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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Sarah Devine

abt 1798 – 2 Aug 1869

71 · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

2 Aug 1869

Date of birth

abt 1798

Age at death

71

Plate found in

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Sarah Devine
Died August 2
1869
Aged 71
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

This coffin plate was found in a ditch in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and submitted by contributor Robert Earl. A possible match was found in the 1860 US Federal Census: a Sarah Devine, born abt 1800 in Ireland, age 60, living in Boston Ward 7, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Record submitted by

Robert Earl — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Possible matches in the 1860 US Federal Census

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  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Sarah Devine, Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, MA abt 1800 Ireland

    Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA · abt 1800, Ireland

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
Submitted by Robert Earl to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — contributed by Robert Earl.
Last verified
2026-07-01
Permalink
/records/coffin-plates/devine-sarah-1869/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

Citation: "Coffin plate of Sarah Devine (abt 1798 – 1869)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/devine-sarah-1869/ : accessed [your access date]).

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