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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Jessie Gillman

abt 1869 – 18 Apr 1891

22 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

18 Apr 1891

Date of birth

abt 1869

Age at death

22 years

Plate found in

New York, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Jessie Gillman
Died April 18th 1891
Aged 22 yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Jessie Gillman was found near New York.

I went and had a hunt for Jessie in the 1880 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com. I found two households of interest as you can see below (the surname is spelled GILMAN in the census records).

First Entry — 1880 US Federal Census, Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York

NameRelationMarital StatusSexRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Charles GilmanSelfMMaleW42NHCanvasserNHNH
Mary GilmanWifeMFemaleW41NHTailoressNHNH
Jessie GilmanDauSFemaleW12NYAttending SchoolNYNY

Source: Census Place Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York; Family History Library Film 1254922; NA Film Number T9-0922; Page Number 455C

Second Entry — 1880 US Federal Census, Riga, Monroe, New York

NameRelationMarital StatusSexRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Jas. H. GilmanSelfMMaleW47NYFarmerVTVT
Julia E. GilmanWifeMFemaleW40NYKeeping HouseNYNY
Gertie M. GilmanDauSFemaleW18NYAt HomeNYNY
Calvin M. GilmanSonSMaleW16NYAt HomeNYNY
Nelly GilmanDauSFemaleW13NYAt HomeNYNY
Jessie GilmanDauSFemaleW11NYAt HomeNYNY
Julia GilmanDauSFemaleW9NYAt HomeNYNY
Emma GilmanDauSFemaleW5NY—NYNY
Jas. H. GilmanSonSMaleW1NY—NYNY
Katie SteinerOtherSFemaleW18NSServantGERMIRE
David SchneiterOtherSMaleW30SWISFarm HandSWISSWIS

Source: Census Place Riga, Monroe, New York; Family History Library Film 1254862; NA Film Number T9-0862; Page Number 441B

Sources consulted

  • 1880 US Federal Census — Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York; FHL Film 1254922; NA Film T9-0922; Page 455C
  • 1880 US Federal Census — Riga, Monroe, New York; FHL Film 1254862; NA Film T9-0862; Page 441B

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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
2026-07-01
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Citation: "Coffin plate of Jessie Gillman (abt 1869 – 18 Apr 1891)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/gillman-jessie-1891/ : accessed [your access date]).

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