Otto Christian Dorhauer

     Otto Christian Dorhauer was born on 21 March 1865 at Paddington, Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia.¹ He was the son of Heinrich Christian Dürrhauer and Wilhelmina Louisa Meurer.¹ Otto Christian Dorhauer married Margaret Jane Plunkett, daughter of John Plunkett and Mary Dunn, in 1887 at Woollahra, Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia.¹ Otto Christian Dorhauer died on 17 January 1954 at Woollahra, Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, at age 88 years, 9 months and 27 days.¹ He was cremated on 18 January 1954 with his ashes being buried in the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹
     Otto's pride and joy was his homing pigeons which were used for racing. He owned two weekenders at Mooney Point on the Hawkesbury river were he used to take his family for relaxation and to release his pigeons. They would fly back to the bird loft he had built at their home in Woollahra. The cottage at the bottom near the river was called "Linger Longer" and the top cottage was called "Iluka." There was a boat house at the bottom of the cliff to house their launch.¹