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Coffin plate · primary-source record

May Louise Peterson

circa 10 December 1869 (computed from age at death) – 12 May 1897

27 years 5 months 2 days · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

12 May 1897

Date of birth

circa 10 December 1869 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

27 years 5 months 2 days

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

May Louise Peterson
Died May 12 1897
Aged 27 years 5 months 2 days
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

1880 United States Federal Census

A search was made for May Louise Peterson in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Several individuals of interest were found:

NameFatherMotherLocationBirth yearBirth state
May PetersonGeorgeAnnaBridgeport, Fairfield, CTabt 1868New York
May Peterson——Harmony, Morrow, OHabt 1870Iowa
May PetersonFred.Harriet GardnerGrundy, ILabt 1871Illinois
May PetersonChristopherLouisaEdwardsville, Madison, ILabt 1870Illinois
May PetersonCharles Ross—Vermilion, ILabt 1872Indiana

No specific identification of the subject among these results was made.

Sources consulted

  • 1880 United States Federal Census

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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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