hampshire:
Thomas J. CAPPER, head, aged 54, coppersmith, born at Portsmouth, Hampshire;
Priscilla E. CAPPER, wife, aged 52, born at Oxford, Oxfordshire;
*Elizabeth M. CAPPER, daughter, aged 23, domestic, born in Chelsea, London;
Arthur CAPPER, son, aged 20, blacksmith's apprentice, born at Poplar, London;
George CAPPER, son, aged 14, errand boy, born in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
(RG13/978/105/5)
The marriage of Elizabeth Martha CAPPER to Walter George ROOK was registered in 1902.
(GRO June Q 1902 Portsmouth 2b 897)
Their son Edward Walter Thomas ROOK was born in 1905.
(GRO September Q 1905 [CAPPER] Havant 02B 392)
From the 1911 census of Gas Works, Havant, Hampshire:
Walter George ROOK, head, aged 38, married, fourman [sic] gasworks, born at Portsmouth;
*Elizabeth ROOK, wife, aged 33, married, married 8 years, one child (living), born at Chelsea, Middlesex;
Edward ROOK, son, aged 5, single, born at Havant;
Ellen BURNELL, boarder, aged 26, single, laundry ironer, born at Hammersmith, Middlesex;
Elizabeth GORE, boarder, aged 26, single, laundry fourwoman [sic], born at Hammersmith, Middlesex.
(RG14PN5473/RG78PN3250/RD89/SD!/ED10/SD277)
The death of a Walter G. ROOK aged 69 was registered in 1941.
(GRO March Q 1941 Bideford 5b 1473)
The death of an Elizabeth M. ROOK aged 69 was registered in 1946.
(GRO September Q 1946 Bideford 7a 266)
(revised 03.12.2010)