u/Artisanalpoppies

I'm looking into Frederick Caple or Capel born 1836, 1843 or 1846 in Essex, England and i'm really coming up with nothing.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/PDP2-9GX

I can't find him before his marriage in 1869, Paddington Green, London to Harriet Holdship. This states he's "of full age" (21+ so born before 1848) and Harriet is a minor (under 21). He's a Waterman, his father is Thomas Caple, Farmer. Wittnesses John and Maria Pritchard.

The 1871 census shows him in Paddington, London. Age 28, b.1843, in Little Lavourne, Essex; a Ground Labourer, with Harriet and dau Emma.

The 1881 census under "Colxle" on ancestry/Familysearch (says Caple on image), shows him in Paddington with family. Age 35, b.1846 "on the sea", a Bricklayer.

In 1891, He's in Holborn, London with the family. He's 55, b.1836, Essex, a Bricklayer.

He dies in 1897. Though i can't find the family in 1901, but do have Harriet and some kids in 1911 and 1921.

He is not consistent with age, and birthplace- census ties in with Capel/Caple births with mother's maiden name Holdship in GRO index.

There are no births of a Fred* Cap*l/Caple in Essex between 1838-1855. This makes me think he was born before 1838, or he is using a step father's name- either pre 1869, which explains why i can't find him in the 1841/51 census, or Caple is a step father's name?

I think Little Lavourne is Little Laver? In which case, there is a Frederick Capel b.1829 in Little Laver, son of Phoebe. She also has 2 more illegitimate kids- Thomas William Rose Barwell Capel in 1828 and Emily Smith Barwell Capel in 1831. I haven't traced Phoebe yet.

Am i onto something or am i nuts? He is the ancestor of a DNA match, and Caple is a name from Somerset, and a Somerset connection would make sense. There is a Phoebe Capel b.1809 at Winscombe, Somerset which would also make sense is they are the same. I have even considered that Frederick could have been in Somerset.

I bought some deshelled Whelks (a Sea Snail) from Costco, but am unsure how to cook them.

Every recipe i find says you need to boil them for about 15 mins, but all these recipes have them in shells.

I was thinking of cooking them in Butter with Garlic, Ginger and Onion? But how long for?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Archion has sent out an email stating that they are integrating Transkribus' hand writing transcription software onto their site.

You can click an option on any page to have it analyse the handwritten text and transcribe it for you.

Archion will also be focusing on using the software to transcribe all 19th century baptisms in the background. They have an option to search for locations that have been or are being transcribed.

They state you still need to check the text against the original image for accuracy.