Mrs. Joanna B. Blach(sic), wife of Alonzo W. Balch of Keyport, died on Sunday a week ago at the Manhattan hospital at New York, where she had gone to be treated for an abscess of the brain. She was 61 years old. She and her husband had recently returned from a trip to Europe.

Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, Jul 17, 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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