CAPPIUS, KAPPIUS, HASELHORST, LINGEMANN (1 Jun 2013)
I am looking for (information on) any CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS family
members that are related to Reverend William A. CAPPIUS, who was pastor at St Rose of
Lima in Crofton, NE, from 1932 to 1945.
The Reverend was born in Bochum-Grumme, Germany in 1885. Both of his
parents were German. His mother was Gertrud CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS, nee
HASELHORST. He had at least one brother, Josef CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS Sr.
Fr William was ordained 13 August 1913, and immigrated to the USA in
the same year. Not sure where he went first when he came to the USA,
but before he came to Crofton, NE, he was at St. Joseph’s Church in
Dodge, NE. Fr William visited Germany in 1927, his permanent address
at this point was Dodge, NE. Fr William passed away on 8 January
1945 and is buried in St Rose cemetery in, Crofton, NE. Fr William
served in WWI.
Fr William was my great uncle. My father was Josef (Jupp) KAPPIUS
(1907-1967), son of Josef CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS Sr., Fr William's
brother. Both spellings of the surname, CAPPIUS and KAPPIUS, are
found on family documents and pictures from the beginning of the
20th century, so the spelling wasn't cut in stone at that time. As
for his first name, chances are Fr William was christened "Wilhelm"
and Americanized his first name after immigrating to the USA.
Of my grandparents, Josef Sr and Antonia CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS, I know
very little. Grandmother Antonia CAPPIUS/ KAPPIUS, nee LINGEMANN,
was born 5 March 1882 and passed away 8 December 1924. My
grandparents divorced when my father was still a child and my
grandfather married again. I do not know the name of his second
wife. My father was born 3 November 1907 in Bochum, Germany, and he
had two sisters, at least one of whom was a half sister. One of my
father's sisters was called Hanni LINGEMANN. She too has passed away
probably 20 years ago, but I do not remember when exactly.
Fr William CAPPIUS and my father/ his nephew Josef (Jupp) KAPPIUS
had good contact to each other and wrote letters. Fr William spelled
my father's name as "Joseph CAPPIUS" on the envelopes.
I am maintaining a website in memory of my father on which is
published what I found so far about Uncle Fr William, and I hope to
find more, also pictures, of the American branch of the family.
The website URL is www.juppkappius.de
There is ample information about my father (including a biography)
and also pictures on the site. Josef (Jupp) KAPPIUS was a resistance
fighter against Nazi Germany during the Nazi regime, and afterwards
a social democratic German politican until he passed away on 30
December 1967. He was interned at the Internment Camp "Orange",
N.S.W., Australia for a couple of years during WWII (1939-1942), and
Fr William wrote letters to him there, too.
My contact email is
anne.denney@gmail.com
, or you can use the contact/ Kontakt form on the site.
Thanks to everyone in advance
Anne Denney (nee Kappius)
