John William Caporn b. 1859

  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
A cabinetmaker and carpenter who worked in Perth in the 1880s.
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Perth cabinetmaker 1877-1889 designed the Western Australian Chair. After the death of his 1st wife when to SA late 1889. He married Mary Maria Hookings in 1890 South Australia and returned to Western Australia 1893. In the boom times of the 1890s he became a carpenter/housebuilder working in and around Leederville, and Perth in the 1893-1920. He resided at 30 Regent Street, Leederville until 1920. John died 31 July 1941, South Perth Western Australia



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Dr Dorothy Erickson
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Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2022