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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Bridget Grutsch

abt 1849 – 2 Aug 1889

40 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

2 Aug 1889

Date of birth

abt 1849

Age at death

40 years

Plate found in

Stratford, Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Bridget Grutsch
Died Aug 2nd 1889
Aged 40 yrs,
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

Provenance

This coffin plate was found in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

Contributor identification

Hello Brian: I recognized the name Bridget Grutsch. She was Bridget Morris b 1842 West Zorra Twp Oxford County Ontario Canada, daughter of Anthony Morris & Bridget Margaret Walsh, died 2 Aug 1889 and buried in O'Neil Cemetery, O'Neil Nebraska USA with husband John Grutsch from New Hamburg Ontario. John was a butcher in Stratford before settling in 1872 in Nebraska. Someone must have brought it back to Ontario.

Anthony Morris was my Great great great grandfather.

— Lynne Gray-Ross, Thornloe Ontario Canada

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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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