Perfectly Preserved Body of a Young Girl Buried in the 1800s Found Under San Francisco Home

The body of a young girl who died around the year 1870 was found under a garage at a San Francisco home on May 9, says organization Garden of Innocence.
Perfectly Preserved Body of a Young Girl Buried in the 1800s Found Under San Francisco Home
Courtesy: Garden of Innocence
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The body of a young girl who died around the year 1870 was found under a garage of a San Francisco home on May 9.

Garden of Innocence (GOI), an organization which arranges burials of unidentified children, said on Facebook that the coffin was found by contractors when a homeowner was having her garage floor torn up.

The young girl was found comfortably laid in a coffin manufactured in 1858 of solid lead and lined with bronze and purple velvet. Since there was no headstone, the identity of the girl is unknown, but the homeowner’s daughters ended up naming the young girl Miranda, which means worthy of admiration and wonderful.

(Courtesy of Garden of Innocence)
Courtesy of Garden of Innocence