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Coffin plate · primary-source record

George Rouse

abt 1802 – 7 Aug 1865

One of 2 plates in the same photograph · transcribed from the original

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

7 Aug 1865

Date of birth

abt 1802

Age at death

in his 64th year

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

George Rouse
Died August 7th 1865
In his 64th year
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

George and Content Rouse lived in Coventry, Rhode Island.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph (multi-name plate)
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
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and shared transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of George Rouse (abt 1802 – 7 Aug 1865), part of a multi-plate photograph," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/rouse-george-1865/ : accessed [your access date]).

This plate is one of several recording members of the same family; see related records below for the others in the same photograph.

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