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Oliver William Watkins

circa 1860 (computed from age at death) – 29th October 1937

Died 29 October 1937 · interred East Ham Cemetery, England

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Memorial Card

Date of death

29th October 1937

Date of birth

circa 1860 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

77 years

Place of burial

East Ham, England, United Kingdom

From the funeral card

In Loving Memory of

Oliver William Watkins

Who died 29th October 1937

Aged 77 years

Interred at East Ham Cemetery

Grave number: 3546

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Source & citation

Source type
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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.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed

Citation: "Memorial card of Oliver William Watkins, died 29 October 1937," posted to the Ancestors at Rest blog, 21 September 2004, and recovered into the archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/watkins-oliver-william-1937/ : accessed [your access date]).

Recovered from the Ancestors at Rest blog (ancestorsatrest.blogspot.com), where it was posted on 21 September 2004 but never indexed on the main site.

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