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Michael Charles Hawthorne

1840–1889

BIRTH 2 JAN 1840 • Spitalfields, Middlesex, England

DEATH 7 APR 1889 • Sao Paolo Brazil

Married:  1 Jun 1865 • West Ham, Essex, England

Frances Miriam Alston

1843–1894

BIRTH 22 JUL 1843 • 22 Wellclose Square Whitechapel London England

DEATH 8 SEP 1894 • Sao Paulo Brazil

Daughter of Henry Douglas Alston and Sarah Ann Amelia Flint

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Both buried: Cemiterio do Campo, Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Children:

1.

Frances Amelia Eliza Hawthorne

1866–

BIRTH ABT MAR 1866 • West Ham. Essex, England, UK

DEATH Unknown

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3.

Michael Frank Hawthorne

1869–1931

BIRTH 13 APR 1869 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 28 JUL 1931 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

Son of English immigrants Michael Charles Hawthorne and Frances Miriam Alston                    Married

Minnie Lee Mills

1877–1902

BIRTH 14 JAN 1877 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 14 JUN 1902 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

Daughter of William Mitchell Mils and Dorah Thatcher

 

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Michael was previously married to Brazilian Benedita Bueno Barbosa.  They had two children: 1.  Francisco Carlos Hawthorne and  2. Ines Hawthorne - No further information.

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Children of Minnie Lee and Michael:

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1.

Edmund Douglas Hawthorne

BIRTH Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH Unknown

Married:

Maria Augusta Ferreira

1906–

BIRTH DEC 1906 • Avaré, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH Unknown

Daughter of Jeronimo José Ferreira and Olinda Ferreira Vidal

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Children:

1.

Lucides Hawthorne

1924–

BIRTH 13 JAN 1924 • Cambará, Paraná, Brasil

DEATH Unknown

Married:

Sebastiana de Freitas

BIRTH Unknown

DEATH Unknown

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2.

Olinda Hawthorne

1925–1984

BIRTH 1925 • Brasil

DEATH 1984 • Brasil

Married:

Joaquim Ferreira Ribas

BIRTH Unknown

DEATH Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil

Son of  Joaquim Ferreira Ribas and Antonia Rosa

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Children:

1.

Roberto Ferreira Ribas

1948–2023

BIRTH 1948 • Piraju, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 1 FEB 2023 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

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Roberto Ferreira Ribas

3.

Charles Michel Hawthorne

1933–2016

BIRTH 30 DEC 1933

DEATH 14 JUN 2016 • Avare, São Paulo, Brasil

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4.

Douglas Hawthorne

1937–1938

BIRTH DEC 1937 • Avare, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 18 JUN 1938 • Avare, São Paulo, Brasil

Died young as infant

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2.

Esther Lee Hawthorne

BIRTH Americana, San Paulo, Brazil

DEATH Unknown

Married:

Pleasant Francisco Alexandre Fenley

1897–1952

BIRTH 11 JUL 1897 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasi

DEATH 24 AUG 1952 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

Son of Charles Christopher Columbus Fenley and Jenny Minchin

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Children:

               1.

               Pleasant Francisco Alexander Fenley

                    BIRTH 17 JUN 1924 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

                    DEATH Unknown

                    Married:

                    Alice Teixeira

                    BIRTH FEB 12 1927 • Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

                    DEATH Unknown

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               Minnie Lee Fenley

                    BIRTH 5 JUN 1925 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

                    DEATH 20 JUL 1946 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

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               Nabucodonozor Arthur Fenley

                Married:

                    Aparecida Galvão

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                4.

                Jenny Lee Fenley

2.

Agnes Marianna Hawthorne

BIRTH OCT 1867) • West Ham. Essex,

DEATH BEFORE 1900 • Brazi

Daughter of  Englishman Michael Charles Hawthorne and Frances Miriam Alston

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2nd wife of William Henry Capps

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William Henry Capps

BIRTH 1841 • Alabama, USA

DEATH 6 OCT 1904 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Married 1st: Before 1872, Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil

Elizabeth Annie "Annie" Ellis

BIRTH ABT 1852 • Copiah County, Mississippi, USA

DEATH 1891 • San Pablo, Brazil

Daughter of Warren Montgomery Ellis and  Mary Matilda Strong

Married 2nd: About 1894 in Brazil

Agnes Marianna Hawthorne

BIRTH OCT 1867) • West Ham. Essex,

DEATH BEFORE 1900 • Brazi

Daughter of  Englishman Michael Charles Hawthorne and Frances Miriam Alston

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William Henry Capps was born in 1841, or 1845 ?, being the son of William Calhoun Capps and Mary Matilda Capps. It is said that he came to Brazil - from the state of. Alabama. We don't know when he arrived. He married, in Santa Barbara, SP, Anne Ellis, daughter of Warren Montgomery Ellis and Mary Matilda (Strong) Ellis, probably shortly after August 1869. William and Anne would have 12 or 13 children.  Of these, the name of 8 can be found in the regis-

ration of W. H. Capps, which took place on June 6, 1890. Anne must have died shortly before April 30, .1890, because, in the list of voters in Santa Barbara in the 49th quarter of the city the name of Henry Capps _ appears as a widow, for about 45 years, therefore not coinciding with that of registration of death. 

 

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His second marriage, W. H. Capps married on April 18,.1892, with Agnes Mariana Hawthorne, according to marriage registration, in Santa Barbara. On January 29, 1894 Mirian Constance Capps was born and died on August 11, 1983 buried in the field of Campo.  Agnes (or Ignes?) Mariana (Hawthorne) Capps must have died between 1894 and 1900, since in W. H. Capps's death record he is mentioned as a widower.

 

He was buried in the - Cem1ter10 do Campo. The inscription of his tomb, like that of Anne, has his month, but not the dates. According to the W. H. Capps death record, we have the name and age of the following children: Henry Spencer, 32; Edwin and Ella, 25; Allie, 23; Clarence, 21; Roland, 18; Robert, 12 (his age should be 15). In SD, the names of Arthur, George, Frederick, Charles Monroe and Beulah are also mentioned.

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The information below was loosely translated from Portuguese.

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In  August 1883, and April 1894, W.H. Capps acquired ownership activities in the area of ​​Santa Barbara, SP, as evidenced by documents found in Cartorio.  In 1892, his name appears in the list of electoral names in Santa Barbara, SP. In 1893, he paid the City Hall tax on the mill (sugar? Brandy?). that was yours and on the 1899 voters' list, there is a note 1: 1 along the. This must be Correct Do1s, as it appears in the Obito Registry.

 


** The name of WH Capps was with others on the commission appointed by PIB / SB, in order to prepare and sign a document that would be valid for the registration of WB Bagby and then EH Soper, as pastors, in accordance with that established by Imperial Decrees. , from 1861 and 1863.

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We try to get other information about w.H. Capps, through two of his descendants, however, our efforts were unsuccessful. Those who are here have found themselves in the docs:! 111 of arorio and the Arch.! _ Municipal voor of Santa Barbara d Oeste, in addition to references in the book Sol Given Descansa.

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William Henry Capps' name appears almost always written as HENRY CAPPS.

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 SOURCE:  Loosely translated and paraphrased from the original Portuguese manuscript.

CENTELHA   EM  RE STOLHO  SECO

Uma  Contribuiao  para  a  Hist6ria dos Prim6rdios do Trabalho Batista no Brasil    1985

Betty  Antunes  de Oliveira

       

 

Children:

 

William and Annie:

 

1.

Henry Spencer Capps

BIRTH ABT 1872 • Brazil

DEATH 1 DEC 1930 • Bibb, Georgia, USA

Married:  May 1908

Ethel Fugate

BIRTH 8 DEC 1885 • Mississippi, USA

DEATH 1 JUN 1962 • Bibb, Georgia, USA

Daughter of  Braxton Brock Fugate Jr and Annie Ewing Sturges

2.

Ella George Capps

BIRTH ABT 1883 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

3.

Edwin Capps

BIRTH ABT 1883 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

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Allie Capps

BIRTH ABT 1885 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

5.

Clarence Capps

BIRTH ABT 1887 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

6.

Charles Roland Capps

BIRTH ABT 1890 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

7.

Robert Capps

BIRTH ABT 1892 • Brazil

DEATH Unknown

8.

Beulah Capps

9.

Monroe Capps

10.

Fredrick Capps

11.

Arthur Capps

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Child by William and Agnes

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12.

Miriam Constance Capps

BIRTH 29 JAN 1894 • Sao Paolo Brazil

DEATH 11 AUG 1973 • Sao Paolo Brazil

Buried: Cemiterio do Campo, Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazi

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4.

Charles Henry Hawthorne

1870–1938

BIRTH 1870

DEATH 14 DEC 1938 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Son of English immigrants Michael Charles Hawthorne and Frances Miriam Alston.

Brother of Michael Frank Hawthorne 

Married:

Lena Mills

1885–1917

BIRTH 1885 • Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 14 FEB 1917 • Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Daughter of William Mitchell Mils and Dorah Thatcher

 

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Lena or Lina Mills was the daughter of William Mills and Dora Thatcher. The family lived in a site in Nova Odessa, SP-Brazil, called "Sítio Tiguerão". Lina or Lena, married Charles Hawthorne, adopting the name of Lena Mills Hawthorne. From the union of the couple, four children were born. From the data collected in FamilySearch there is evidence that the couple, along with their children, emigrated to the United States. As for the children of the couple there are references to Lucy Keller Hawthorme, through an immigration card, demonstrating that in 1959 she was visiting Brazil.  In the newspaper A GAZETA (see source) it is stated that Lena or Lina Mills, was for many years head of the nurses of the Portuguese Benifencia and other hospitals of the city of São Paulo and won many friendships and sympathies during his charitable mission. There is information in Judith Mac Knight Jones' "Soldier's Rest" book that sisters Minnie Lee Mills and Lena Mills married the Hawthorne brothers. In the American Cemetery, located in the city of Santa Bárbara D'Oeste / SP, there are two graves identified with the names of Lena Mills Hawthorne and Minnie Lee Hawthorne.

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Children:

1.

Lucy Keller Hawthorne

1904–1978

BIRTH 22 JAN 1904 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 29 JUN 1978 • Duval County, Florida, USA

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2.

Palmer Lesse Hawthorne

1905–1980

BIRTH 28 JUN 1905 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasi

DEATH 3 DEC 1980 • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Married:

Luiza Atui

Daughter of Miguel  and Leonilda Atui

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3.

Harvey Quintin Hawthorne

1907–

BIRTH 5 MAR 1907 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH Unknown

Married:

Ida Zanini

1932–

BIRTH NOV 1932 • Jataizinho, Paraná, Brasil

DEATH Londrina, Paraná, Brasil

Daughter of Italian immigrants Guido Zanini and Tersilia Norina Maria Prandini

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4.

Stanley Kemper Hawthorne

1908–1973

BIRTH 1908 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 2 AUG 1973 • Jataizinho, Jataizinho, Paraná, Brasil

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5.

Harris Journet Hawthorne

1910–1910

BIRTH 8 APR 1910

DEATH 18 APR 1910

Died as an infant

5.

Arthur Frederico Hawthorne

1872–1964

BIRTH 7-25-1872 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 9-12-1964 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:  

Mollie Nellie Bankston

1874–1924

BIRTH 11 JUN 1874 • , , Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 13 APR 1924 • , , Sao Paulo, Brazil

Buried: Cemiterio do Campo, Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Daughter of Francis Marion Bankston and Sarah Rebecca Ellis

Children:

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1.

Francis B. Hawthorne

1908–1916

BIRTH 9 APR 1908 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 27 FEB 1916 • São Paulo, Brazil

Died young, Buried: Cemitério dos Americanos, • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil

2.

Alston Ellis Hawthorne

1909–1994

BIRTH 18 JUN 1909 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 6 NOV 1994 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

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6.

Alice Kathleen Hawthorne

1876–1892

BIRTH 21 JUL 1876 • Sao Paulo Brazil

DEATH 8 JUN 1892 • Sao Paulo Brazil

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