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"The Other Stones of Namaqualand"

Busy reading "Die Stones van Namakwaland" by Henry, James & Jasper Stone. The authors are commended for the trouble they saved us, and in such a delightful way. About 200 of the ±4000 1820 British Settlers were dropped near Clanwilliam ("Jan Disselsvlei"). All but 5 of the suffering & culturally isolated families were retrieved and relocated to the Eastern Cape. The Stones, Archers and other families settled in and were absorbed by the Afrikaans community. The authors are descendants of the 1820 settler James and his son James, and are thus very knowledgeable on this branch of the family. They do provide helpful information about settler James's younger son, Charles, from whom I am descended. So, with the help of other Wikipedia contributors, more about Charles and his descendants ...

Proposed Chapters:

Settlers James and Charlotte, and their 3 children

Charlotte (the widow) and her two sons' integration into the Archer family

Son James, his 3 wifes, and their 9 children

Son Charles, and his wife & 2 children

Grandson Charles, and his ?7 children

Great Grandson Fanie (Stephanus Johannes Paulus) and his wife and 6 children

Each of the other Great Grandchildren and their families of course.

A chapter on the Silent Stones - the Stone daughters who changed their surmnames

A chapter on the Archer descendants

Feel free to contribute, less the information be lost forever.