Click image to expandJanuary 9
On this date in 1855,
Sarah W. Kairns, mother of 22 who had died two months earlier, finally is placed in her final resting place at Green-Wood. Sarah, who died at the age of 117 years, 3 months, and 16 days, is the oldest of the more than 500,000 individuals who are interred at Green-Wood.
Hi! Is there anyway to find out more information about Sarah Kairns?
This information is from Green-Wood’s Burial Records–which are publicly accessible on the cemetery’s website:
Name Sarah W Kairns
Date of interment November 12, 1854
Lot number (of current burial site) 8698
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Birthplace United States
Marital status Single
Age at death 117 years, 3 months, 16 days
Late residence Horatio 16, New York
Place of death New York
Cause of death Asthma
Date of death November 11, 1854
Lot number (of previous burial site) 8259 1148
Grave number (of previous burial site) 173
Diagram available (see digital image) false
Lot owner? false
Undertaker / Funeral Director Stephen Merritt
Burial Registry Volume 05
Burial Registry Page 107
Interment Number 38200