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Coffin plate · primary-source record

John Watson

5 Feb 1836 – 4 Feb 1904

67 · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

4 Feb 1904

Date of birth

5 Feb 1836

Age at death

67 (67y 11m 30d)

Plate found in

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

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
/records/coffin-plates/watson-john-1904/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the plate survives.

Citation: "Coffin plate of John Watson (5 Feb 1836 – 4 Feb 1904)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/watson-john-1904/ : accessed [your access date]).

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