Robert Capron
Robert Capron – “Frankenweenie” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2012 – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PR Photos
Birth Name: Robert B. Capron, Jr.
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 9, 1998
Ethnicity: French-Canadian, as well as Irish and English, one eighth Portuguese
Robert Capron is an American actor. He is known for his role as Rowley Jefferson in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films, and for his performances on the shows The Haunting Hour: The Series and Elementary and in the films The Three Stooges, Frankenweenie, The Way, Way Back, and The Polka King. He has also been billed as Robert B. Capron.
His mother, Kaye, played his character’s mother in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He was raised in Scituate, RI.
Robert’s paternal grandfather was John Francis Capron, Jr. (the son of John Francis Capron and Lottie/Lota Lambert). Robert’s grandfather John was born in Rhode Island. Robert’s great-grandfather John was the son of John Farill Capron and Mercy A. Levalley. Lottie was the daughter of Frank W. Lambert and Margaret/Maggie A. Hart, who was English.
Robert’s paternal grandmother was Cecile M. Carvalho (the daughter of John Carvalho and Flora/Florida Marie Roch). Cecile was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island. John was born in Portugal. Flora was born in Rhode Island, to French-Canadian parents, Mose/Moïse Roch and Élisabeth “Lizzie” Coutu, from Québec.
Robert’s maternal grandmother is Monique R. Petrin (the daughter of Fernand Petrin and Therese Daneault). Fernand was the son of Joseph Petrin, who was French-Canadian, and of Emma Benoit, whose parents were French-Canadian. Therese was the daughter of Joseph Etienne Daneault and Marie Eliza Zulema Lusignan.
Sources: Robert’s paternal grandfather, John Francis Capron, Jr., on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Robert’s paternal grandfather, John Francis Capron, Jr. – http://www.gortonmenardfuneralhome.com
Obituary of Robert’s paternal grandmother, Cecile M. (Carvalho) Capron – http://www.gortonmenardfuneralhome.com
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