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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Heneretta Lizzie Davis

circa December 1856 (computed from age at death) – 12 Aug 1857

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

12 Aug 1857

Date of birth

circa December 1856 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

8 months

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Heneretta Lizzie Davis
Died Aug 12th 1857
Aged 8 Months
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph (multi-name plate)
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 shared transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Heneretta Lizzie Davis (12 Aug 1857), part of a multi-plate photograph," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/davis-heneretta-lizzie-1857/ : 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.

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