Capron Family History
- Capron Name Meaning
- English (of Norman origin): metonymic occupational name for a hood maker, from Old Norman French caprun, Old French chaperon ‘hood or cap (worn by the nobility)’. French: from a Picard and southern form of chaperon (see 1, above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 132,905 Historical Documents with Capron on Ancestry
- 31,634 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 20,999 Census and Voter Lists
- 6,667 Military Records
- 1,858 Immigration Records
- 71,747 Member Trees
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Number of Capron families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Capron census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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