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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Edith Christie

abt 1884 – 6 Oct 1918

One of 2 plates in the same photograph · transcribed from the original

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

6 Oct 1918

Date of birth

abt 1884

Age at death

34 or 35 (only the birth year is recorded, not the exact date)

Plate found in

Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Edith Christie
Died Oct 6th 1918
Age 34 years
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

I went and had a hunt for Thomas Christie and Edith Christie in the Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 on Ancestry.com. I found them as you can see below.

Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869–1932

  • Name: Edith Christie
  • Death Date: Oct 1918
  • Death Location: Hastings
  • Gender: Female
  • Estimated birth year: abt 1884
  • Birth Location: Madoc
  • Name of Father: Thomas Christie
  • Name of Mother: Margaret Duff

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

Record submitted by

Elizabeth Christie — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph (multi-name plate)
Provenance
Submitted by Elizabeth Christie to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
Permalink
/records/coffin-plates/christie-edith-1918/
Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and shared transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Edith Christie (6 Oct 1918), part of a multi-plate photograph," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/christie-edith-1918/ : accessed [your access date]).

This plate is one of several recording members of the same family; see related records below for the others in the same photograph.

Related records

These records share one multi-plate photograph, and the research narrative is shared across all names on the plate.

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