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- Death Certificate: 1. Place of Death (a) County, Allegheny (b)Borough, Edgewood (c) Name of Hospital or Insititution: 156 WestHutchinson Avenue (d) Length of stay: In hospital or institution,blank, In this community, 4 years 2. Usual Redsidence of Deceased: (a)State, Pennsylvania (b) County, Allegheny (c) City or town, Edgewood(d) Street No. 156 West Hutchinson Avenue (e) If foreign born, howlong in USA, blank 3. (a) Full Name, Rosanna Hunter (b) If US veteran,complete reverse side of certificate, blank (c) Social Security No.,blank 4. Sex, female 5. Race, white 6. (a) Single,married, widowed,divorced; widowed (b) Name of husband or wife, Samuel Hunter (c) ageof husband or wife if alive, blank 7. Birthdate of deceased, September5, 1860 8. Age, 80 years, 7 months, 11 days 9. Birthplace, Pottsville,Pennsylvania 10. Usual Occupation, Housewife11. Industry or business,blank 12. Name of father, William Robertson 13. Birthplace of father,Nova Scotia 14. Maiden name of mother, (Unknown) Huey 15. Birthplaceof mother, Scotland 16. (a) Informants own signature, Mrs. G. F. Long(b) Address, 156 Hutchinson Ave. , Edgewood 17. (a) Burial,cremation,or removal; burial (b) Date thereof, April 1841 (c) Place:Burial or Cremation, Punxsutawney, Pa. 18. (a) Signature of funeraldirector, Joseph N. Hein? (b) Address 7441 Washington St., Swissvale19. (a) Date received local registrar, April 17, 1941 (b) Registrar'ssignature, Ethel L. Deal 20. Date of Death: April 16, 1941, 2:25 a.m.21. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from September 1,1940 to April 16, 1941, that I last saw her alive on April 16, 1941andthat her death occurred on the date and hour stated above. Immediatecause of death, Myocarditis, Valvular heart disease , hypertension,Due to , age 81-T, Duration, 93 days, Other conditions, no, Majorfindings of operations, no, Of autopsy, no 22. If death was due toexternal causes fill in the following, blank 23. Signature G. F. LongM.D., Address, Swissvale, Pa. Date signed April 16, 1941. Theatttending physician, G. F. Long, was Rosanna's son-in-law. Accordingto Vivian Doney Reid, Roseanne and her husband lived in Rossiter, Pa.Vivian remembers that Roseanne went to the movies every night of herlife. According to Jean Saunders Davis, Roseann's father and mothermoved to Illinois when Roseann was three years old. Her father,William Robertson, a fiddler, was killed by a train in Morris, GrundyCounty, Illinois. When Roseann was eight or nine years old, her motherremarried a William Murdock. According to Jean Saunders Davis,Roseanna had a brother, Willie, who was 4 years younger than she.This child was born in Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. Willie marrieda woman named Ellen. Roseanna had an older brother, Joseph, and anolder sister, Agnes. Both of these children were said to have burnedto death. According to Jean Saunders Davis, Roseanna married inBraidwood, Illinois on August 25. She was just 16 years old. Herhusband, Sam Hunter, was two years older. Jean Saunders Davis saidthat the family story was that Roseanna Robertson was in the FordTheater the night Lincoln was killed. How can this be true? Obituary:Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Pa., April 1941. FORMER ROSSITERWOMAN DIED IN EDGEWOOD TODAY. Mrs. Samuel Hunter, a former resident ofRossiter, died this morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. F.Long, of Edgewood, where she had made her home for the past fiveyears. She was born in Pottsville in 1858. Her husband precededher in death 12 years ago. She is survived by the following sonsand daughters: Mrs. William Cryer of Juniata; Mrs. G. F. Long ofEdgewood; Mrs. H. E. Sander of Swissvale; Mrs. Louis Bair ofWillkinsburg; Mrs. S. M. Hanley of Swissvale; Samuel Hunter of Dunlow;Gordon Hunter of Indiana; James Hunter of Sacramento, Cal. and WilliamHunter of Rossiter. The body will be brought to the Morrison FuneralHome Friday morning and services will be held Friday afternoon withinterment in Circle Hill Cemetery.
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1859 - 1941 (81 years)