Martha Sarah (THORN) ROLAND
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Birth: August 1843 in Maryland
Death: 18 December 1905 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 21 December 1905 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot E-1
Footstone Text: M.S.R.
Headstone Text: IN MEMORY OF / MARTHA S. ROLAND / WIFE OF / GEORGE T. ROLAND / DIED DEC. 18, 1905 / AGED 60 YEARS
Parents: Thomas Enoch Middleton THORN and Elizabeth Ann THORN (m. SHERIFF)
Parents’ Children:
Spouse: George Thomas ROLAND
Marriage: 1 September 1868 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
Employment: Martha was an employee of the Government Hospital for the Insane (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital).
Martha was the first burial in this Providence cemetery.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and Martha have separate headstones in Plots E-1 and E-2. Martha also has a footstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: their children and spouses – George and Rose, Agnes, Elizabeth; their grandchildren and spouses – Vivian and Edwin, Edwin, George and Teresia, Francis, Milton, Katie, Harriet, George, 3 infants; her siblings and sister-in-law – Celestia, Samuel and Lucy.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210381), FamilySearch website (#LHKJ-3RF), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George’s County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter. (1955).
m. = maiden name
Death: 18 December 1905 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 21 December 1905 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot E-1
Footstone Text: M.S.R.
Headstone Text: IN MEMORY OF / MARTHA S. ROLAND / WIFE OF / GEORGE T. ROLAND / DIED DEC. 18, 1905 / AGED 60 YEARS
Parents: Thomas Enoch Middleton THORN and Elizabeth Ann THORN (m. SHERIFF)
Parents’ Children:
- William Thomas THORN
- Celestia Jane TAYLOR (m. THORN)
- Samuel Claggett THORN
- Elizabeth Ann THORN
- John Holly THORN
- Aloysius Brooke THORN
- Elizabeth Susannah TAYLOR (m. THORN)
- Martha Sarah ROLAND (m. THORN)
- Mary Sophronia SANSBURY (m. THORN)
- Catherine Rebecca CLUBB (m. THORN)
Spouse: George Thomas ROLAND
Marriage: 1 September 1868 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
- George Milton ROLAND
- Thomas Alton ROLAND
- Alton William ROLAND
- Caroline Belle SELLNER (m. ROLAND)
- William Herman ROLAND
- Infant ROLAND
- Elizabeth Agnes BERRY (m. ROLAND)
- Viola Elizabeth BADEN (m. ROLAND)
Employment: Martha was an employee of the Government Hospital for the Insane (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital).
Martha was the first burial in this Providence cemetery.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and Martha have separate headstones in Plots E-1 and E-2. Martha also has a footstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: their children and spouses – George and Rose, Agnes, Elizabeth; their grandchildren and spouses – Vivian and Edwin, Edwin, George and Teresia, Francis, Milton, Katie, Harriet, George, 3 infants; her siblings and sister-in-law – Celestia, Samuel and Lucy.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210381), FamilySearch website (#LHKJ-3RF), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George’s County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter. (1955).
m. = maiden name
