Memorial Card · primary-source record
William Hampton
circa 1888–1902
Victorian era · no dates on the card
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Memorial Card
Estimated era
circa 1888–1902
The memorial card
From the funeral card
In Loving Remembrance
of
Wm. Hampton.
Gone but not Forgotten
[memorial verse — small gold text on black, not confidently legible at this scan resolution; not transcribed to avoid guessing]
Contributor's notes
An original Victorian era memorial card. There are no dates on the card, but a lovely poem and beautiful gold illustration; the card is black, with solid gold border and intricate linework. Other cards from this family dated deaths in 1888, 1889, and 1902.
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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
- Permalink
- /records/funeral-cards/hampton-william/
- Image vs transcription
- Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page
Citation: "Memorial card of William Hampton, Victorian era, undated," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/hampton-william/ : accessed [your access date]).
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