Coffin plate · primary-source record
Thomas M. Strope
Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
Thomas M. Strope
Aged 2 yrs. 11 ms. 2 ds.
Researcher's notes
This coffin plate for Thomas M Strope was found in the U.S. It has no date but from what I can tell it was made from 1870 to about 1910.
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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 Thomas M. Strope (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/strope-thomas-m/ : accessed [your access date]).
The plate itself carries no inscribed dates; the era estimate above is stylistic, drawn from Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s notes.
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