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From: "Heather MacAlister" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] GERBER FAMILY
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:35:56 +0200
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Hello Gary


I would suggest you obtain a copy of his estate papers from the Cape Town
Archives: www.national.archives.gov.za

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/12821
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1841/46
PART 1
DESCRIPTION GERBER, FERDINAND. ESTATE PAPERS.
STARTING 19460000
ENDING 19460000
(there are 18 documents in these archives pertaining to this man)

from here this should give you details of his parents and place of birth,
age as well as any children. If his wife predeceased him it should give
dates of when she died as well.

Passenger lists are very few and far between - best bet is the National
Library in Cape Town where the daily passengers lists were published in
local newspapers, generally only 1st and 2nd Class.

With regards to an authentic Gerber Coat of Arms , unless you can prove you
are of that exact same family line you are not entitled to use it at all.
You would have to have your own crest or coat of arms drawn up and then
submitted to the Bureau of Heraldry where it will have to be registered -
this will set you back a couple of thousand rands.

good luck
kind regards
Heather



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Gerber" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: [ZA] GERBER FAMILY


> My goodness - this is becoming addictive!
>
> In a book titled "The Big South African Family Name Book" (An Afrikaans
> book) I have ascertained that there were 2 'stamvaders' for the Gerber
> family in South Africa. One is from France and the other from Germany. I
> am interested in researching the German one. The details are as follows:
>
> Stamvader: Ferdinand Gerber from Gersfeld in Hesse-Nassau in Germany.
> Date of Birth: 3 November 1870
> Arrived in South Africa in 1889
> Married Hedi Hammerschlag on 29 January 1901
> They had two children
>
> I am needing to find out the names of the children they had. How would I
> go about that?
> Also - where would I find a passenger list which might tell me a bit
> more about how and where he arrived from and also how do I start
> researching the tree from Germany's side. At the present time my main
> concern is ascertaining the names of his children. I am researching back
> from myself but would also like to research from his side as well - as
> having only arrived here in 1889 - the tree should not be very long on
> this side.
>
> I am also trying to find an authentic crest of the German Gerber's.
> Where could I find this.
>
> I know that many on this list are far more experienced than I but am
> offering to provide any info I may have in this book for your name as
> well. There are explanations of the surnames/ Stamvaders as well as
> marriages and deaths. Also features a large collection of color family
> crests which I would be prepared to scan and email to you.
>
> Regards
> Gary Gerber
> East London - South Africa
>
>
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