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Thank you 3sillydogs for that info. I looked up that file at NASA in Cape Town, some time ago and found it wasn't the right Peter; he died unmarried and was a Baker in Kby. Christina Johanna Frazer born 5 April 1882, died in Usakos, Namibia 29 October 1941. I think she may have been the youngest of the family. At my father's baptism at Parish of Prieska, Gordonia & Draghoender, 26 Dec 1918, the witnesses were John Frederick & Irene Mary Frazer; my dad's second name was John. I found the following: John Frazer, son of Peter Frazer, died 23/7/1912, aged 12 days; Gong-Gong Ward 1, Barkly West; as well as: Robert Ernest Frazer, son of Peter & Catherine Sophia, baptised (Parish of Prieska with Kenhardt & Gordonia) 18/10/1914. In the latter, the wife's names are not that of my gran's mother's names. They seem to have been in the Kimberley area as my g'dad's occupation was given as Foreman on the CGR, which I take to be the Cape Government Railways, Kimberley. My Gran was Afrikaans-speaking, so I presume her parents were married in the Dutch R Church, bride's church? I've been searching in the English churches but should probably look at D R Church records.
Thanks again for your help