William Musser CAPP & Ida Estelle STITT

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William Musser CAPP
Ida Estelle STITT

Husband: William Musser CAPP
Birth: 20 Nov 1840, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
Education(?): graduated Jefferson College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA
Occupation: broker
Father: John Charles CAPP
Mother: Sarah SINGER

The genealogy of our subject's son, Seth (see Sources below), says our subject was a physician, but there's no sign of that occupation in his census records. So, did William really graduate from med school?

Marriage: 4 Mar/Nov 1868, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA

Wife: Ida Estelle STITT
Birth: 29 Nov 1845
Father: Seth Bunker STITT
Mother: Sarah Wilkinson WALL

Children — born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA:

1. Ida Estelle CAPP, b. 29 May 1871; m. 3 Nov 1902, Frederick JOST (1870-1908)
2. William Edgar CAPP, b. 19 Aug 1872; d. 30 Sep 1891
3. Seth Bunker CAPP, b. 23 May 1875
4. Louisa CAPP, b. 10 Sep 1879; d.s.p. 18 Sep 1879, Philadelphia

Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Husband: William M. CAPP
Birth: About 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marriage: 04 Nov 1868, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wife: Ida Estelle STITT
Child-1: Ida Estelle CAPP, b. 29 May 1871, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Child-2: William Edgar CAPP, b. 19 Aug 1872, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Child-3: Seth Bunker Stitt CAPP, b. 23 May 1875, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Child-4: Louisa CAPP, b. 10 Sep 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2a. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #93 of 130): Philadelphia (North Ward), Philadelphia Co., PA, p. 131A, PN 73, enumerated 2 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 19

512 644 Capp Wm 28 M W Note Broker Penna / / /

" Ida 24 F W Hou Keep 11000 1500 Penna / /

Preston? Mary 30 F W Domestic Ireland / / / /

Bell? Lilia 18 F W Domestic Ireland / / / /

I have no explanation why the property valuations are on Ida's row. Also, Columns 16 and 17 indicate a person cannot read or write. How can a broker not read or write? Most of the persons on the page have these two columns checked, so I suspect the enumerator misunderstood how to use them.

2b. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #9 of 120): 19th St. (West Side), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, p. 317A, PN 9, 30/__, enumerated 16 Nov 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Capp Wm 28 M

" Ida E 20 F

Preston Marg. 30 F

Bell Lillie 20 F

I have no explantion why this area of town was enumerated twice, but it was; however, this time, the enumerator took only name, age, and gender, filling in no other columns.

3. 1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 26): Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, Roll 1171, p. 107C, PN 39, SD 2, ED 163, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 21 24 25 26

99 98 Capp William W M 40 Husband / Broker Phila Phila Phila

____ Ida W F 33 Wife / Keeps House " " "

____ S. Tell W M 9 Son / At School / " " "

____ Edgar W W M 7 Son / " / " " "

____ Seth B W M 5 Son / " / " " "

Marclay Mary W F 26 Servant / Servant " " "

Roland Eliza W F 30 Servant / Servant Ireland Ireland Ireland

Clark Mary S W F 38 Housekeeper / Housekeeper Penna Penna Penna

Hager G T W F 61 Boarder / Massachusetts Mass Mass

"S. Tell" for "Estelle"?! That's a good one. But she's female, of course.

4. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5. 1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com): not found.

9. George Norbury MacKenzie, ed. 1907. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Grafton Publishers, New York (reprinted 1966 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD; OCR'd version online at Ancestry.com). On pp. 132-137: a genealogy of Seth Bunker CUPP, son of our subject.

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