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Jonathan R. Rolle Sr.

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Jonathan R. Rolle Sr.

Birth
Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas
Death
1953 (aged 69–70)
Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
Burial
Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Father of 18 children including actresses Esther Rolle, Estelle Evans, and Rosanna Carter. A Caribbean farming immigrant of Bahamian descent, Mr. Rolle became a South Florida vegetable farmer. Among the first buried in this cemetery after it first opened following passage of a law prohibiting blacks from being buried in the Pompano Beach Cemetery.
Father of 18 children including actresses Esther Rolle, Estelle Evans, and Rosanna Carter. A Caribbean farming immigrant of Bahamian descent, Mr. Rolle became a South Florida vegetable farmer. Among the first buried in this cemetery after it first opened following passage of a law prohibiting blacks from being buried in the Pompano Beach Cemetery.


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  • Added: Jun 2, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11077062/jonathan_r-rolle: accessed ), memorial page for Jonathan R. Rolle Sr. (23 Nov 1883–1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11077062, citing Westview Community Cemetery, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46783750).