Capelli Information

[edwardh]

I have little information about my Grandfather. Can anyone tell me where the Capelli family originated from. All I know is his name was Anthony and his father was Anthony who was deaf and got run over by a trolly in New York City. The name was changed to Chapelle for some reason

[vj]

Welcome to the forum!

A couple of long shots:

1880 census
NewYork Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
162nd Street, Carmansville, Manhattan, NY, NY

Name: Anthony Capelli
Home in 1880:
New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York
Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Birthplace: New York
Relation to head-of-household:
Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: Italy Mother's birthplace: Italy
Occupation: At School
Marital Status: Single

From Dr Stephen Morse One-Step NY
Births, Deaths, and other Vital Records
1891-1948 New York City Death Index
Surname/ Given Name/ Age/ Month Day Year/ Certificate Number/ County/ Born
Capelli Antonio 74 y May 1 1934 10998 Manhattan 1859 - 1860
ordering NYC vital records

If you think this may be your g-grandfather, you may want
to order his death certificate.
It usually has his parent's names (if known to the informant)

[vj]

It appears this Anthony Capelli is
part of a family tree on ancestry.com:
Capell Tree

[Biff83]

Looks like the Anthony Capelli on Valarie's 1880 census became involved with the magazine The Deaf-Mutes' Journal after he graduated from school.

http://books.google.com/books?id=nfOY0T ... mYi-ffbNgg

Biff

[Biff83]

Interesting 1900 census

468 165th St, New York, Manhattan
Anthony Capelli, head, 37, born NY, occupation printer, father born Italy, mother born France, Florence?
Caroline Capelli, wife, 24, born NY, father born Germany, mother born New York
Lillian C Capelli, daughter, 1

Biff

[Biff83]

1910 census

536 West 154th St, New York, Manhattan
Anthony Copelli 47, born NY, printer institution, father and mother born N.? Italian
Caroline Copelli 32
Lillian Copelli 11
Anthony Copelli 9
Joseph Copelli 6
Mauris Copelli 3

Biff

[vj]

Hey Biff !
Really nice finds!
Valarie

New York City Births, 1891-1902
Births Reported in the Borough of Manhattan
Lillian C. Capelli 12 Apr 1899 15859
Antonio Capelli 02 Jun 1901 3652

ordering NYC vital records

[suanj]

marriage:
Anthony Capelli Pedigree
Male Family


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Event(s):
Birth: New York, New York, New York

Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: Andrew Capelli
Mother: Caroline


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Marriages:
Spouse: Caroline Louisa Brantigam Marriage: 12 OCT 1898 Manhattan, New York, New York

regards, suanj

[capelliscapelle]

Your Grandfather was first Anthony Capelli, then Anthony Capelle, then Anthony Chapelle.
There is very interesting information about him and parts of his life in the books, Fire In The Wind by Roberta Ostroff and What's A Woman Doing Here? by Dickey Chapelle. Dickey Chapelle was perhaps his third wife and was a famous war journalist who began her career with Tony.
There are two National Geograohic articles which he and Dickey wrote about the Middle East. They were written in the 50's.
There is also film footage of Tony Chapelle through the link: http://real21mt.audiovideoweb.com/ramge ... cemaker.rm
He used one of the first pacemakers and this links to archival footage with audio.
There is an interesting article about the senior Capelli at: http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?u ... 2041/30824
I hope this helps you!

[Parpar1836]

I have been researching Anthony Capelli, too. He was an alumnus of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, now known as New York School for the Deaf, still known by its old nickname, "Fanwood." He was from the printing department, and active in Deaf Community social life in Manhattan around the turn of the century and world War I. I'm still gathering bits and twigs about him, but if I recall correctly, he was actively involved in the Fanwood Quad Club, a men's social club for printing-department alumni, and in the League of Elect Surds, a social club for deaf men that shred some membership with the Fanwood Quad Club. I haven't yet been able to confirm if he was indeed hit by a trolley. He was mentioned frequently in the Deaf-Mutes' Journal, a respected weekly newspaper published by his colleague E. A. Hodgson (who may have been his teacher at Fanwood), and in The Silent Worker, published by the printing department at the New Jersey School for the Deaf, an attractive magazine published monthly during the school year. Both of these periodicals have been digitized and posted online. And both are of great historical value, and useful for anyone doing biographical research on the Deaf community.