Historical photos of the Perez family

Maria Mattheys and maybe her brother Sam Mattheys

Wedding group with Sam and Frank Mattheys

Perez/Mattheys Matriach?

John William Perez, Antoinette Perez and Uncle Sam Mattheys

Unknown Mother & child

The original Dubrody Orphanage building. (no longer in existance)

Google Earth location of Dunbrody orphanage.

Miss Ellen Perez at Dunbody Children's home in mid 1890's. She was one of three lay missionaries who helped the Holy Cross Nuns teach at the Orphanage.

Ellen Perez

Ellen Perez in 1952.

Auanty's 80th birthday party in Elsies River

John Perez with his beloved Thistles football team.

Triumphant football team!

John Perez in Durban

John with some of his children????

John William Perez from a photo in our home.

Antoinette Perez from a photo in our home.

Pa Perez with Isodore & Ignatius

Pa's Gravesite & tombstone

Louis, Gloria Theys & Brian Denman.

Same farewell for Louis with Mary Mead, Gonnie, Dolores Padua, Uncle Martin and Alma

Louis's ordination.

Aunty Mary, Ma Perez greting Cardinal De Gouveia (Mozambique) & Aunty Dolores.

Henry & Dolores at Gonnie's wedding.

Frank and his big soster at Elsies River.

Frank & Dorothea again, caught by the Plein Street photographers. This outfit was green check, with the bodice being all in one. Note the hat and bag girls!

Stanley & Harriet on their 1st Communion.

Claude and his two eldest children.

Harriet with her Godparents on her 1st Communion

Aunty with Uncle Johnny's children and our 4 children.

Anthony's baptism with Claude and Aunty as Godparents

Frank's wedding photo

Stanley or Isodore?

The Perez twins Claude & Steven.

Claude Perez.

Steven Perez

Aunty Mary

Glamorous Aunty Mary!

Basit, Claude, Mr Jacobs, Basil, Henry, Aloyisius, Allan Petersen, Colin Petersen, Johnny.

Claude, Henry, Basil & Johhny Gonsalves holding them up!

Claude, Basil & Henry

Claude's 90th

Claude's 90th

Claude at 92 with Rex and Lulu in Sunningdale.

Aunty Sarah

Historical photos.  Most of the Perez 'snaps' were taken by Johnny Perez, while various Movie Snaps were taken in Plein Street outside the Post Office near to the old Cape Town Station on the Parade.  Older portraits were by other professional photographers.