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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Mary T Trott

Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Age at death

15 years 3 months 15 days

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Mary T Trott
Age 15 Yrs 3 Mts 15 Dys
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

1880 United States Federal Census

I went and had a hunt for Mary T Trott in the 1880 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com. I found several individuals of interest as you can see below.

NameHouseholdLocationApprox. Birth YearBirthplace
Mary TrottPhilip, MaarlineNew York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, NYabt 1862New York
Mary TrottGeorge, LizzieColumbus, Franklin, OHabt 1876Ohio
Mary TrottColumbus, Franklin, OHabt 1861Ohio

Sources consulted

  • 1880 United States Federal Census

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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 Mary T Trott (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/trott-mary-t/ : 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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