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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Wesley W Love

Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Age at death

43 years

Plate found in

Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Wesley W Love
Aged 43 Yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Wesley W Love was found in Ontario Canada. Submitted by Thomas Roberts. From the style of this coffin plate we can say it is from about 1910 to 1920.

Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869–1932

I went and had a hunt for Wesley W Love in the Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 on Ancestry.com. I found one individual of interest as you can see below.

NameEstimated birth yearDeath DateDeath LocationGender
Wesley Loveabt 192126 May 1921LeedsMale
Wesley Wellington Loveabt 187815 Mar 1921LanarkMale

Sources consulted

  • Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869–1932

Record submitted by

Thomas Roberts — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
Submitted by Thomas Roberts to the Ancestors at Rest archive
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 transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Wesley W Love (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/love-wesley-w/ : 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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