Coffin plate · primary-source record
Violet Cattanach
12 Jun 1892 – 18 Dec 1915
Transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Date of death
18 Dec 1915
Date of birth
12 Jun 1892
Age at death
23 years, 6 months, 6 days
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
Violet Cattanach
Contributor's notes
This coffin plate is in the possession of a contributor identified as "Bonnie." Violet was the youngest daughter of Thomas Edward Culverwell and Annie Kate Newbery. She was born June 12, 1892, in Islington, Middlesex, England, and died of childbirth complications at age 23, on December 18, 1915, in Berlin, Ontario, Canada. The plate itself carries no age or date — age at death above is calculated from the birth and death dates given in the contributor's note.
— Bonnie
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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.
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- Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
- Last verified
- 2026-07-01
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- Image vs transcription
- Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.
Citation: "Coffin plate of Violet Cattanach (12 Jun 1892 – 18 Dec 1915)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/cattanach-violet-1915/ : accessed [your access date]).
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