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[Kiki1958]

A friend asked me if I could find her Great Aunt's place of burial.  She was estranged from the family, and they believe she died in a nursing home in either Essex, Hudson, or Morris County, NJ.  Her name is Anna K. Rolston, and she was born circa 1880 in NJ.  Her maiden name was Miller--found her in the 1940 census with her husband John. 

I tried sorted by name for Anna--will try again with her husband and son.

Any suggestions?

[shellyesq]

If you have a time frame when she might have died, it might be helpful.

In the 1957 Elizabeth, NJ city directory
Rolston, Anna K., widow of John J., home 1040 Byron av.
Rolston, John J. died Sept. 28, 1954 age 75
Rolston, John W.C. died Dec. 6, 1955 age 44

[shellyesq]

The Elizabeth public library will answer reference questions - http://www.elizpl.org/research.html  Maybe you could e-mail them to see if they could look up an obituary for the husband or son.

[shellyesq]

I found brief obituaries in the New York Times for both Johns.  Anna's maiden name was mentioned as Miller, so they're the right folks, but no funeral or internment information was included. 

[Kiki1958]

You are all the best.   My friend's mother is getting on in years, and regrets that her Mother cut all ties with the Rolston family after her Father died and her Mom remarried.  She really would like to know more about her paternal ancestors and maybe even locate cousins.

Thanks again.

Peggy

[shellyesq]

You're welcome!

It's a subscription site, but it appears that there's a picture of the son John in his high school yearbook here - http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Battin_High_School_Red_and_White_Yearbook/1929/Page_54.html  The public library might have the yearbook, so if you have any success getting the obituaries, maybe you could see if they could copy the yearbook picture for you.

The New York Times obituary indicates that the son John had a daughter.  As I'm not sure if she's still living, I will send you the information via personal message.