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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Betsey Brooks

abt 1817 – 16 Dec 1905

One of six separate coffin plates transcribed on a single archive page

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

16 Dec 1905

Date of birth

abt 1817

Age at death

87 or 88 (only the birth year is recorded, not the exact date)

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Betsey Brooks
Died Dec 16 1905
Aged 88 yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Betsey Brooks (abt 1817 – 16 Dec 1905)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/brooks-betsey-1905/ : accessed [your access date]).

One of six separate coffin plates transcribed together on a single Ancestors at Rest archive page; see related records below for the others.

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Related records

These six coffin plates were transcribed together on one archive page. They are separate plates, not one shared plate, each with its own photograph.

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