Mrs. Anna Stanhope, widow of Joseph Stanhope, died on Thursday, February 14th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Newman of Allentown. She was 94 years old and her death was due to a general breaking down of her health. She had lived in the vicinity of Allentown all her life. Besides the daughter with whom she lived she leaves four sons, Joseph, Augustus, Harry and Charles Stanhope of Allentown, and another daughter, Mrs. Georgianna Coons of Trenton.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Feb 27, 1901

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 - Ancestry.com

• Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 - Ancestry.com

• Interment.net - NJ ~ New Jersey Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

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