TitleAdolph and Annie Rospigaroff, Mt PleasantDescriptionThis photograph taken was of a brother and sister. Fritz Adolphus (Adolph) Rospigaroff was born on 6 November 1883, to parents Adolph Fritz Rospigaroff and Marie Wilhelmine Auguste Haselbach who had arrived in Moreton Bay on the Lammershagen on 6 August 1878 with their infant daughter Ann Maria Louise (Annie) Rospigaroff, aged 3 years, born in Germany in 1875. On 13 January 1878 Adolph Fritz Rospigaroff selected property at Mt Pleasant, being Portion 10 Parish of Pine containing an area of 94 acres. There were three other children in the family, Helena Mary (Lena) born on 17 December 1879, Wilhelm Fritz Gustave born on 10 November 1885 who died aged 5 months, and Emil Otto (Otto) born on 1 July 1888. Adolph Fritz Rospigaroff died on 18 January 1899 and Annie and her youngest brother Otto worked the family property together. Adolph (Junior) was working away from home. Fritz Adolphus (Adolph (Junior)) Rospigaroff married Laura Johanna Mischke on 7 May 1907. Laura was born on 21 August 1880, to parents Edward Gottlieb Mischke and Henriette Caroline Gurski. They had four children. Annie did not marry. Refer to MBPS-0003-074 for a photograph of Robert (Bob) McGahey (far right in photograph) who married Helena Mary (Lena) Rospigaroff.CollectorChambers, Stanley JohnRecord typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourSepia
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