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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Minnie Jane Drake

circa 22 Apr 1891 (computed from age at death) – 1 Nov 1891

6 mons, 9 days · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

1 Nov 1891

Date of birth

circa 22 Apr 1891 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

6 mons, 9 days

Plate found in

Shakespeare Perth, Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Minnie Jane Drake
Died Nov 1st 1891
Aged 6 mons, 9 days
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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Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Minnie Jane Drake (c. 22 Apr 1891 – 1 Nov 1891)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/drake-minnie-jane-1891/ : accessed [your access date]).

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