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Funeral Card · primary-source record

Nicholas Hess

abt 1824 – April 9, 1892

Died 9 April 1892 · card found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

April 9, 1892

Date of birth

abt 1824

Age at death

68 years

Where found

Pennsylvania, United States

About this card

Funeral Card for Nicholas Hess age 68, Died April 9th, 1892

The blog post preserved only this summary line of the card's text; the card itself was not photographed. The card was found at an estate sale in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
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
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

Citation: "Funeral card of Nicholas Hess, died 9 April 1892," posted to the Ancestors at Rest blog, 16 September 2005, and recovered into the archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/hess-nicholas-1892/ : accessed [your access date]).

Recovered from the Ancestors at Rest blog (ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com), where it was posted on 16 September 2005 but never indexed on the main site.

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