Died at His Sweetheart's Feet

Albert VanHouten, son of Conductor J. W. VanHouten of Manasquan, dropped dead on Sunday night at the feet of his sweetheart, Miss Viola Osborn, to whom he was soon to be married. The young man was subject to convulsions and been under treatment at a New York hospital. While calling on Miss Osborn on Sunday night he was stricken with a convulsion and died at her feet before medical aid could be summoned. Miss Osborn is about twenty years old. She is prostrated with grief.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Mar 20, 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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