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what do the letters ae mean on tombstones from Maine, 1800’s mean?
we were walking in an old cemetery and noticed that “ae” was written on them. What does it mean?
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the age at death.
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Æ and æ were quite commonly used as abbreviations for Latin aetate or aetate sua meaning, roughly, “at the age of” N years (the implied construction being an ablative absolute); also the genitive aetatis suae, Nth year “of his/her age”. In inscriptions and records, the most common use is for the age at death.
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all eternity??
Try this link for more information:
http://www.geocities.com/Athen
It’s called Last Word or Last Words and has a collection of epitaphs.
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