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From: "Steve Hayes" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] PEERS - Wynberg and Fish Hoek
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 09:04:13 +0200
In-Reply-To: <011a01c34274$12c5d360$d8c7a4cb@chrisandshelley>


On 5 Jul 2003 at 7:34, Shelley Farr wrote:

> Hi Steve and list
>
> Thanks for your reply Steve. Yes, the Victor Stanley one is the one I would
> be most interested in. If you do get a chance to go to the archives later in
> the year, that would be great if you could get details. In the meantime, is
> there anyone from the list that could do a couple of lookups at the archives?
> I would also be interested in the following MOOC 6/9/5625 66590 PEERS,
> BERTIE LOUIS. ESTATE PAPERS. 1939 1939
>
> It was Bertie who found the "Fish Hoek Man" skull (dated at 1200 years),
> with his father Victor Stanley Peers. "Bertie" was the maiden name of
> Victor's wife, and "Louis" was the name of his father, so I am sure that
> these two are the ones I am looking for - or is it all just too much of a
> coincidence? I'm sure there wouldn't be that many Victor Stanley Peers
> around; also the fact that there was a birth announcement in a Tasmanian
> newspaper of the birth of a son in 1903 in Wynberg for "my" Victor Stanley
> Peers - it all points in the right direction.

I'll certainly look if I get a chance.

I have looked at the estate of Charles Ernest Peers, and there was no mention
of a Victor among the children, so the Victor may have died earlier, so
either one could be a candidate.

Another possibility is that they could have been brothers or cousins.

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