Dorothea PIPKORN
PIPKORN
In memory of Dorothea Pipkorn (1815-1839) who arrived on the "Solway" at
Nepean Bay on October 16, 1837, with her husband, David.
Dorothea gave birth to their daughter, Maria Elisabeth, on March 23, 1839 but
tragically died a few months later and was buried in this cemetery.
David Pipkorn (1805-1878) was employed in farming by the
South Australian Company. He and Maria remained on Kangaroo Island for
twelve years before they moved to Victoria. They were living in Hochkirch
where Maria Elisabeth died, aged 15, on March 1, 1855.
Her burial was the first in the Hochkirch Lutheran Churchyard, which is now
known as the South Hamilton Lutheran Cemetery.
David remarried in 1856 and had another eight children. He was farming at
Rupanyup prior to his death at the age of 73 years, and was buried in the
Murtoa Cemetery, both places being in the Wimmera district.
Erected by the Kangaroo Pioneers Association Inc.
and the Pipkorn family.
Unveiled on July 27, 2016.