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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Arthur Edward Wright

Plate undated · transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Age at death

3 years 7 months 1 days

Plate found in

New York, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Arthur Edward Wright
AGED 3 years 7 months 1 day
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

About this record

The plate carries no date. From its style, the archive places it in the 1860s or 1870s.

I went and had a hunt on Ancestry to see if I could find anything on Arthur. I found a few things of intrest but it would take more work to figure it out. I put a little of what I found below.

NameBirth dateBirthplaceFather (F) / Mother (M)
Wright, Arthur14 NOV 1861F: George Wright; M: Emma Maria Souther
Wright, Arthur14 NOV 1862Hingham MassachusettsF: George Wright; M: Emma Maria Souther
Wright, Arthur14 NOV 1862Hingham, MAF: George Wright; M: Emma Maria Souther
Wright, Arthur14 Nov 1862HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTSF: George Wright; M: Emma Maria Souther
Wright, Arthur14 NOV 1862Hingham, Plymouth County, MassachusettsF: George Wright; M: Emma Maria Souther

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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 Arthur Edward Wright (undated)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/wright-arthur-edward/ : accessed [your access date]).

The plate itself carries no inscribed dates; the era estimate above is stylistic, drawn from Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s notes.

The original contributor of this record is not preserved in the archive. If you transcribed this plate, please get in touch so credit can be restored.

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