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Funeral Card · primary-source record

Bessie Lesher

abt 1884 – October 15, 1890

Died 15 October 1890 · found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

October 15, 1890

Date of birth

abt 1884

Age at death

6 years

Where found

Pennsylvania, United States

About this card

Funeral Card for Bessie Lesher age 6, Died October 15th, 1890

The card was found at an estate sale in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The blog post recorded only this brief description; no photograph of the card was included in the post and none could be recovered.

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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
/records/funeral-cards/lesher-bessie-1890/
Image vs transcription
Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

Citation: "Funeral card of Bessie Lesher, died 15 October 1890, found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," posted to the Ancestors at Rest blog, 7 August 2005, and recovered into the archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/lesher-bessie-1890/ : accessed [your access date]).

Recovered from the Ancestors at Rest blog (ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com), where it was posted on 7 August 2005 but never indexed on the main site.

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