Summary
Photograph of the wedding day of Amelia Christina Karolina Simon to Charles H. Ferdinand Klopper (Ferdinand Heinrich C. Klopper) on 26 February 1878 at Rosenthal Heights (now Rosedale), Barossa, South Australia. The wedding dress was also donated to Museum Victoria (SH 890402).
Charles Klopper was born on 8 December 1851 at Hope Valley, South Australia; Amelia Simon was born in 1855, also in South Australia. They were to have 14 children. Their first daughter, Ida, was born in South Perth in 1879. Their next child, a son, Alfred, was born in South Australia, and died at 11 months, in 1881, announced in the South Australian Register: 'KLOPPER.- On the 4th May, at Napperby, of deptethic croup, Alfred Charles, dearly beloved and only son of Charles H. F. and Amelia C. Klopper, aged 11 months. Safe in the arms of Jesus.' Three of their other children also died as young children; another son, Louis Alfred Klopper, died at Gallipoli on 7/8/1915. Charles died in 1932, aged about 81, at Bridgetown, Western Australia.
Description of Content
Couple at wedding - he in suit, she in blue dress with white veil and blouse beneath purple dress.
Physical Description
Photograph set within oval mount. Back of photo has inscriptions written by at least three different people, and a white address sticker applied in recent years. A brown section on the back suggests the photo was previously adhered to a surface such as a photograph album.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Home & Community, Migration & Cultural Diversity
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Reta Peters, 25 Feb 1989
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Person Depicted
Miss Amelia C. Simon, Rosenthal Heights, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia, 26 Feb 1878
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Person Depicted
Mr Charles H. Klopper, Rosenthal Heights, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia, 26 Feb 1878
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Front of image, hand-written: 'DEASE / PERCN [?]. Back of image, hand-written in different hands: - 'Mrs J.A. McAlinder [?} / 5 Cascade Street / North Balwyn / Melbourne / 28/9/44.' - 'The mother + father of / the above. / Charles + Amelia / Klopper.' - 'MRS RETA. PETERS. / GRANDAUGHTER [sic]. Printed sticker on back, amended in hand-writing: 'MRS. Reta Peters / 7 Kerang Court / Broadmeadows, Vic. 3047 / 3090[?]155'.
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
15.6 cm (Length), 10 cm (Width)
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References
People and Places, Short Stories By Ida Amelia McAlinden. Family Notices. (1881, May 18). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 4. Retrieved March 28, 2014, from [Link 1] Geneaology from Ancestry.com - Flynn family tree, accessed 28 Mar 2014; McGill family tree, accessed 14 Aug 2015. 'Mauvine', Science Museum, London, [Link 2] accessed 4 March 2021. Day dress T.51&A-1922, 1873. Victoria & Albert Museum, [Link 3] accessed 4 March 2021. 1932 'BIOGRAPHY' [Mr C.H. Klopper], Nelson Advocate (WA : 1926 - 1938), 5 August, p. 6. , viewed 21 Oct 2021, [Link 4]
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Keywords
World War I, 1914-1918, Wedding Costumes, Weddings, Marriage Customs & Rites