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Free Genealogy Death Record on the Coffin Plates of Caroline Voegtle 1841 ~ 1881 and Herbert Voegtle 1881 ~ 1896
Caroline Voegtle
Born Feby 16. 1841
Died Oct 7. 1881
Aged 40 yrs 7 mos
19 dys
Herbert Voegtle
Died Sept 19th 1896
Age 15 Yrs 11 Mos
This coffin plates for Caroline Voegtle 1841 ~ 1881 and Herbert Voegtle 1881 ~ 1896 were found in Ontario Canada.
I went and had a hunt for Caroline Voegtle 1841 ~ 1881 and Herbert Voegtle 1881 ~ 1896 in the Ontario, Canada Deaths on Ancestry.com. I found them as you can see below. If you want to have a look at the full record I have a link to a FREE TRIAL at Ancestry.com at the bottom of this page.
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Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932
Name, Estimated Birth Year, Death Date, Death Location, Gender.
Carolina Voegtle abt 1841 7 and 8 Oct 1881 Waterloo Female
Ella Voegtle abt 1873 8 Jan 1920 Waterloo Female
Herbert Voegtle abt 1880 17 Sep 1896 Waterloo Male
John Voegtle abt 1835 3 Sep 1887 Waterloo Male
Norman Voegtle abt 1899 25 Dec 1929 Waterloo Male
Paulina Voegtle abt 1855 6 or 7 May 1885 Waterloo Female
I did some more looking around on Ancestry and found lots more on this family. I found that Caroline Wilker was married to John Voegtle. He married a new wife Catharine Voll in 1886 and then he killed himself in 1887. Herbert died in a small typhoid fever epidemic in the linwood area.
Oct. 2010 Email from descendant John Calder states
The, Caroline Voegtle, mentioned above is my great-great-grandmother. The "Coffin Plates" link leads to a site which shows a photo of her coffin plate, and related information about her, but has incorrectly recorded that her maiden name was "Wilker". In fact, her maiden name was "Hilker".
Caroline Hilker
Born: February 16, 1841.
Preston (now Cambridge), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: October 7, 1881.
Linwood, Wellesley Township, Ontario, Canada.
Cause of death was consumption & dropsy. She was 40 years, 7 months and 19 days old.
Registered on October 10, 1881 by Rev’d H.? A. Thomas of Heidelberg, Ontario.
Buried at: Linwood Union Cemetery, 3673 Manser Road, Linwood, Ontario.
Location of grave: South 4’ 4”, East 65’.
Headstone Inscription: - In Memory of / Caroline Hilker / Beloved Wife of / John Voegtle /
Died Oct. 7, 1881 / Aged 40 Yrs 7 Mo. / & 19 Days
Coffin Plate Inscription: Caroline Voegtle / Born Feb’y. 16, 1841 / Died Oct. 7, 1881 /
Aged 40 yrs. 7 mos. / & 19 dys.
Parents: Henry Hilker, and Sophia Hilker (nee ?).
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Death Registration # 018920 / 81.
Ontario Census Returns - 1851 - Waterloo County, Enumeration District 2, Wellesley Township,
Page 87/13, Line 6.
- 1861 - Waterloo County, Enumeration District 13, Wellesley Township, Page 10, Line 5.
- 1871 - Waterloo North, District 32, Sub District A, Wellesley Township, Division 1,
Page 28, Line 7 (surname spelled “Vogtle”).
- 1881 - Waterloo North, District 162, Sub District B, Wellesley Township, Division 5,
Page 53, Line 4.
Waterloo County Marriage Register (1858-1869), Vol. 1, page 65 (John Vagtle and Caroline Helker).
Ontario Archives Reel # MS248 #16.
Original Burial Records of Linwood Union Cemetery, pages 101 & 118.
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Coffin plates often contain birth and death dates, and sometimes the place of birth or the occupation of a deceased person.
While not technically a true vital record, coffin plates can be seen as a substitute for vital records or at the least a good clue. In the case of people who died before civil registration it might be one of the few written records genealogists will find in their hunt for that brick wall ancestor!
If you want to know more about what things qualify as a true Vital Records there is a good article at the Olive Tree.
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