Coffin plate · primary-source record
Charles W Rockwell
Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Age at death
21 years 4 months 10 days
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
Charles W Rockwell
Aged 21 years 4 mo 10 ds
Researcher's notes
Provenance
From the style of this plate, I would say it dates from around 1890 — which, together with the inscribed age of 21 years 4 months 10 days, would give Charles a birth year of about 1868.
Submitted by Thomas Roberts.
See the related record below for the coffin plate of Emily Rockwell (d. age 70). The 1880 United States Federal Census household below, found while researching Emily, includes a 19-year-old "Charles W. Rockwell" as a son — but that would put his birth year at about 1861, not the about-1868 the plate's own age and style estimate suggest. It's not clear whether this is the same Charles as the one on this coffin plate.
1880 United States Federal Census Record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Emily Rockwell |
| Home in 1880 | Stockbridge, Madison, New York |
| Age | 43 |
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1837 |
| Birthplace | New York |
| Relation to head-of-household | Wife |
| Spouse's Name | Winthrop |
| Father's birthplace | NY |
| Mother's birthplace | NY |
| Occupation | Keeping House |
| Marital status | Married |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Female |
Household members:
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Winthrop Rockwell | 43 |
| Emily Rockwell | 43 |
| Charles W. Rockwell | 19 |
| Fannie H. Rockwell | 10 |
| Henry Basinger | 31 |
| Alice Ingraham | 13 |
Sources consulted
- 1880 United States Federal Census
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 Charles W Rockwell (style suggests abt 1890)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/rockwell-charles-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.
Related records
Emily Rockwell
Also transcribed on the same source page
Avery P Rockwell
Also transcribed on the same source page
These coffin plates were transcribed together on one archive page. They are separate plates, not one shared plate, each with its own photograph.
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