PELTERET FAMILY TREE

PELTERET FAMILY TREE
1728 to 2004
This document is dedicated to my father, who began the process,
Arthur Joseph Pelteret (1914–1984)
1. INTRODUCTION
This document is authored Robin Morgan Pelteret of Cape Town, South Africa, and is
constituted of his work, that of a genealogical blood-hound and distant relative,
Monica Sutherland (née Pentecost), and of Arthur Joseph Pelteret, my father.
Last updated Saturday, 13 October 2012
2. INDEX
1) Introduction
2) Index
3) Pelteret Family Origins
4) Pelteret Family Tree in England 1728 - 1957
5) Pelteret, Arthur Joseph line
6) Woltemade Cemetery, Maitland, Cape Town
7) Pelteret, Alfred Charles line
8) Pelteret, Harold John line
9) Pelteret, Lesley Roger line
10) Pelteret, Edward McGregor line
11) Pelteret, John James line
12) Bibliography
13) Adjuncts to Pelteret Family Tree
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3. PELTERET FAMILY ORIGINS
The name Pelteret derives from the Old French for "fellmonger………furrier………dresser of
pelts or animal skins" and is rare.
Names of similar origin include Pelletier, Peltier, Pelter, Pilter, Pelzer (French),
van Pelt (German), Pellitteri, Pillitteri, Impellitteri, Impelizzeri (Italian).
Crests for many of these and other similar names are well documented (J B Rietstap).
The Pelteret family appears to have been Protestant-Huguenot and originates from the
Champagne, Lorraine and Cote d’Or districts of France. It has been postulated that
members of the family migrated at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes on 18 October
1685 to the state of Brandenburg, Prussia and may have been in the retinue of George I
of Hanover when he journeyed to take the English throne in 1714. Correspondence with
Royal Archive, Windsor tends to discount the latter. The family name appears in the
archives in Den Hague, Brandenburg, Berlin and in parish registers in central London,
England.
On the other hand, records exist suggesting that the name may have reached England far
earlier. William le Peleter (unpublished Assize Roll, Yorkshire: 1219), Adam le Peletur
(Subsidy Rolls, Sussex 1296), Henry le Pelter (41st Annual Report [1880] of Deputy
Keeper of Public Records in London, 1301). In the Assize Roll of 1309 (Société
Jersiaise 1903 No.18) the name le Pelletier appears and is thought to be of NormanFrench origin having arrived in Jersey and Guernsey during the reign of King John
(1167-1216), when the islands were attached to the English crown.
It is reputed that the name traveled to The Americas in the 1860's. To-date, only two
records, one dating from the 1600’s and the other the 1800’s, have been found.
The name arrived in South Africa when, in 1833, a certain George Pelteret was taken in
by the Children's Friend Society, London and shipped aboard the Charles Kerr from
Cowes, captained by a Mr. Brodie (departure 21 January 1833, arrived Cape Town 11 May
1833) to become a house servant to one R W Eaton.
Richard Webber Eaton (1781-1861) arrived the Cape Town aboard the Garland on 26
September 1818. He went into partnership with his brother-in-law J B Ebden (Ebden and
Eaton, Merchants) in the Heerengracht (1819) and later Berg Street (1820). In March
1822, he was the founder of the Commercial Exchange, the forerunner of the Cape Town
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and went on to be prominent in Cape Town commercial
society. He had two children, wife unknown, Mary Theophila ~ 12 May 1819 and Francis
James ~ 14 December 1821.
The Children's Friend Society was founded in London in 1830, as "The Society for the
Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy through the reformation and emigration of children".
The first group of children was sent to the Cape Colony in South Africa and the Swan
River Colony in Australia in 1832 and in August 1833, 230 children were shipped to
Toronto and New Brunswick, Canada (Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Children; The
Children's Friend Society at the Cape of Good Hope. Edna Bradlow. Victorian Studies
Vol. 27, No. 2 (Winter, 1984), pp. 155-177. Published by: Indiana University Press)
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4. PELTERET FAMILY TREE in ENGLAND 1728 - 1957
1. LEGER PELTERET b 1728 1 (1736 2) buried 19 June 1814 St George Hanover Square London
m 8 June 1776 @ St James, Westminster Ann HOLLAND b 1746 (30 yrs)
1.1 LEGER PELTERET 3 b 1777 (cook) d July 1827 St. James buried 22 Jul 1827
Westminster, Middlesex m St Mary’s, Warham, Norwich, Norfolk, Jane BROWNE (b. 1790/1793
d 1835)
1.1.1 Jane Pelteret b. 26 June 180? ~ 24 July 1812 St George, Hanover Square
1.1.2 LEGER HENRY PELTERET b 1813 St George, Hanover Square d. Bethnal Green December
QRT 1882 [English Family: see below]
1.1.3 Jane Pelteret b 24 March 1815 ~ St. James, Westminster 24 December 1820 d Bethnal
Green Jan/Mar 1851
1.1.4 GEORGE PELTERET b. 16 September 1816 ~ St. James, Westminster 24 December 1820
[South African Family: see elsewhere]
1.1.5 Charles Pelteret b 12 February 1819 ~ 31 December 1820 St. James, Westminster
buried St George Hanover Square 21 October 1821 (age 2 yrs 6/12)
1.1.6 Eliza Pelteret b 3 March 1822
1.1.7 Emma [Louisa "Emma"] Pelteret b 6 April 1824 ~ St. James, Westminster 14 April
1824
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This date is suggested in the Last Will and Testament. 1810 / 1814. Of St. James Leger was said to be 86
years of age when he died. See Annexure 1 for Last Will and Testament. Owned property in Gracey le Chateau
in the Bishopric of Langre, Champagne.
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This date is suggested in the Marriage Register which states that he was 40 years old and she 30 years old
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Family addresses included 1819: at 5 Penton Street, Pentonville, N1; thereafter Down Street, Piccadilly,
W1.
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1.1.8 Mary Peltret b. May 1827 burial 24 Apr 1828 (11 Months) St Martin In The Fields,
Westminster
1.1.9 Thomas Augustus Pelteret ~ 28 Aug 1834 St. Paul, Hammersmith, Middlesex
1.1.2 LEGER HENRY PELTERET 4 b 1813 St George, Hanover Square d. Bethnal Green December
QRT 1882 (cordwainer)(shoe-maker) (25 yrs) m (first) 3 June 1838 @ St Giles without
Cripplegate Emma STANDING (do. William and Mary) of St. Paul’s Alley, Bethnal Green ~
19 Aug 1810 St James, Paddington (28 yrs) d. Clerkwell September QRT 1846
1.1.2.1 Leger Pelteret (Peltrete) b 17 October 1840 ~ 29 November 1840 St Paul’s
Alley, St Giles without Cripplegate d Shoreditch Dec QRT 1888 (22 yrs)(barman) m 5
(first) Ann QUINN (do. Patrick Quinn) 29 March 1863 @ St. Giles without Cripplegate (b
1839 24 yrs)6
1.1.2.2 Ann (“Annie”) b. 1839-1841 d. Hackney Dec QRT 1914
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1.1.2.3 Stephen d. Dec QRT 1842
1.1.2.4 George Pelteret b Sept QRT 1844 8 St.Luke's, Middelsex d. West Ham March QRT
1910 (aged 65 yrs) m. Jane S Pelteret b. circa 1847 d. West Ham Sept QRT 1927 9
1.1.2.4.1 George Henry 10 b. March QRT 1884 d. Sept QRT 1906
1.1.2.5 Stephen b. 24 August 1846 d. Sept QRT 1846 17 Berry Street, St James Clerkwell,
Middlesex
1.1.2 LEGER HENRY PELTERET (shoemaker / undertaker) b 1813 ~ 29 November 1840 St. Giles
without Cripplegate d Shoreditch Dec QRT 1882 m (second) Ann CHARLTON (bookbinder) 13
August 1848 St Leonard’s, Shoreditch (b. circa 1828 d. Hackney/Poplar 16 Aug 1871).
1.1.2.6 Thomas Robert(shoe & bootmaker) b. 21 November 1850 d. Dec QRT 1850 4 Type
Street, Bethnal Green 11
1.1.2.7 Jane b. Mar QRT 1851 d. Bethnal Green Mar QRT 1851
1.1.2.8 Jane b. Bethnal Green June QRT 1852 (minor when married) m. 10 Jul 1870 in St
John of Jerusalem, South Hackney George SAVOY (so. Thomas Savoy)
1.1.2.9 Henry b. Bethnal Green March QRT 1855
1.1.2.10 Eliza Ann b. Bethnal Green March QRT 1858
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1841 England Census: Leger b. 1816 [sic], Emma b. 1810, Leger b. 1840 (8/12). In 1841 lived in 4 Young’s
Building. Her father was a candle maker.
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1863 At time of marriage, they lived at 4 & 10 Bridgewater Gardens respectively. In 1871 census he was
part of a household, aged 30 [transcribed as Keyer Pelteret]
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1861 England Census: Leger Henry, Ann, Jane b. 1852, Ann b. 1859, Robert b. 1861. The family lived at Mill
Row; in 1851 lived at 4 Type Street, Bethnal Green
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1871 Census aged 30 part of a household in Bethnal Green. 1911 England and Wales Census, she was living in
an institution St John At Hackney, Lower Clapton N E, London, and was recorded at be 70 years of age. At the
time of her death she was recorded as being 75 years old.
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1851 England Census reported George as being 5 yrs old. In 1861 census he was part of a household in Great
Wakering, Rochford, aged 17. In 1871 census he was part of a household in Lambeth, Brixton, aged 27. Actually
he was a PELTRET Geo, a prisoner in Brixton Goal. 1881 England Census has George, a shoemaker, aged 22 years
[sic], married to Jane NN. They live in the same premises declared by Jane & George Savoy namely 13 West
Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex. In 1891 Census George’s age yet again differs married to Jane S Pelteret,
son of 7 years George H. In 1901 census he was part of a household, aged 59 [sic]; a shoe & boot maker
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In 1901 census she was part of a household, aged 55; In 1911 census she was part of a household in West
Ham, aged 65
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In 1901 census he was part of a household, aged 17; a shoe & boot maker
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1850 The Registrar of Births notes the mother as “Ann Pelteret formerly STANDING”
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1.1.2.11 Robert b. 13 February 1861 4 Type Street, Bethnal Green 12 d. 01 March 1936
(undertaker) m. 21 February 1884 St. Peters, Mile End Old Town Julia EVANS (do. Henry
Evans) b. circa 1857 d. Bethnal Green Mar QRT 1896 13
1.1.2.11.1 Julia Louisa b. Bethnal Green Jun QRT 1884 14 d. Coventry Dec QRT 1957
1.1.2.12 Herbert b. Mar QRT 1861
1.1.2.12 Henry b. 8 August 1864 4 Type Street, Bethnal Green d. Dec QRT 1865
1.1.2.13 Arthur b. Bethnal Green 1867 d. Dec QRT 1869
1.1.2.13 James b. June QRT 1869 d. June QRT 1869
Untraced:
1. Record Pelteret London, England 18 May 1851
Mme. and Mme Pelteret
Port of Arrival: London, England
Arrival Date: 18 May 1851
Port of Departure: Calais, France
Ship: Menai 15
Native of: France
Broker: L Redluad
Master: H Lomax
2. Sophia Pelteret b. circa 1839, the 1901 England Census noted her home as Limerick,
Ireland, her age 62 years
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Birth Notice lists him a Robert PELTRET of Bethal Green (see Herbert PELTRET). I suspect that these were
twins, the one surviving into old age, the other dying as a neonate probably in birth as he appears not to
have been baptised with him brother.
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Death Notice lists her as Julia PELTERET of Bethnal Green age 39 years
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In 1901 census she was part of a household, aged 16, Assistant in Diningrooms. Death Notice lists her a
Julia Louisa PELTERETE
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Menai was a British Royal Navy “Sixth rate ship” taken into service from Joseph Brindley, shipwright, at Finsbury shipyard in
1814 and decommissioned in 1853. References: http://threedecks.org and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth-rate
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ANNEXURE 1
London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts London, England.
Wills and Probate, 1507-1858
The following is a transcript of this holographic will in the name of LEGER PELTERET
and lodged above.
p.1 section 1/
Will written in French;
witnessed by William Lane and James Weller.
No signature of Leger Pelteret
p.1 section 2/
Translation into English
p.2 section 1/
June 20th 1814
Leger Pelteret of Hamilton Place Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex the son of the
Deceased and the Executor named in the Testamentary paper hereto annexed according to
the tenor thereof was duly Sworn to the same as such as also to the faithful
performance of the said Testamentary Paper And that the whole of the Goods Chattels and
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Credits of the Deceased do not amount in value to the sum of One Thousand five hundred
Pounds
J J Phillimore
Justice
p.2 section 2/
The Testator Leger Pelteret was formerly of Pall Mall in the County of Middlesex and
servant to Lord Temple but late of Little Ride Street in the parish of St James
Westminster in the same county and died this month
p.2 section 3/
On the 23rd of June one thousand and fourteen this will of Leger Pelteret formally of
Pall Mall in the county of Middlesex and servant to the Lord Temple 16 but late of
Little Ride Street in the parish of St James Westminster in the same county deceased
was proved at London before the Worshipful Joseph Phillimore 17 Doctor of Laws and
surrogate by the oath of Leger Pelteret the son of the deceased the Executor to whom
Administration was granted having been first sworn only to administer
4 Po
sub £1,500
DL/C/454/124/2
p.3 no text
p.4 section 1
28 June 1814
Pelteret Le(d)ger
£1,500
p.4 section 2 Translated from the French Language
In the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost I the undersigned Leger Pelteret now
residing with Sir James Burges 18 of Beau Park near Battle in the County of Sussex being
by the Grace of God in the perfect enjoyment of my senses do in order to secure my son
Leger Pelteret bequeath to him all I possess after my Decease. First a house that has
been sold for one hundred guineas and five guineas more situate at Gracey le Chateau.
About 13 guineas more are in the hands of my Cousin François Buzenet who has been so
kind as to take charge of my affairs and who has received this money for me but was
unable to remit me same on account of the War between France and England. I am to
receive it the Moment a Peace takes place His name is Mr. François Buzenet a Trader of
Gracey le Chateau in the Bishopric of Langre in Champagne. All which has been due about
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TEMPLE NUGENT GRENVILLE (afterwards RICHARD TEMPLE NUGENT BRYDGES CHANDOS GRENVILLE), Richard, Earl Temple
(1776-1839), of Stowe, Bucks. and Avington Park, Hants.
Ref: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820
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PHILLIMORE, Joseph (1775-1855), of Whitehall, Mdx. and Shiplake House, Oxon.
BURGES, James Bland (1752-1824), of Nantcribba, Mont.
Ref: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-179
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LAMB, Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet (8 June 1752 – 13 October 1824), born James Burges and known as Sir
James Burges, Bt, between 1795 and 1821, was a British author, barrister and Member of Parliament. Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org
There is an outside possibility that domestic details may be found in the following collection:
Catalogue of the papers of Sir James Bland Burges, mainly 1772-1824, with papers of the Burges and Head
families, 18th-20th cent. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
[ see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/burges/burges.html ]
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ten years I have in the Bank of England in London about Twelve Hundred Pounds Sterling
(text above this 14 & 40) 19 The whole of my effects and generally all possessions as
also what and shall be due or belonging to me after my Decease I leave to my son Leger
Pelteret committing to him the Care of my Funeral In case of him dying before Marriage
and leaving no lawful Issue the whole is to go to my relations who are the dispose of
the Remainder of my Estate as they see fit.
This is my Last Will and Testament In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand at
Beau Park Sussex this 10th June 1810
/Sg/ Leger Pelteret
DL/C/454/124/2
p.5
Sd/ William Lane
Sd/ James Weller
Faithfully translated from the French Language in London this 21st day of June One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourteen
By the
D.Cd / Gail/ Carrighan
Not.J.C
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A sum of £1500 in 1830 by 2010 would be worth one of the following speculative amounts:
£105,000.00 using the retail price index
£143,000.00 using the GDP deflator
£1,080,000.00 using the average earnings
£1,730,000.00 using the per capita GDP
£4,530,000.00 using the share of GDP
Ref: http://www.measuringworth.com
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ANNEXURE 2
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ANNEXURE 3
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5. ARTHUR JOSEPH PELTERET LINE
1. GEORGE PELTERET b 16 September 1816 ~ 24 December 1820 (? consort ? common-law wife
? married) Betsy......
1.1 Leger Henry Pelteret b June 1837 @ St John’s Church, Wynberg
1. GEORGE PELTERET b 16 September 1816 ~ 24 December 1820 d 30 January 1890 buried
St.Paul's, Rondebosch m. (second) 11 July 1842 Evelina / Emma STOUTON (d 19 June 1890
buried St.Paul's, Rondebosch)
John Stouter (? the brother of Evelina Stouton) was godfather to George John, Evelina and John Joseph. He had
a wife, Susannah; and another, the marriage of John Stouter to Sarah Bugley on 14th July 1844.
George Pelteret was taken in by Children's Friend Society, London; shipped to Cape Town aboard the Charles
Kerr from Cowes, captained by a Mr.Brodie (departure 21 January 1833, arrival 11 May 1833) to become a house
servant to R W Eaton. By 1837, he was working on the farm Brandenburg(er) in Rosebank, the site of the
present Rosebank Methodist Church, Cape Town.
Richard Webber Eaton arrived in Cape Town aboard the “Garland” on 26 September 1818. He went into partnership
with his brother-in-law, J B Ebden (Ebden & Eaton, Merchants) in the Heerengracht (1819) and later Berg
Street (1820). In March 1822, he was a founder member of the Commercial Exchange, the fore-runner of to-days
Cape Town Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He died in 1861.
George Pelteret was a labourer and Evelina a house servant. Both worked for Jacob Letterstedt, owner of
Mariendahl Brewery (later Ohlson's and subsequently South African Brewery). George purchased burial plot at
St Paul's in 1837. Died 30 January 1890; Evelina died 19 June 1890. Bones disinterred and said to have been
reburied with headstone at St.Saviour's, Claremont when church hall built at St Paul's. No record found of
this at St.Saviour's, Claremont; and no record of the details of the headstone are found on the list of
headstones at St.Paul’s in the South African Archives, Cape Town
Emma Pelteret - died 19/6/1890 ; Lived – Newlands ; Place of Birth - Dutch Colonial ; Place died - off
Lansdowne Road, Claremont ; House of J H Bishop [see 1.11] ; Age - 60 years [thus bc. 1830. sic : must have
been unsure of her age, first child born in 1837. Her birth thought to be circa 1818] ; Died from – Influenza
; Doctor - LAN Beck
Jacob Letterstedt, owner of Mariendahl Brewery and the Josephine Mill (established 1840) on the Mariendahl
Estate acquired these properties through his first wife Maria Barendina Becker Dreyer, whom he married in
Stellenbosch on 14 September 1822. On 13 May 1874, together with (listed) others, George Pelteret and his
wife gave Lydia, the daughter of Joseph and his second wife, herself Lydia (she, herself, the daughter of Sir
Harcourt Boys, and also Lydia by name) "a valuable casket and a diamond locket" to celebrate her majority. It
was at this time that Lydia took ownership of the estates left to her on the death of her father in 1863.
Lydia was to marry the Vicomte Jean Antoine Etienne de Montmort and died aged 90 in France in 1943.
1.2 Jane (Johanna) Pelteret b 26 January 1837 ~ 11 July 1842 (parents’ wedding day) at
St Paul’s Church, Rondebosch d New Somerset Hospital destitute 26 May 1886 m George
WESTON, 5 October 1858, St.Paul’s, Rondebosch. Both were servants.
1.2.1 Emma Mary Ann Weston b 29 November 1858 ~ 20 January 1859 m Jacob Benjamin
JOHNSON, house servant, 29 October 1878
1.2.2 George Thomas Henry Weston b 10 May 1867 (unmarried) d New Somerset Hospital 4
December 1892
1.2 Jane (Johanna) Pelteret (second) m William Edward ARNOLD (painter), 15 March 1881
St.Paul’s
1.3 Lucy Catherine Pelteret b 4 November 1841 ~ 11 July 1842 (parents’ wedding day) d
27 January 1926, St.Paul’s m John Worthington DOYLE (b 25 June 1838 d 17 March 1874),
29 January 1863, St Paul’s
1.3.1 Mary Ellen Maria Doyle b 26 April 1864
1.3.2 John James Doyle 9 July 1865
1.3.3 Johanna Caroline Doyle 5 March 1867 d 20 January 1869
1.3.4 Lucy Jane Doyle 21 September 1868 (Monica Sutherland's grandmother)
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Lucy Catherine Pelteret/Doyle/Neezer
1.3 Lucy Catherine (Pelteret/Doyle) (second marriage) m John Christian NEEZER (d 16
March 1894: publican) 4 December 1889 St. Johns
1.4 William George Pelteret b 13 June 1844 ~ 23 June 1844 buried 22 September 1845,
St.Paul’s
1.5 GEORGE JOHN MICHAEL PELTERET 8 August 1846 ~ 13 September 1846 d 5 October 1905,
St.Paul’s m 8 July 1873 Mary Ann LUFF MOOC 6/9/3148 no.14992 (do. William and Dianna
Johanna Luff of Caledon) (b 17 October 1854 d 31 May 1927).
1.6 Evelina Pelteret b 29 April 1848 ~ 2 June buried 4 June 1848, St.Paul's
1.7 John Joseph Pelteret b 2 November 1849 ~ 3 February 1850 buried 9 June 1894 m Susan
Francis HARE (b. c 1853), 22 March 1875
John Joseph Pelteret (aged 25), a gardener at Westerford estate married Susan Francis Hare (aged 22) at St.
Saviour’s Church, Claremont on 22 March 1875; the sponsors John L July and Ellen M July.
1.8 Maria Evelina (Agnes) Pelteret b 7 June 1851 ~ 7 September 1851 d 17 April 1917 m
Daniel Wilhelm VOLKWYN (19 March 1878 d 21 December 1894), 19 March 1888. Lived 3
Princes Street, Mowbray
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Maria Evelina (Agnes) Volkwyn
1.9 Bets(e)y Pelteret b 21 October 1852 ~ 17 December 1852 buried Plot No 1, St Paul’s,
Rondebosch 23 December 1852
1.10 Emma Pelteret b 6 January 1855 ~ 21 January 1855 buried 23 January 1855
1.11 Johanna Emma (Pelteret/Bishop) b 26 March 1856 ~ 15 June 1856 d 22 August 1936 (80
yrs) m 29 December 1874 Samuel Thomas WILLIAMS
1.11 Johanna Emma / Emma Johanna (Pelteret) b 26 March 1856 ~ 15 June 1856 d 22 August
1936 (80 yrs) m John Henry BISHOP b Plymouth, England b.c. August 1841 d a stone mason
13 February 1898. Lived at St. Matthew's Street, Claremont. No offspring MOOC 6/9/373.503
1.11.1 Leger George Williams bc. 23 November 1875 d a hansom cab owner/driver 8.3.1917
m. Fredricka Elise TRAUTMANN MOOC 6/9/868.862
1.11.1.1 Gladys Johanna Williams
1.11.1.2 Gwendolyn Elis Williams
1.11.1.3 Lily Elizabeth Ellen Williams
1.11.1.4 Leger Sydney Thomas Williams
1.11.1.5 John Louis Williams
1.11.1.6 Johanna Katherine Williams
1.11.1.7 Fredericka Helena Williams
1.11.1.8 Henry Michel Williams
1.11.1.9 Violet Henrietta Williams
1.11.1.10 Leger Louis Pelteret Williams b 9 July 1896 ~ 9 August 1896
1.11 Johanna Emma (Pelteret/Bishop/Williams) b 26 March 1856 ~ 15 June 1856 d 22 August
1936 (80 yrs) m Edwin Thomas DAVIS d 1900
1.11 Johanna Emma (Pelteret/Bishop/Williams/Davis) b 26 March 1856 ~ 15 June 1856 d 22
August 1936 (80 yrs) m ...... SAWYER
Birth Record www.familysearch.org states: Emma Johanna Sawyer PELTRED b. 28 March 1859 Rondebosch, Cape,
Father Geo PELTERED, Mother Emma DOATER
Death Certificate : Emma Johanna Sawyer formerly Williams, formerly Davis, born Pelteret, 80 years old,
European, born Cape Province. Widow, housewife. Died 22nd August 1936, Cerebral Haemorrhage due to osterio
sclerosis, duration 6 days, Valkenberg Mental Hospital, Observatory. Residence Lansdowne Road, Claremont.
Buried Mowbray.
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Emma Johanna Sawyer (EJS) / Williams / Pelteret
A De Lunatico Inquirendo was brought against EJS by her adopted daughter (and a midwife of Wynberg), Ivy Emma
Sawyer, her care-giver.
The matter arose in the following way : EJS was married to one, Samuel Thomas Williams. A son, Leger George
Williams married to Fredericka Elis née TRAUTMANN (FET) was said to have died intestate on 8 March 1917.
Buried Plumstead Cemetery. In fact his will is available, dated 16 January 1916 and quite specific in its
instructions. MOOC 13/1/3979.139
He owned land and 4 cottages in Rutland Street, Claremont which it was “purported” he intended leaving to his
mother, and which, on the death of EJS was to devolve to his wife. Being married in community of property, an
undivided half was transferred to his wife, FET, on 11 February 1933.
The wife at no time derived revenue from or had access to the property; and by the time this case was
brought, FET claimed that debts in the form of rates and taxes were accruing, rentals were not being paid,
and the properties were falling into a state of disrepair.
The assessed value of the properties was £880.
FET demanded : * A true and full accounting as of 8 March 1917, her husband’s date of death * A right to
debate (interrogate)the account. * Payment of outstanding accumulated revenues owing to her * The costs of
bringing the case
EJS was interviewed by Verner Gilbert Russell on 30 June 1935 and Dr John Alexander Currie on 14 May and 2
July 1935, both of whom found her frail and infirm (being over 80 years of age), incapable of understanding
the matter at hand and unable to manage her own affairs.
The order was granted on 14 August 1935. John Seton Delbridge was appointed by Mr. Justice Fischer as a
Curator Bonis.
Leger Sydney Thomas Williams went on to marry Annette Dorothy JAMES at St. Luke’s, Woodstock on 10 November
1924, witnesses being F E Williams and J Williams. They were divorced on 19 June 1931. Offspring 2 daughters
bc. 1925 and 1927. CSC 2/1/1/1200.112
UNKNOWN MEMBERS OF PELTERET LINE
William Charles Hedges (26), bachelor (miller of Westerford) married Harriet Ellen Pelteret (17)(bc.1868),
spinster (of Westerford) at St. Saviour’s Church on 21 December 1885. William's occupation ranged from Miller
to Gardener back to Miller and finally Labourer. They lived in Avenue Road.
There were four children :
1 Maud Fanny Hedges b 17 May 1891 ~ St. Andrew’s. Sponsors were: Fanny (Susan) Pelteret, Clara Ellen, John
Pelteret.
2 George William Henry Hedges b 1 March 1893
3 John Dennis Hedges b 21 Feb 1899
4 William Wilfred Hedges b 15 November 1900.
Fanny Susan Pelteret (40 yrs) married Cornelius MANUEL (46 yrs) 16 April 1900
There were at least three children:
1. Edith
2. Ernest
3. ANOther male
Emily Jane Pelteret married Joseph “Jos” Thomas Finigan 21 Oct 1834 St. Pauls, Hammersmith, Middlesex
1.5 GEORGE JOHN MICHAEL PELTERET 8 August 1846 ~ 13 September 1846 d 5 October 1905,
St.Paul’s m 8 July 1873 Mary Ann LUFF (b Caledon 17 October 1854 d 31 May 1927 do.
William and Diana Johanna Luff).
George John Michael Pelteret was a labourer in 1886; and later stated as being a Trader in Palmboom Road. His
will was drawn 4 March 1893. Estate unrepresented. Edicted Master's Office 30 October 1905. Inventory 3 July
1906 MOOC 6/9/533 No.3151 MOOC 13/1/1449 No.27. Minor children at his death are represented thus (*). The
estate was valued at £204/13/0. By agreement with the major heirs, the property in Palmboom Road - a
thatched, free standing house – was to remain in the possession of the estate, with the wife/mother having
usufruct, until the youngest child attained her majority. The Title Deed remained in the occupiers
possession.
Mary Ann Pelteret neé Luff died whilst resident in Palmboom Road Newlands (“ground No.3 in lot D of the
subdivided ‘Papenboom’ Estate measuring 114 square roods, having been transferred ifo. George Pelteret No.873
dd. 11 March 1891). Her estate valued at £340/0/0 was bequeathed as follows : 50% to WJGP, 25% to SAP and the
remaining 25% to EP, JP, RNH and BMO. BMO received the piano. Excluded was £35 provided by WJGP to settle the
bond on his father’s death, the garden shed owned by WJGP and monies in the Government Savings Bank, the
property of WJGP. The property was transferred to WJGP as No. 950 of 1928. MOOC 6/9/3148 No.14992
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George John Michael Pelteret purchase plot 582B (New No.12132B) at Maitland Cemetery in which the following
are buried : George John Michael Pelteret, Violet Emma Pelteret, Mary Ann Pelteret, Henrietta Pelteret,
William John G Pelteret (sic) and Norman P Ohlson.
1.5.1 William John George Pelteret b 31 May 1874 ~ 19 July 1874 d 20 November 1936 MOOC
6/9/4849 No.52604 m Henrietta PARR (b Scotland c. 1886 d 3 July 1933 do. Henry Parr & Mary
Ellen O’Neil). No offspring
Henrietta Pelteret née Parr died aged 47 years intestate. WJGP received 50% of the estate awarded by virtue
of community of property. The other 50% was awarded by her brothers and sisters to WJGP. They appear all to
have been resident in Durban and are names as: Alfred Parr, Mary Ellen Walker neé Parr, Margaret Hamilton
Simpson Malyon neé Parr, Emily Marden neé Parr (widow) and Harry Parr. The Parr family haled from Scotland.
Estate value £557/17/6. MOOC 6/9/4297 No.38317
William John George (1874 -1936), the eldest child of George, and Mary, was deaf and dumb. He was a mason by
trade and was known for the intricate work he undertook. He was also a good athlete and cricketer. WJG died
at work in a fall from the then Electricity House, corner of St Georges and Strand Streets, Cape Town.
Death Certificate : William John George Pelteret (“uncle Willie”) 64 years old, European, born Cape
Province. Widower. Mason/Bricklayer/Builder . Residence “Kowetu” No.1 Strubens Road , Mowbray. Died 20th
November 1936. Death due to cerebral laceration from a fractured skull accidentally caused by falling from a
scaffold on the construction site of Electricity House, Strand Street, Cape Town. Buried Maitland.
TAB CIO No.2.N185 Naturalisation. William Pelteret state : TELEGRAM dated 20 January 1910 “ William Pelteret
European Colonist born very respectable deaf & dumb can write stone mason good references has job awaiting
him in Johannesburg may passport be guaranteed ” to which the reply was “ Your wire today please issue
passport to William Pelteret ”
1.5.2 Maria Johanna Jane Pelteret b 17 May 1875 ~ 20 June 1875 buried Plot No 1, St
Paul’s, Rondebosch 1/2 April 1876
1.5.3 George Samuel Pelteret b 7 June 1876 ~ 6 August 1876 buried 9 January 1877
1.5.4 SAMUEL ALFRED PELTERET b 30 March 1877 ~ 3 June 1877 d 18 August 1948 (fitter) m
Dina(h) Emma Morgan MOOC 6/9/10917 No. 92216 (b 26 February 1878 d 15 May 1944), 2
September 1905 (Robin Morgan Pelteret's grandparents)
Samuel Alfred Pelteret
1.5.5 Agnes Catherine Pelteret b 12 June 1878 buried 28 October 28 October 1879
1.5.6 Ethel Amelia Pelteret b 6 September 1879
1.5.7 Agnes Win(n)ifred Pelteret b 22 February 1881 buried 29 December 1881
1.5.8 Edward Mc Gregor (Maggregor) Pelteret b 3 February May 1883 d 21 December 1951 m
Adelina Paulina LEWEY b 31 October 1886 d 12 November 1952
1.5.9 Mary Ann Pelteret b 18 February 1885 buried 8 March 1885
1.5.10 John James Pelteret * b 21 February 1886 ~ 4 April 1886 d 7 August 1935 (first)
m Martha Amelia HARRISON (b c. 1882 d 11 September 1917). Offspring to MAH by previous
marriage.
Family lore suggests that the marriage John James Pelteret and Martha Amelia Harrison was a “mixed” racial
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marriage. There were two children.
Martha Amelia Pelteret - Klipper Road - 35years - Eur. born C.P. Marr.- Housewife - died 11/9/1917 - buried
Maitland 12/9/1917 plot no.84047A - ill 3 months - Phithisis.
Mrs H(A)P (widow) was granted £65/9/9 in lieu of 66 days leave pay owing to JJP at his death. He has been in
the employ of the Cape Town City Council for 13 years, and was, at his death, a Foreman in the Wynberg
Disposal Works at £350 pa. The pension amounted to £375.
1.5.10 John James Pelteret * b 21 February 1886 ~ 4 April 1886 d 7 August 1935
(second)(widower) m 24 June 1922 St. Mary's, Woodstock, Helena Appolina PREYSER (b 5
October 1890 d 19 September 1979). Buried Methodist Church, Claremont Main Rd. Preyser
Memorial stone Maitland Cemetery
1.5.11 Ruby Natalia Pelteret * b 9 June 1887 m Abraham Adrian HOWELL (so. George Henry
Howell d 20 June 1908 and Catharine Jacoba : messenger), 6 January 1909 St.Andrew’s.
Lived at 1 Stubens Rd, Mowbray.
1.5.11.1 George
1.5.11.2 Stanley
1.5.12 Violet Emma Pelteret * b 2 June 1890 d 8 August 1908 MOOC 6/9/601 No.2219
1.5.13 Elizabeth Johanna Pelteret b June 1891 d 11 December 1891. Buried Mountain
Cemetery, Newlands
1.5.14 Beatrice May Pelteret * b 7 January 1895 m Geoffrey Norman Leonard OHLSON, 22
August 1917 St.Andrew’s. Residence on death of WJGP “Kowetu” No.1 Strubens Road ,
Mowbray.
1.5.14.1 Norman Percival Ohlson (bc. 11 January 1920 d 21 August 1920).
1.5.15 Female (NN) b. 7 February 1896 Palm Boom Rd, Newlands
1.5.4 SAMUEL ALFRED PELTERET b 30 March 1877 ~ 3 June 1877 d 18 August 1948 (fitter) m
Dina(h) Emma MORGAN (b 26 February 1878 d 15 May 1944), 2 September 1905
Samuel Alfred and Dinah Emma, Harold and Charles
Samuel Alfred Pelteret b 30 March 1877 ~ 3 June 1877 d 18 August 1948 (fitter) m Dina(h) Emma Morgan (b 26
February 1878 d 15 May 1944), 2September 1905. ~ism at St.Andrews, Newlands 3 June 1877 (born 30 March 1877).
Retired Ohlsson's Cape Breweries Ltd June 192 "shift engineer". Death certificate : residence 8 Mariendahl
Terrace, Newlands 18 August 1948. Congestive Cardiac Failure. Buried : S A Pelteret Maitland Cemetery gate 3
plot 12132 (sic)
Dinah Emma Pelteret née Morgan hailed from Pill, South Wales. Dinah, reluctantly, went to South Africa with
her employers, the McCall family. She was employed as a nanny to the latter’s two children who refused to
leave Wales without Dinah. McCall, head-brewer and engineer, was at that time, employed by Jacob Letterstedt,
at his Newlands Brewery. Samuel was also employed by Letterstedt and worked in the engine room of the
brewery. He met his future bride while on a duty call to the McCall residence in Palmboom Road. She died 15
May 1944 of cancer of the sigmoid colon.
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1.5.4.1 Alfred Charles Pelteret b 16 September 1906 d 28 December 1987 m Eileen
Christina Gertrude BURNAND-SMYTHE (b 18 August 1905 d 17 October 1967)
1.5.4.2 Harold John Pelteret b 19 September 1909 d 16 August 1975 m Alice Charlotte
MILNE (b 4 November 1911 d 11 July 1971), 3 March 1930
1.5.4.3 ARTHUR JOSEPH PELTERET 23 March 1914 ~ 26 April 1914 d 20 August 1984 m Emily
Mary (“Molly”) SCOTTON (b 30 September 1911 ~ 29 October 1950 d 28 January 1994), 6
June 1940
Arthur Joseph Pelteret and Emily Mary Scotton
1.5.4.4 Leslie Roger Pelteret b. 25 June 1918 d. 10 August 1978 m Elsie Doris NURSEY
(b 28 May 1916) "All Saints", Cairo 20 December 1943
1.5.4.5 Winifred Maria Pelteret b. 7 May 1916 d. 1997 m. Christoffel Lombard ROOS b 29
September 1917 d 18 November 1978
1.5.4.5 Winifred Maria ROOS (neé Pelteret) b. 7 May 1916 d. 1997 (second) m Harold
Gough.
The Pelteret Men: Leslie, Harold, Samuel, Arthur, Charles [6 June 1940]
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1.5.4.3 ARTHUR JOSEPH PELTERET 23 March 1914 ~ 26 April 1914 d 20 August 1984 m Emily
Mary (“Molly”) SCOTTON (b 30 September 1911 ~ 29 October 1950 d 28 January 1994) 6 June
1940
Emily Mary ("Molly") Pelteret née Scotton
1.5.4.3.1 David Anthony Edgell Pelteret b 26 April 1944 m 18 July, 1996 Rosalind Helen
ROWETT.
David Anthony Edgell Pelteret
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1.5.4.3.2 ROBIN MORGAN PELTERET b 13 October 1948 ~ 12 December 1948 m Denise Kotzé (b
9 April 1951) 3 May 1980
Robin Morgan Pelteret [1972: Anne Fisher]
1.5.4.3.3 Fiona Lesley Pelteret b 24 August 1950 ~ 29 October 1950 m 16 December 1972
Brian Merwyn KNOWLES (b. 7 January 1943 d. 21 March 2006)
Fiona Lesley Knowles née Pelteret
1.4.2.1.3.1 Gillian Robyn Knowles b 21 November 1977 m 30 April 2002 Markus SKUPCH (b.
14 June 1973)
1.4.2.1.3.1.1 Emily Joy Skupch b. 12 January 2010
1.4.2.3.1.2 Stephen Nicholas Knowles b 15 August 1979 m 1 November 2003 Michelle
Kathleen FIELD (b. 17 June 1983)
1.5.4.3.3.2.1 Jessica Faith Lyndhurst b. 13 September 2005
1.5.4.3.3.2.2 Gabriella Bethany Lyndhurst b. 26 July 2008
1.4.2.3.1.3 Catherine Mary Knowles
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1.5.4.3.2 ROBIN MORGAN PELTERET b 13 October 1948 ~ 12 December 1948 m Denise KOTZÉ (b
9 April 1951) 3 May 1980
“The Boys” at the age of innocence: Fort Wynyard, Cape Town
1.5.4.3.2.1 Marc Arthur Pelteret b 9 April 1983
1.5.4.3.2.2 Jean-Paul Victor Pelteret b 5 October 1984 m 31 March 2012 Kerryn EVANS (b
19 August 1983)
1.5.4.3.2.3 Eugene Robin Pelteret b 27 April 1987 m 25 September 2010 Tamsin Leigh
MARTIN (b 3 June 1985)
“The Brothers Three” Riebeeck-Kasteel March 2012
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6. WOLTEMADE CEMETERY, MAITLAND, CAPE TOWN
The following souls were buried in Woltemade Cemetery, Maitland.
Pentecost Plot, Episcopalian Section, Inner, no 799CE:
Olive Pentecost, buried 15/9/1897,
Sherlock E Pentecost, buried, 16/8/1902.
Pentecost Plot, Episcopalian Section, Inner, no 16219B:
Lucy Jane Pentecost, buried 10/4/1934;
Sidney Smith Pentecost, buried 19/6/1943;
Ralph Roger Pentecost, buried 13/6/1972;
Olive Maud Pentecost, buried 2/11/1984;
Laurel Dawn Gunther, buried 28/3/1995.
Pelteret Plot, Episcopalian Section, Inner, no 12132B:
George J M Pelteret, buried 6/10/1905;
Violet Pelteret, buried 9/8/1908;
Norman P Ohlson, buried 23/8/1920;
Mary Ann Pelteret, buried 1/6/1927;
Henrietta Pelteret, buried 5/7/1933;
William John George Pelteret, buried 22/11/1936.
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Pelteret Plot, Episcopalian Section, Inner, no 22420A:
Samuel Alfred Pelteret
Dina(h) Emma Pelteret (neé Morgan)
Alice Charlotte Pelteret (née Milne) (ashes)
Harold John Pelteret (ashes)
Leslie Roger Pelteret (ashes)
Doreen Joyce Pelteret (née Geyer) (ashes)
Martha Amelia Pelteret Episcopalian Section buried Maitland 12/9/1917 no 84047A
The branch in foreground marks the position of Martha Amelia Pelteret’s grave
William Scotton died 9 August 1960 no 32745 A
Source : Cape Town City Council Cemetery Section : Tel : 021 487 2041
:
Mrs Wyngaard
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7. ALFRED CHARLES PELTERET LINE
1.5.4.1 Alfred Charles Pelteret b 16 September 1906 d 28 December 1987 m Eileen
Christina Gertrude BURNAND-SMYTHE (b 18 August 1905 d 17 October1967)
1.5.4.1.1 Maud Yvonne Pelteret b 20 August 1928 m Johannes Gerhardus BRAND (b 15 March
1925)
Jan G Brand (Grogen)
1.5.4.1.1.1 Beverley Anne Brand b 10 February 1955 (unmarried)
1.5.4.1.1.2 Jennifer Gail Brand b 1 April 1956 m Timothy OVERETT (b 9 May 1955)
1.5.4.1.1.2.1 Joshua Brand Overett b 19 January 1981
1.5.4.1.1.2.2 Gary Mark Overett b 16 August 1982
1.5.4.1.1.2.3 Clive Daniel Overett b 18 August 1986
1.5.4.1.1.2.4 Julianna Overett b 18 January 1988
1.5.4.1.1.3 Clair Hilary Brand b 19 May 1962 m Peter Anthony CHEEL (b 15 September
1961)
1.5.4.1.1.4 Eileen Maria Brand b 19 May 1964 d 3 March 1966 (drowned)
1.5.4.1.2 Charles Gordon Samuel Pelteret b 24 August 1929 d 21 May 1977 (drowned off
Pringle Bay, Cape) m Aletta “Alta” Regina GREYVENSTEIN (b 20 October 1932)
1.5.4.1.2.1 Lydia Pelteret b 28 December 1952 (first) m Jan VAN ZYL
1.5.4.1.2.1.1 Francois Jacobus (adopted the surname Bezuidenhout) b 9 November 1975
1.5.4.1.2.1.2 Aldo Marius (adopted the surname Bezuidenhout) b 18 March 1978
1.5.4.1.2.1 Lydia Pelteret b 28 December 1952 (second) m Roelf Jacobus BEZUIDENHOUT, 11
July 1981
1.5.4.1.2.1.3 Alletta Lydia (Alet) b 4 December 1982
1.5.4.1.2.1.4 Rudolf Jacobus (Rudi) b 2 July 1985
1.5.4.1.2.2 Charles Alan Pelteret b 22 May 1954 m Juliána Elizabeth WALKER (19 May
1954)
1.5.4.1.2.2.1 Charles Alfred Pelteret b 15 February 1974
1.5.4.1.2.2.2. Alan Julian Pelteret b 6 October 1975
1.5.4.1.2.2.3 Terence Mortimer Pelteret b 12 February 1979
1.5.4.1.2.2.4 Adrian Samuel Pelteret b 31 December 1985
1.5.4.1.2.3 Andrew Pelteret b 31 July 1957
1.5.4.1.2.4 Elaine Pelteret b 5 January 1959 m Joseph Benjamin (“Benny”)WALKER (b 9
September 1955)
1.5.4.1.2.4.1 Gerald Mortimer b 9 June 1981
1.5.4.1.2.4.2 Manny Gordon b 6 June 1984
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1.5.4.1.3 Eileen Patsy Pelteret b 11 July 1933 m Colin HORNE (b 23 February1930)
1.5.4.1.3.1 Jeanine b 29 July 1964 m Robert GEUGIS (b 20 February 1961) 23 February
1991
1.5.4.1.3.2 Peter b 17 February 1957
1.5.4.1.3.3 Cheryl Anne 13 February 1973
1.5.4.1.4 Arthur Roger De Courtney Pelteret b 29 August 1938 (unmarried)
1.5.4.1.5 Eveline Yvette Elizabeth Pelteret b 13 November 1940 m Terence D WORRALL (b 7
July 1940)
1.5.4.1.5.1 Bridget
1.5.4.1.5.2 Sharon
1.5.4.1.5.3 Bradley b 11 February 1965
1.5.4.1.6 John Spenser Munroe Pelteret b 29 June 1945 m Elizabeth Beatrix FOURIE (b 7
March 1935)
1.5.4.1.6.1 Adam Charles Pelteret b 14 June 1973
1.5.4.6.6.2 Mark Spencer Pelteret 28 November 1974
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8. HAROLD JOHN PELTERET LINE
1.5.4.2 Harold John Pelteret b 19 September 1909 d 16 August 1975 m Alice Charlotte
MILNE (b 4 November 1911 d 11 July 1971), 3 March 1930
1.5.4.2.1 Leslie Arthur Pelteret b 19 September 1931 d 20 September 2001 (first) m
Doreen Joyce GEYER (b 2 December 1931 d 13 August 1983), 28 September 1955
1.5.4.2.1.1. Michael John Pelteret b 13 May 1961 m Adele JOOSTE (b 29 March 1967).
1.5.4.2.1.1.1 Samantha Jo Pelteret b 31 July 1997
1.5.4.2.1.1.2 Roxanne Tide Pelteret b 3 August 2000
1.5.4.2.1.2 Dawn Lesley Pelteret b 20 June 1968 m Michael STALBERG
1.5.4.2.1.3 June Linda Pelteret b 9 November 1957 m Garth Rowen GAFFLEY (b 25 February
1955), 27 September 1980
1.5.4.2.1.3.1 Lara Joy b 12 February
1.5.4.2.1.3.2 Marc 14 August
1.5.4.2.1.4 Cheryl Ann Pelteret b 11 January 1960 m Gordon KNOWLES (10 October 1960)
(now Knowles-Pelteret), 9 December 1995
1.5.4.2.1.4.1 Michael Madiba McLein Knowles-Pelteret b 1 February 1996
1.5.4.2.1.4.2 Robert Sipho McLein Knowles-Pelteret b 21 August 1998
1.5.4.2.1 Leslie Arthur Pelteret b 19 September 1931 d 20 September 2001 (second) m
Pamella Jean Clarke (b 26 May 1934), 28 June 1985
1.5.4.2.2 Lilian Winifred Pelteret b 20 January 1935 d 26 March 1998 m St. Ignatius
Catholic Church, Claremont Antoni Wladyslaw STRZALKOWSKI (b Bialystok, Poland, 15
January 1919 d 13 December 1992), 9 May 1953
1.5.4.2.2.1 Helen b Mowbray 4 November 1955 m Raymond GOODCHILD (b 3 January 1954), 24
March 1979
1.5.4.2.2.1.1 Erin Jane b 5 August 1984
1.5.4.2.2.1.2 Morgan John 29 July 1987
1.5.4.2.2.1.3 Kelsey Jo-Ann 15 April 1992
1.5.4.2.2.2 Paul b Mowbray 19 July 1958 m Jennifer HULSMAN (b 6 March 1959), 20 August
1983
1.5.4.2.2.2.1 Tanith Storm b 17 January 1984
1.5.4.2.2.3 Julie b Morbray 10 January 1960 m Vincent van Dalsen (b 8 September 1961),
6 June 1992
1.5.4.2.2.3.1 Timothy John b 11 February 1995
1.5.4.2.2.3.2 Emily b 29 January 1998
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9. LESLIE ROGER PELTERET LINE
1.5.4.4 Leslie Roger Pelteret b. 25 June 1918 d 10 August 1978 m Elsie Doris Nursey (b
28 May 1916) "All Saints", Cairo 20 December 1943
Elsie Doris Nursey survived the sinking of the Galway Castle in 1918, rescued by Pvt. Ted Cooke of the South
African Scottish. [see THE FAMILY BOSANQUET of SOUTH AFRICA elsewhere on this site for a similar story]
Leslie Roger Pelteret and Elsie Doris Nursey were divorced in 1955; the wife being awarded £10 pm. for life
or until remarried, and £10 pm for each daughter until they reached 18 years.
1.5.4.4.1 Jennifer b 12 April 1946 m Dr H. Arnold SCHICKERLING
DIE BURGER LAASTE,26 Maart 1987 bladsy 9: Dr. Arnold Schickerling, besturende direkteur van Bertrams Wines,
direkteur van W & A Gilbey en tegniese direkteur van Gilbey-Distilleerders en Wynhandelaars, tree einde
vandeesmaand af ná 33 jaar in die wynbedryf. Hy het in 1953 die doktorsgraad in organiese chemie op die
ouderdom 26 jaar aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad verwerf. Hy was eers assistent-produksiebestuurder van
Castle Wine E.R. Green en later produksie- en tegniese bestuurder. Daarna het hy bestuurder van Bertrams
Wines se hele Devon Valley-bedryf geword. Hy het Bertrams Wines as die maker van gehaltewyn gevestig.
Bertrams se cabernet sauvignon van 1975 is eers as die kampioenwyn op die Stellenbosse skou en in 1975 as die
SA kampioen- rooi wyn bekroon. In 1979 het dr. Schickerling tot sy huidige pos gevorder. Hy gaan hom en sy
eggenote in Claremont vestig.
1.5.4.4.2 Rosemary b 12 March 1949 m June 1975 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire MARRISON
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10. EDWARD MacGREGOR PELTERET LINE
1.5.8
Edward McGregor Pelteret b 3 February 1883 (Newlands, Cape Town) d 21 December
1951 (buried North End Cemetery, Port Elizabeth) m Adelina Paulina LEWEY, b 31
October 1886 (P.E.) d 12 November 1952 (buried in North End Cemetery, P.E.)
For services during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) 26961 Edward Pelteret, Cyclist, Prince of Wales Light
Horse was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, SA 1901.
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1.5.8.1 Violet Adelina Pelteret b 29 June, 1906 (Alicedale) d 1 October 1966 (cremated)
m 29 June 1935 Frederick Comley ROSCHERR b 7 October, 1906 d 19 February 1956
(cremated)
1.5.8.2 Ethel May Pelteret b 12 June 1908 (Alicedale) d 21 April 1977 (P.E.) m 2 August
1939 Neville Wilford TERRY b 2 August 1906 d 12 March 1975. No offspring.
1.5.8.3 Edward George "Sonny" Pelteret, b 24 September 1909 (Alicedale) ~ 5 Dec 1909
Grahamstown Methodist d 1 August, 1953. MOOC 6/9/21367.4401/53 Unmarried
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The book "The Durban Light Infantry" Volume II, 1935 to 1960, by Lieutenant-Colonel AC Martin, published in
1969, on page 463 has this entry :
South African Engineers Coy attached to Royal Durban Light Infantry Roll of Honour Sapper Pelteret, E.J.,
[sic] Commonwealth, Killed in Action, 29 May 1942. On page 107, it says Sapper E G Pelteret was badly injured
... and died as a POW.
However, EG Pelteret does not in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Register or on the Durban Light
Infantry Roll of Honour for he did not die. He was captured at Gazala and sent as a P.O.W. to Northern
Italy. Whilst there, he was badly wounded and repatriated to the Union in a P.O.W. exchange in 1943.
The book is an excellent reference and it contains information taken from the Regimental War Diaries.
Because the Regiment heard nothing more from Pelteret it was probably assumed that he had died and somebody
entered this information as such, which then became lore.
The military record supplied by the South African National Defence Force in brief reads as follows:
12509 Pelteret, Edward George b. 24.9.09, a Woodworking Machinist was attested to the 2nd Field Coy, SA
Engineering Corp; missing in action May 1942; injured – fractured pelvis - whilst P.O.W; repatriated in
prisoner exchange Apr 1943; demobilised medically unfit Sept 1945; to a position of Storeman in the SAR&H.
For services during WW II he war awarded1939-45 Star and Africa Star
OFFSPRING OF VIOLET ROSCHERR
1.5.8.1.1 Jean Roscherr, b 10 September, 1936 (P.E.) m 31 August, 1963 Petrus Jacobus
Bosman b 19th September, 1939
Offspring:
1. Brian Leslie Bosman b 29th June, 1966 (E.L.) m 25 April 1993 to Deborah Ann
Robertson b 31st May, 1965. Child: Jonathan Luke Bosman b 20 March 1996 (E.L.)
2. Peter John Bosman b 12 October, 1970 (E.L.) m 6 December, 1999 to Rowena Coetzee
8th March 1972. Child: Donovan Bosman, b 2nd March 2001.
b
1.5.8.1.2 Dudley Roscherr, b (P,E.) 1 June, 1939 d 11 November 1978 m 14 April, 1968
Lynn Houreld (now Douglas), b 21 December 1942.
Offspring:
1. Di-anne Roscherr b 30th May, 1970 m 28 August 1998 Brian De Mezieres. No children
2. Bruce Roscherr, b 9 April 1972 (C.T.). Unmarried. Living in U.S.A. PhD (Astrophysics : Yale)
1.5.8.1.3 Carole Roscherr b 3rd Oct. 1943 (P.E.) m 11 December 1965 Leslie Bernard
Faiers b 12th Oct. 1942.
Offspring :
1. Mandi Faiers, b 26th May, 1967 (not married)
2. Brad Faiers b 27th Dec. 1969 m 21 August, 1995 Gail Patricia Keen. b 22nd Sept 1970
in England. Children: Jarryd BradFaiers, b 12th June 1997 (P.E.) ; Laiken Gail Faiers
b 6th Nov. 2000 (Durban)
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11. JOHN JAMES PELTERET LINE
1.5.10 John James (“Johnny”) Pelteret b 21 February 1886 ~ 4 April 1886 d 7 August 1935
(his first) m (her second) Martha Amelia HARRISON (b c. 1882 d 11 September 1917).
Reputedly a son by her first marriage. Conjecture that there were two offspring from
this union.
John James Pelteret
1.5.10 John James (“Johnny”) Pelteret b 21 February 1886 ~ 4 April 1886 d 7 August 1935
m (his second) 24 June 1922 St. Mary's, Woodstock, Helena Appolina PREYSER (b 5 October
1890 d 19 September 1979). Buried from Methodist Church, Claremont Main Rd.
John James (“Johnny”) Pelteret was Municipal Foreman at the Strandfontein Sewerage Works, Ottery. He died in
New Somerset Hospital. He left an estate valued £217/3/1 for the use of his wife after which it was intended
that the residuum “devolve upon our children”. The estate consisted of a new car and the following
properties: on Plumstead Flats : Lotus River lots 703, 704, 708; on Rondebosch Flats, Milner Station Estate
lots 3, 23-27, 39-47. By order of Mr. Justice Centlivers following HAP having petitioned the court on 1
September 1938, the plots were sold and the Master off the Supreme Court instructed to “pay over to the
petitioner for the education, maintenance and support of minor children such amounts as he may deem
reasonable in the circumstances….” MOOC 6/9/4659 No.47197
1.5.10.1 George John Pelteret b 23 April 1923 d. 17 July 2005 m 11 January 1947
(Wynberg Methodist Church) Marie (Maud) Louise CROMHOUT (née SCHREUDER) (divorcee) (b 2
October 1923 d. Plumstead 2 August 2007)
Maude Louisa Pelteret b. 2 October 1923 SA ID No. 231002006084 d. 12539/2007 Address: No 106 Hutchinson Road,
Lower Bergvliet d. 12539/2007 2 August 2007. [BoE Trust Limited, P O Box 86, Cape Town, 8000. Government
Gazette No. 30444 - 09 Nov 2007; No. 31066 - 23 May 2008]
1.5.10.1.1 Denise Judith b 9 November 1947 ~ 25 January 1948 (Wynberg Methodist Church)
m. (first) Gerhardus Stephanus VICTOR b. 17 June 1947 d. 2003
1.5.10.1.1.1 Deon Victor (b. 24.12.1965)
1.5.10.1.1 Denise Judith b 9 November 1947 ~ 25 January 1948 (Wynberg Methodist Church)
m. (second) SHARP
1.5.10.1.2 Colleen Helen b 1952 m Owen Stanley BOTHê b 1953
1.5.10.1.2.1 Simon Bothê b 1977
1.5.10.2 Cora Helene Ada Pelteret b 8 November 1927 m (second) 25 October 1961 William
MILEHAM. No offspring. Step-daughter by W Mileham’s previous marriage.
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2) “Little Elsie Nursey” Is Alive – And She’s Well”. Home Front: The M.O.T.H.
Magazine. March & October 1988
3) Blackburn, Geoff. The Children’s Friend Society : Juvenile Emigrants to Western
Australia, South Africa and Canada 1834 – 1842. Access Press, Northbridge,
Australia : 1993; 265, 296
4) Dictionary of English Surnames: P H Reaney & R M Wilson. 3rd ed. 1991
5) Fifty Years of Housing: The story of Garden Cities. Private Publication. Garden
Cities Corp. 1972
6) Looking Back: “Lydia at Mariendahl”. Margaret Cairns. Southern Suburbs Tatler.
August 1983
7) Monica Sutherland. Personal Communications
8) Neser in Medaljerol : D R Forsyth. Roberts Publications Ltd. 1976
9) Nesers in SA 1787-1994: Mike Neser, P O Box 987, Cramerview, 2060. Private
Publication
10) Pinelands - South Africas First Garden City. Rosenthal, Eric. 1949
11) Planches de L’Armorial General: J B Roetstap (P-S). 1921
12) Royal Archive, Windsor Castle. Personal communication.
13) Some amendments to the Neser genealogy. Newcomb,L. Capensis 2002 (2); 17-20
14) South African Archives Repository, Pretoria
15) South African Archives Repository, Roeland Street, Cape Town
16) South African Genealogies. The Genealogical Institute of South Africa. P O Box
3033, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
17) The History of the Pelteret Family in South Africa with special reference to the
Charles Alfred Pelteret line. J G Brand: November, 1998. This includes useful
biographical notes on many family members.
18) The Pinelands Garden City Monthly : 1983: June; 5-9
19) WIID: S C Wiid. Familia. Private Publication
13. ADJUNCTS TO PELTERET FAMILY TREE
Adjuncts to Pelteret family tree may be found in separate documents on this site. They
are:
1) Burnand Family in South Africa
2) Edgell Family of Bristol and South Africa
3) Garden City of Pinelands, South Africa
4) Kotzé Family of Winburg
5) Morgan Family of Milford Haven: the South Africa link
6) Pelteret Family in South Africa: other family links
7) Pelteret Family of South Africa: the European origins
8) Pelteret Family of South Africa: the London origins
9) Pelteret Family of South Africa: Pelteret Family Tree in England 1728 – 1957
10) Pelteret Puzzles Unexplained information in terms of the South African family
tree published elsewhere
11) Scottons of Claybrook Magna: the South African link
12) Volkwÿn / Volkwein Family of South Africa
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