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Mourning Card · primary-source record

John Venner

1819 – October 17, 1862

Died 17 October 1862 · found in East Sussex, England

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Mourning Card

Date of death

October 17, 1862

Date of birth

1819

Age at death

43 years

Where found

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

The mourning card

From the funeral card

In Remembrance

OF THE LATE

JOHN VENNER,

OF COMPHURST FARM, WARTLING,

Who departed this life, October 17th, 1862,

AGED 43 YEARS,

Leaving many friends to lament an irreparable loss.

The card was found in East Sussex, England. The original page dates him 1819–1862.

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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
2026-06-29
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page

Citation: "Mourning card of John Venner of Comphurst Farm, Wartling, died 17 October 1862, found in East Sussex, England," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/venner-john-1862/ : accessed [your access date]).

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