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Evangeline Beatrix "Eva" Staer, whose father ran the Petersburg Hotel, on 8 January 1902; they lived at Quorn for seven years before moving to Peterborough. Their children included Moya (Mrs. P. J. Sullivan), Valmai Bennett, Betty Bennett, John Staer "Jack" Bennett (of Peterborough), Harry
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