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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Suzannah Milkins

abt 1830 – 2 Apr 1890

60 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

2 Apr 1890

Date of birth

abt 1830

Age at death

60 Years

Plate found in

Lunenburg, Massachusetts, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Died April 2d 1890.
Suzannah Milkins.
Aged 60 Years.
Transcribed from the plate as photographed.

About this record

Provenance

Found in Lunenburg, Massachusetts together with the plates of Peter J Milkins and Fredrick H Rosekrans — see related records.

Census research

The archive's census research found that Suzannah was married to Peter Milkins and was born Suzannah Rosekrans — the likely family connection to Fredrick H Rosekrans, whose plate was found with theirs.

I wanted to see if I could find out some more info on this group of casket plates so I went to Ancestry.com and looked them up in the United States Federal Census. I found the Milkins living in Westerlo, Albany New York. It turns out that Peter and Suzannah were married. I also found that Suzannah Milkins was born Suzannah Rosekrans. In 1880 Fredrick H Rosekrans was living in Schoharie New York.

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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
Last verified
2026-08-14
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Suzannah Milkins (abt 1830 – 2 Apr 1890)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/milkins-suzannah-1890/ : accessed [your access date]).

One of three coffin plates found together in Lunenburg, Massachusetts and transcribed on a single Ancestors at Rest archive page; see related records for the others.

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