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Town of Claremont Museum > Records

CAPORN, JAMES GOOD

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c. 1860

Overview

B/W Print of studio portrait of a middle-aged man with dark hair and beard sitting with one arm resting on a small table with fringed cover and books, and the other clutching a somewhat battered hat on his knee. He is wearing a loose belted smock - or workshirt and apron - with darker trousers.

Historical information

James Caporn was born in Perthshire, Scotland in 1834. Came to Wesern Australia in 1842 with his family.

Married Sarah Tonkin in 1862. Children:
Averland James b 1863
Adelaide b1864 (Married James Mews in 1884)
Theophilus b1866 (Married Anna McAtee in 1892)
Sidney Samuel b 1868 (Married Caroline Summerfield in 1886))
Ada b1870
Georgiana Eustace b1874 (married Kenneth Dunn in 1896)
May Letitia b1875 (Married Sydney Cruthers-Crofts in 1895)
James 1878- 1914
Hila Sarah (Married J Winfield)
Edith Grace (Second wife of James Mews)

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--13-36-

Item type

Photographs

Year

Last modified

Thursday, 23 October, 2025

Completeness

94

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