Location:
New North Cemetery
Section no: L
Memorial no: 12
Orientation: West
See map of this cemetery: https://cemeteries.nha.org/new-north-cemetery/sections-c-d-k-l/
Personal Information
Name: Bertha Roxcena Coffin
Gender: Female
Age:
Birth: October 26 1863
Death: November 27 1934
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Number interred: 1
Notes
Inscription:
BERTHA ROXCENA BENSON
WIFE OF
JOHN BRIDGER COFFIN
BORN OCT. 26, 1863
IN MEDINA, N.Y.
DIED NOV. 27, 1934
IN ROCHESTER, N.Y.
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Inscription Condition: Clear but worn
Monument
Stone Composition: Marble
Stone Shape: Round top with two step base
Type of Monument:
Monument Condition: Sound, in place
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Shape of text panel:
Main motif: Lettering only
Marginal motif:
Width of stone: 18″
Thickness of stone: 5 3/4″
Length of slab: 34″
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Data Collection
Date data collected: June and July 2003
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Stone exists 2002:
Stone exists 2003: Yes
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Footstone exists: No
Location note:
Citation source: Preservation Institute Nantucket students
Field recorder: Susan Jolley or Jill Donlon
Data input by: Penny Snow
Reviewed by: Automatic