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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] PEERS - Wynberg and Fish Hoek
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 11:07:27 +1000
In-Reply-To: <00b901c34135$d2da4d60$cac8a4cb@chrisandshelley>


Well, well, a blast from the past! If Peers Cave is the one I think it
is, it is between Fish Hoek and Kalk Bay, and is one of several in that
range of hills. I went through one of those caves with a friend and
fellow-student in my UCT days, and nearly got stuck in a narrow passage
which turned at right angles to s straight-down direction halfway
through, which my friend called "Edward's Limit". The cave was partly
Table Mountain sandstone and partly huge granite boulders, and very
abrasive on the inside! But I never did hear of the person after whom
the cave was named.

Andrew Rodger, also in Australia.

On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 05:36 PM, Shelley Farr wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I am new to the list and wonder if someone can help me with
> information. I
> live in Australia.
> I am researching my husband's ancestors and have found that one of his
> relatives is Victor Stanley PEERS, born New South Wales in 1875 (son of
> Lewis Arthur PEERS and Mary Ayis YOUNG), married in Tasmania in 1902 to
> Bella MYLES. There was a notice in a Tasmanian paper that there was a
> son
> born to them 16/6/1903 in Wynberg.
>
> I have found references on the internet regarding a Victor Stanley PEERS
> discovering ancient skeletons with his son Bertie (Bertram at one site)
> in a
> cave near Fish Hoek - later name Peers Cave. I think that this is
> probably
> the man I am looking for, but need further information to back it up.
> There
> is also mention of a rare plant of South Africa being named after him
> (Lachanelia peersii).
>
> Does anyone have access to BDM data and would be able to do a lookup
> for me
> on this family? I am not sure what resources are available for South
> Africa. Victor Stanley Peers also served in the Boer War.
>
> I would welcome any information that is available, as all I have on this
> family is what I have written here.
>
> Thank you
> Shelley (Queensland)
>
>
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