Milton Edwin ROLAND

​​Page last updated 27 January 2026.
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Kacie's Photography, 2017
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Kacie's Photography, 2020
 
Known As:  Edwin
Birth:  1 September 1907 in Maryland
Death:  15 December 1934 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  16 December 1934 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot G-3
Footstone Text:  stone (could have originally had initials)
Headstone Text:  R / M. EDWIN / ROLAND / 1907 – 1934

Parents:  George Milton ROLAND and Rose Etta ROLAND (m. RAUM)
Parents’ Children: 
[His father also had 3 children from his first marriage: George Norman, Minnie Louise, and Walter Gordon.]
 
Spouse:  Alice Virginia Day (h2. JOHNSON; h3. THORNE)
Marriage:  December 1932 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Children: 
  • Marjorie Louise TESSIER (m. ROLAND)
[She also had children during her second and third marriages:  Katherine, Marion Ann, Gloria Jean, Alice, Dennis William.]

Employment:  Milton was a Farmer.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Milton is buried with a headstone and footstone at Plot G-3. Also buried in this cemetery are: his parents – George and Rose; his step-mother – Agnes; his grandparents – Martha and George; his siblings and their spouse – Vivian and Edwin, George and Teresia. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery is: his infant sibling.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#33210385), FamilySearch website (#LX44-7YZ), GenealogyBank, and family records.
 
Documents Include: Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter survey; Evening Star -- obituary; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records, Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee; Washington Times -- deaths reported.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
h1., h2., h3. = surname of first husband, second husband, etc.
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