Parents of Ivy Sarah Capon born 1900 and Olive Odessa Phylis Capon born 1902 ??

Question

Both born in Kent, England. Emigrated to USA 1912. (Camden, New Jersey)
Ivy married Albert Hennis Menz, Olive, known as Phylis, married someone surnamed James. Maybe American records are more accessible . Ivy died in August 1986. Phylis sometime before this.
Thanks to all the people who have answered, but I still don't have the parents!

Answer 1

After searching extensively on Ancestry.com, this is what I've come up with on both Ivy and Phylis:

According to the "English and Wales Free BMDBirth Index 1837-1983",

Name: Ivy Sarah S. Capon
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Maidstone
County: Kent

Name: Olive Odessa P. Capon
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Malling
County: Kent

If you could furnish the names of some other brothers and sisters, I (or someone else) might be able to come up with the names of the parents.

Answer 2

Which country were they born in Keith, if you can edit your question I can do the search for you. I have had a really good look at the census returns for 1901, and I think Benthebus has found them with his second choice, Frederick C, and Emma, their daughter Ivy (E) is registered as being 8months old, well as the census was taken on Sunday 31st March 1901 and Ivy Sarah was registered as being born in the J/A/S quarter of 1900 that is the age she would be at the time of the census. The other Ivy was actually registered as Ivy Doris born in Holbeach Lincs J/A/S quarter 1899 that makes her between 18-20 months old , not a year as is stated. It's quite possible that the family were visitors to the address where Ivy Sarah was registered as being born that is the address that would be on the index and the birth certificate. The distance between Maidstone in Kent and Balham is 37:5 miles, so if it is them and home was actually Balham, they would have had a fair trek home to get the baby registered in the home area. I am sorry I cant offer any more help at the moment.

Answer 3

Perhaps I'm reading something into this that isn't there, but it appears that you're only looking for information from the internet and aren't looking for information in the obvious places off the internet.

You have Ivy's date and place of death, but haven't ordered her death certificate and didn't pull her obituary? Start there. Even if you don't want to pay for the record, you can track down the funeral home that handled the funeral and call them to get the information. They had to get a copy of her death certificate in order to get the burial certificate. They placed the obituary for the family and have to keep a copy of it for years in case there's a dispute.

We've given you the index information for their birth records, but you haven't sent away for a copy of the record? The index is no more than a reference to tell us where the record is...now you just send away for a copy of it.

I went through several databases and can tell the following. Ivy and Albert loved traveling. They went back and forth to England after WWII. They went on vacation to Bermuda. And every time Ivy returned to the US, she re-entered the US on a British passport. As of the mid-1950s she hadn't applied for citizenship. Sitting in the National Archives is a set of records on her called "Alien Registration Cards". They'll tell you all of the information you're looking for (or where to find it). But this information is never going to be fully digitized and available on the internet.

You even have the name of her husband and could go down to the Cape May county building and request a copy of their marriage record to get the information. But because of privacy laws you won't find it on the internet for several years.

While the internet is a wonderful tool, it's only one of many that we have to use in doing solid genealogy research. Good genealogy is never free and never found only on a computer.

Answer 4

sometimes it takes years and years to find parents names. Why don't you check the manifest of the ship they arrived on and see if on the second page (if the manifest has one) it lists a parent. Also any church records may show their parents names, or application for marriage license.

Answer 5

Zena Rae gave you the answer in your previous question. The only way you are going to find the names of the parents is by ordering a copy of one or other of their birth certificates.