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Funeral Card · primary-source record

Edward James Christian

April 12, 1868 (computed from age at death) – April 30, 1889

Died 30 April 1889 · found in Michigan

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

April 30, 1889

Date of birth

April 12, 1868 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

21 years, 18 days

Where found

Michigan, United States

From the funeral card

FRONT READS

KINSIEDELN/SWITZERLAND

BENZIGER BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

EDWARD JAMES CHRISTIAN

born APRIL 12, 1868

died APRIL 30, 1889

Transcription only — no photograph of the card was preserved in the archive. The Einsiedeln, Switzerland imprint of Benziger Brothers identifies the card's publisher, not a place associated with the deceased.

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Source & citation

Source type
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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.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

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