Alfred's father, Alfred Kirk Chopin, was sent to Western Australia as a convict but was wrongly accused and received a free pardon on 23 February 1869. He was a photographer in Perth in 1872. (Alfred Kirk Chopin and his elder brother by 19 years, William, arrived in Western Australia 14 July 1867 aboard the 'Norwood' as convicts and he, Alfred Kirk, died 4 October 1902 and was buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery at Guildford. Alfred Kirk Chopin/Chopping was born 25 April 1846 at Birmingham, County Warwick, son of Amanda CLUTTERBUCK and Matthew CHOPPING (wine merchant). They had 8 children: Florence, Alfred Cecil, William, Charles, Percy, Jessie, Ernest and Louis Henry. The headstone for Alfred Cecil, is quite large at 2m high and is the only headstone in the cemetery.

The deceased was buried at Rothsay by his brother, Patrick McLoughlin. Witnesses present at the burial were Bert Turnley and Thomas Sorenseon. William lived in Victoria for 28 and a half years. Alex. Milloy, J. Milloy, P. Milloy, and Wm. MacLoughlin were engaged dressing the sides of the main shaft; about 15ft from the bottom, for which purpose they had erected a scaffold secured by a rope. All four men were standing on the scaffold when suddenly the rope parted and the unfortunate men were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft. MacLoughlin was thrown on his head on a hard and jagged diorite formation and was gashed about the forehead and his temples were terribly lacerated; whilst Alex, and J. Milloy were also cut about the head and face and otherwise received a severe shaking. P. Milloy, a younger brother, miraculously escaped through the heel of his boot catching in the planking and breaking his fall. Help, of course, was soon forthcoming, and everything was done to alleviate the pain of the sufferers. In the case of the unfortunate man, Wm. Macloughlin, all exertions were in vain. He succumbed to his injuries in about 30 minutes after the accident, never having regained consciousness.

Death certified by his son, John Purchase, at Rothsay. NOTE: There were 4 or 5 burials in the Rothsay cemetery but only AC Chopin's grave had a headstone.