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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Bernhardt Lippold

Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Age at death

10 years 1 months 27 days

Plate found in

Illinois, United States

The coffin plate

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Bernhardt Lippold was found in IL. From the style I would guess it was made about 1900~1910.

Record submitted by

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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
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Image only — plate carries no readable inscription

Citation: "Coffin plate of Bernhardt Lippold (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/lippold-bernhardt/ : accessed [your access date]).

The plate itself carries no inscribed dates; the era estimate above is stylistic, drawn from Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s notes.

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