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Mourning Card · primary-source record

Maria Bald

circa 13 May 1815 (computed from age at death) – January 4, 1890

Died 4 January 1890 · found in Hartford, Connecticut

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Mourning Card

Date of death

January 4, 1890

Date of birth

circa 13 May 1815 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

74 years, 7 months, 22 days

Where found

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The mourning card

From the funeral card

In Loving Remembrance

Mrs. Maria Bald

Died January 4, 1890.

Aged 74 yr's 7 mon's and 22 Days.

Peaceful be thy silent slumber, [remainder of memorial verse illegible at this scan resolution]

Contributor's notes

Maria Bald Died January 4, 1890 aged 74 yrs, 7 mon's and 22 days

The original is a 4.5″ × 6.5″ card in black with gold print, found in Hartford, Connecticut. The card carries no place of death — Hartford is where the card surfaced, not necessarily where Maria died.

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
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
2026-06-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page

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