Hi All, Last Wednesday I attended the Dedication of a new Memorial Stone at the Ripplebrook Cemetery. The stone contains a Plaque with the names of all burials at the Cemetery. Only one grave stone has a marker on it, the rest having been lost to the ravages of time. The names are: on the Plaque are: 1878 The child of J & E George 1880 Francis Joseph Mapleson (55 years my great great Grandfather) 1880 Joan Simmonds (34 years) Child of R.B & M George 1882 Jessie Lye (2 years) Pearson (2 years) 1884 Susanna Mapleson (66 years my great great grandmother) John Jagoe (1 month) 1886 M.Copeland (50 years) 1887 Malichi Gray (9 years) Fensen 1890 John Gray (17 years) Unknown 1895 Child of J & H Jagoe (0 days) 1896 Maggie Doris McGee (3 years) 1896 Edward Jennings (51 years) 1897 Cecil Mallett (4 days) 1897 Child of C & S Coster (o days) 1898 James McGee (14 years) 1901 Son of G & M Gray (0 days) 1901 Edith Myrtle McGee (11months) 1902 Norman McIntyre McGee (3 years) 1902 John Benjamine Chaffey (7 days) 1902 Son of G & M Gray (0 days) 1903 Edith May Lineham (20 mins) 1903 James Hanley (8 hours) 1903 Mary Gray (1 day) 1903 Child of J & L Brown (0 days) 1905 Sarah Black (83 years) 1906 Child of C & S Coster (0 days) 1907 Child of G & M Gray (0 days) 1911 Emma Watts (32 years) 1914 Leslie Gray (1 day) Erected in 2008 as a tribute to the early pioneering families who settled in this district and now rest in eternal peace. I found it very humbling to stand at the Cemetery and to know that the place where my great great grandparents are buried will be forever marked. It was a great day and I was able to make connections with previously unknown relations. As a parent, I found it hard to read the names of the many children buried there. How difficult for families in those times, to loose one and sometimes more children so young. Hope these names will be helpful. Helene Hayes -- Helene J Hayes Pakenham, Vic mungungo@nex.net.au Scanned by Active Virus Shield