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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Almeda Richards

December 30, 1843 (computed from age at death) – 19 Jan 1854

10 years 20 days · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

19 Jan 1854

Date of birth

December 30, 1843 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

10 years 20 days

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Almeda Richards
Died Jan 19th 1854
Aged 10 years 20 days
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This Coffin Plate was hard to read. I will leave it up to each genealogist to decide if I got it right.

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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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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Almeda Richards (abt 1843 – 19 Jan 1854)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/richards-almeda-1854/ : accessed [your access date]).

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