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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Alexander Cameron

abt 1806 – 9 Oct 1889

83 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

9 Oct 1889

Date of birth

abt 1806

Age at death

83 years

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Alexander Cameron
Died Oct 9 '89
Aged 83 years
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

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  • 1880 US Federal Census

    Alex. Cameron, Kate, Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, NY, abt 1805, Scotland

    Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York, USA · abt 1805, Scotland

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  • 1880 US Federal Census

    Alex Cameron, Eliza, Fox Lake, Dodge, WI, abt 1807, Scotland

    Fox Lake, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA · abt 1807, Scotland

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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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