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Two names for one famous family

House of history: Geoff Speer and Kaye Speers in front of the original homestead at Viewfield, where Geoff's brother Trevor and his wife Jenny still live.
All aboard: Alexis and Jax Brisbane, who are sixth-generation Speer family members, on board the 1919 Thornycroft truck. It was used on the Viewfield property, which hosted the reunion. Alexis, who was born on Anzac Day, turned six on Monday.
Family farm: Members of the Speer and Speers family gathered for a three-day reunion, spending time on the families’ two properties and honouring their forefathers by attending a variety of historic site.
Homestead: Val Butler, Greg Moran and Lois Foster outside the former Speer family home at the Corop property on Speers Rd.
Kitchen connection:Stuart Beed and Jacky James (right). with Terry Beed and Jan Zambon, in the kitchen of the original Speer family home on the weekend.
Generations of Speers: From left is Caroline Golightly, Kaye Speers, Mark Speers, Joy Pittaway, Dawn Minchin, Richard Speers, Rod Speers and Anne Goodyear. In front are Jax Brisbane, Jade Golightly and Alexis Brisbane.
Next generation: John Patterson Speer (left), who was named after his grandfather, with Geoff Speer on the family property — which is on Speers Rd at Corop.
Back in time: Val Butler, Greg Moran and Lois Foster in front of a historic piece of farm equipment at Viewfield during the weekend

A mix up with mail between siblings which left a Corop family with dual surnames was again a hot topic of discussion at the Speer family — or Speers, depending on when you were born — reunion in Rochester at the weekend.

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