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Kent / Re: Vandepeers from Sheerness
« on: Thursday 12 August 10 23:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi brigau
John Campbell MacLachlan and Susan Bryson Vandepeer were married at her father's residence at Petersville on Yorke Peninsula on January 24th 1895.   They moved to Western Australia where they were farmers. Their children were:

Jessie Campbell MacLachlan, born 1897 at Albany

Roy Campbell MacLachlan, born 1898 at Leederville (WA) - he served in the Army between 1917 - 1919.   Died in York (WA) on April 14 1979

Doreen Campbell MacLachlan, born 1903 in York (WA) and died the same year.

Colin Campbell Maclachlan, born 1908 (presumably in York), died 1964 (?)

I have a source that might be able to provide further information.   (Susan's sister, Rosetta Blanche James (Rose) also lived in the general area after about 1900.   

Please contact if you would be interested in the Vandepeer history in Australia until the death Susan (Bryson) in 1919

Kind regards

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Kent / Re: Vandepeers from Sheerness
« on: Friday 21 May 10 06:03 BST (UK)  »
William James Vandepeer, son of Thomas and Christian Vandepeer (25 Broad Street Sheerness, Kent) married Susan Bryson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hinge) of Northgate Street, Canterbury on 11/5/1854.   They traveled to Adelaide aboard the Lord of the Isles, landing in December that year.   They settled in Adelaide where they had 8 surviving children.   William worked as a carpenter, often for the Register Newspaper.   They lived for much of the time in Grenfell Street in Adelaide.   In 1878 William took up about 600 acres farming land at Petersville, a few kilometres North West of Ardrossan, on the Yorke Peninsula - about 160 Km from Adelaide by road.   The family relocated in 1883.   William died in 1904 and Susan in 1919, both on the farm at Petersville.   Susan contributed to the Register on many occasions.  Many of the family were accomplished singers, and it seems likely that she was influential in this pursuit, although William was also a noted singer.   Susan claimed to have attended a girls' school in Canterbury, and it has been suggested that it might have been the Blue Girls School.   (Any information about that would be greatly appreciated.)   There are many descendants of William and Susan in Australia.
William was a joiner in the ship building industry at Sheerness.   The family can be traced back as far as 1527 in Kent: many in the ship building business.

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