Capildeo family

The Capildeo family (pronounced [kəpiləd̪eːoː]) is an Indo-Trinidadian family of Hindu pundits, politicians, and writers. The most notable members are 2001 Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul and mathematician and politician Rudranath Capildeo. The ancestral home of the Capildeo family is known as Anand Bhavan ("The Lion House")[1] and is in Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago. No one today knows how the name Kapil transformed into Capildeo. It is possible that Kapil added dev, meaning God, from his village's name of Mahadeva Dubey to his name. Transliteration from Hindi to English was not well developed in the 19th century and words were spelt differently then from the way they are now. Thus, Kapil was changed to Capil and dev to deo, giving Kapil's descendants the surname of Capildeo.

Capildeo family
Parent familyDubey
Current region
EtymologyFrom Capil Deo Dubey; Capil Deo translation from Hindi and Sanskrit is Master of the Sun in English
Place of originMahadeva Dubey Village, Baratgara Tehsil, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Purvanchal, North-Western Provinces, British India (present-day Mahadeva Dubey Village, Baratgara Tehsil, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India)
FounderPundit Capildeo Dubey
Titles
MembersPundit Capildeo Dubey, Soogee Capildeo, Rudranath Capildeo, Simbhoonath Capildeo, Surendranath Capildeo, Vahni Capildeo, Droapatie Capildeo, V. S. Naipaul, Shiva Naipaul, and Neil Bissoondath
Connected membersSeepersad Naipaul and Nadira Naipaul
Connected familiesGobin family, Naipaul family, Bissoondath family, Maraj family, Tewari family, Goswami family
TraditionsSanātanī Hinduism
Estate(s)Anand Bhavan (आनंद भवन; Mansion of Bliss) a.k.a. The Lion House, Main Road Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago
Websitehttp://www.thelionhouse.com/

Family tree
Capildeo genealogy tree
  • Pt. Raghunath Dubey
    • Pt. Capil Deo Dubey a.k.a. Pundit Capildeo (1873 – 1926)= Soogee Capildeo (née Gobin) (1880 – 1952) (daughter of Bharat Gobinda and Minnie Gobin)
      • Droapatie Naipaul (née Capildeo) (1913 –1991) = Seepersad Naipaul (1906 –1953)
        • Sati Bissoondath (née Naipaul) = Crisen (Krishen) Bissoondath
        • Kamla Tewari (née Naipaul) (1929 – 2009)
        • V. S. Naipaul (1932 – 2018) = Patricia Ann Naipaul (née Hale) †
        • V. S. Naipaul (1932 – 2018) = Nadira Naipaul (née Alvi) (1953 – )
        • Mira Naipaul Inalsingh (Enalsingh) = Amar Inalsingh (Enalsingh)
          • Aruna Inalsingh (Enalsingh)
          • Anil Inalsingh (Enalsingh)
          • Nisha Inalsingh (Enalsingh)
        • Savitri Naipaul-Akal
          • Kiran Shiva Akal
        • Shiva Naipaul (1945 – 1985) = Jenny Naipaul (née Stuart)
          • Tarun Naipaul (1974 – )
        • Nalini Naipaul Chapman
      • Simbhoonath Capildeo (1914 – 1990) = Indradai Capildeo (née Ramoutar) (1920 – 2009)
        • Sita Capildeo (1936 – 2019) = Watson 'Mac' Laetsch[2][3]
          • John Laetsch
            • Charlie Laetsch
          • Krishen Laetsch
        • Devendranath Capildeo (1938 – 2003) = Leila Capildeo (née Bissoondath)
          • Kavi Capildeo (1969 – ) = Ratna Capildeo (née Byragie)
            • Tej Capildeo
            • Kovid Capildeo
          • Vahni Capildeo (1973 – ) = David Simon Groiser (marriage dissolved)
        • Surendranath Capildeo (1940 – 2016) = Shakti Capildeo (née Maraj)
          • Preeti Capildeo
          • Priya Capildeo
      • Rudranath Capildeo (1920 – 1970) = Ruth Capildeo (née Goodchild)
        • Rudy Capildeo = Sandra Capildeo (née Melough)
          • Jamie Capildeo = Nina Capildeo (née Goswami)
            • Tatiana Loveday Capildeo and Montague Cato Capildeo
        • Rudy Capildeo = Rita Lucia Capildeo (née Campolini)
          • Rudy Charles Capildeo
          • Lucy Capildeo
          • Joseph Capildeo
          • Oliver Capildeo
      • Rudranath Capildeo (1920 – 1970) = Shirley Capildeo (née Gasteen) (1933 – 2007)
        • Anne Saraswati Gasteen Macdonald (née Capildeo) = Ken Macdonald
          • Andrew Neil Gasteen Macdonald
          • Catherine Louise Capildeo Macdonald
      • Dhanpatee Permanand (née Capildeo) = Ramnarine Permanand
        • Owad Permanand
          • Radha Permanand
          • Rishi Permanand
        • Satch Permanand
      • Rajpat Maharaj (née Capildeo) (1900 – 1944) = Aiknath Ramcharan Maharaj (1896 – 1960)
      • Kalawatee (Calawattee) Capildeo = Ramnarace Permanand
      • Ahilla Capildeo
        • Deo
        • Phoolo
      • Beena Capildeo
      • Tara Capildeo = Pundit Hargobin
      • Kunti (Kunta) Capildeo = Pundit Baboo
        • Boysie
      • Ramdoolarie Capildeo = Dinanath (div.)
      • Omkar Capildeo (died in infancy)

References
  1. The Lion House
  2. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=sita-laetsch&pid=191332486
  3. https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/02/13/remembering-sita-laetsch-carefree-bohemian-and-sunny-a-pillar-of-her-family-and-local-volunteer
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