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Coffin plate · primary-source record

William Townsend

abt 1804 – 19 May 1888

84 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

19 May 1888

Date of birth

abt 1804

Age at death

84 years

Plate found in

Quebec, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

William Townsend
Died May 19. 1888
Aged 84 Yrs
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Record submitted by

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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
2026-07-01
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

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