Clara Ann Hopkins
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ca. 1845 — 12 April 1874
Clara Ann Hopkins (29A)
Headstone
A fragment of Clara Ann Hopkins' headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2016.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 12 April 1874
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as C. A. Hopkins
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2016
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Death registration: Clara Ann Hopkins
Death date: 12/04/1874
Mother's name: Melinda Clothier
Father/parent's name: Thomas Hopkins
Registration details: 1874/B/8434
FUNERAL.—The Friends of Mr. THOMAS HOPKINS are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his deceased Daughter, Clara Ann ; to move from his residence, Caxton-street, Petrie-terrace, THIS DAY (Monday), at 5 p.m.
4028 G. B. PETRIE, Undertaker.
DEATH.
HOPKINS.—On the 12th April, at her father's residence, Petrie-terrace, Brisbane, Clara Ann, eldest daughter of Thomas and Melinda Hopkins, late of Bishop Sutton, Chew Magna, Somersetshire, England, after a long and painful illness, aged 29 years.
[Bristol papers please copy.]
Can anyone enlighten us concerning Clara Ann Hopkins, who died on April 12, 1874, aged 29, and on whose grave is this extraordinary verse —
She is not as we saw her last, On a suffering dying bed ;
To her all death and pain are past, And by living streams she is led
She has learned the sacred story, Of the Saviour's dying love.
Her eyes now see the glory That awaited her above."
If the writer of this had seen the look in the eyes of those who read it, he would
HAVE FLED AWAY SOMEWHERE
In the middle of the night.