Also a little bit of the very interesting story of George Clapperton, William-Henry�s uncle, who migrated to Australia, bought three �stations� near Brisbane, married a local lady, had two children and raised a son who left many descendants. The other child, a daughter died an infant.

Then, there is this wonderful lady from Fochabers who went to the trouble to go to Elgin,  to take a copy of the cathedral�s register concerning  all the Clapperton�s  baptisms, marriages and burials. I did not put them in chronological order, but they are very easy to navigate and understand. (Thank you a million times again Mrs Burgess.)   

A description of the origin and meaning of the name �Clapperton� that I found on the web. 

Here is a regional map to help  situate Morayshire, Scotland. Then a closer look at  Fochabers, Elgin and Buckie.

 By going to this adress you will find a very nice web site of the town of Fochabers.

In the first third of this page, on 5th the paragraph begining by 1858, you will find a description of a stained glass window dedicated to the memory of the Clapperton family. On the religious note, here is an article about Sister Margaret-Theresa in 1840.

My father, Frederic Mill,  son of Thomas Mill and Suzan Clapperton (W.-H.C.�s daughter),  took very great care of the pictures, letters  and other things concerning his Clapperton ancestors. 

 How right he was, acts of God of many kinds  having destroyed most of the Clapperton souvenirs and mementoes held by other members of the family, during the course of a hundred years or so.  

I wish to thank Alonzo Leblanc, another grand-grandchild of William-Henry who gave me the letter and the family tree from Mgr W.R. Clapperton to uncle George Clapperton.  

A few years back I was in communication with the descendants of James Clapperton, William-Henry�s brother, who went to live in the U.S.A. 

Unfortunately I lost all their addresses due to  a major computer crash and the mailing address that I had was not working. My letters returned marked �wrong address�. 

They had given me a superb history and adventures  of their families, but unfortunately I can not use it, not having their permission to do so.
Still, there is this short list of the descendants of one of his sons and of his grandchildren.
Perhaps someday I will be able to communicate with them again. I certainly hope so. 

If you know, have or find things that you think could be interesting to the Clapperton family members to see, and would like them to be on this web site just let me know and it will be a pleasure to have them here so every one can have access to. 

A link to William Henry Clapperton about his being a member of parliament. (in french) 

A link about the village of Maria,  with many pictures, current and old.

To communicate with me by mail, my address is :

Charles Mill
Maria, Qc.
Canada
G0C1Y0 

By e-mail:   charlesmill@yahoo.com

I maintain a web page of �mortuary cards� of the defunct people of Maria and their relatives in  neighboring villages. There are a few Clapperton  and others that you might be interested in. (in French) 

The address is :  http://www.cartes-mortuaires.info 

 My own family, the Mill, Bernard and Guite family history web site is at:  

 http://www.geocities.com/charlesmill/

 Some parts of the Mill, Bernard and Guite web site are in French, others in English.

 P.S.
 On the french part of this site, there is a brief history of William Henry Clapperton, written by his

 son George. It is basicaly the same as the english version on this page. He wrote a bit more

 precisely about  what was going on at his father's store and fish business and of his electoral

 campaigns. The english translation is here:

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