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Hattie Thrush

circa 1862 (computed from age at death) – September 21, 1901

Died 21 September 1901

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

September 21, 1901

Date of birth

circa 1862 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

39 years

The funeral card

From the funeral card

In Loving Remembrance of

Hattie Thrush,

Died Sept. 21, 1901.

Age 39 years.

It is hard to break the tender cord

When love has bound the hearts;

It is hard, so hard, to speak the words,

"We must forever part."

Dearest loved one, we miss thy [...]

In the peaceful grave a [...]

But thy memory will be ab[...]

Till we see thy heavenly [...]

Transcribed from the photograph. The card header reads "In Loving Remembrance" (not "Memory" as previously recorded). The final four lines of the poem are cut off at the right edge of the photograph — ellipses mark the missing text.

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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
2026-06-30
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page

Citation: "Death card of Hattie Thrush, died 21 September 1901," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/thrush-hattie-1901/ : accessed [your access date]).

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