Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Obituary
The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Fri 25 Aug 192251911
Mr. Peter Shearer, who died on Wednes-
day at Clarence Park, at the age of 75
years, was the last of another pioneering
family. He arrived in South Australia
72 years ago from the Orkney Islands, Scot-
land. He spent the greater portion of his
life in the north, but had lived latterly in
Adelaide. Like many other pioneers he
visited the Ballarat goldfields in the early
'fifties of last century. He has left a
widow, nine sons—Messrs. R. J., J. A., P.
P., H. G., H. S., Elliot L., and F. C.
Shearer (Adelaide), Mr. W. G. Shearer
(Sydney), and Mr. Edward L. Shearer
(Victoria)—and five daughters—Mesdames
E. E. Baldwin and J. P. Lomman (Ade-
laide), Miss M. V. Shearer (Sydney), and
Miss A. B. Shearer (Adelaide); and 24
grandchildren.
Mr. Peter Shearer, who died on Wednes-
day at Clarence Park, at the age of 75
years, was the last of another pioneering
family. He arrived in South Australia
72 years ago from the Orkney Islands, Scot-
land. He spent the greater portion of his
life in the north, but had lived latterly in
Adelaide. Like many other pioneers he
visited the Ballarat goldfields in the early
'fifties of last century. He has left a
widow, nine sons—Messrs. R. J., J. A., P.
P., H. G., H. S., Elliot L., and F. C.
Shearer (Adelaide), Mr. W. G. Shearer
(Sydney), and Mr. Edward L. Shearer
(Victoria)—and five daughters—Mesdames
E. E. Baldwin and J. P. Lomman (Ade-
laide), Miss M. V. Shearer (Sydney), and
Miss A. B. Shearer (Adelaide); and 24
grandchildren.
Spouses
Birth5 May 1846, Wirrabara, SA
Death11 Aug 1936, New Parkside, SA51912 Age: 90
ChildrenRobert James (1876-1961)
John Alexander (1877-1933)
Adelaide Maud (1878-)
Peter Percival (1879-)
Herbert Gladstone (1881-)
Mary Victoria (1882-)
William Gordon (1885-)
Elliot Leaney (1886-)
Oliver Howard Livingstone (1888-)
Effie Grace (1889-)
Edmund Lesley (1891-)
Frederick Syrill (1893-)
Charlotte Annie (1894-)
Elsie May (1896-)
Ariel Barbara (1898-)