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The Purpose of this ROLL Resource Center

"One thing we have discovered is that we are a nation of wanderers. Our ancestors have wandered the globe, and often left us with only one clue to trace their heritage, their surname." -Unknown

Ancestor Poem

The Primary Goals of this Page:

To collect all information pertaining to the ROLL surname, and the bearers of this surname that might in some way facilitate research of ROLL families worldwide.
To present this comprehensive information on the web so that it can be freely accessed by any ROLL genealogist at any time, from any place.
To list all families researching the ROLL surnames.
To link all pages of interest to people researching the ROLL surname.
To eventually determine the origin of each ROLL family.

"In order for all ROLL families to be gathered together, from wherever they may have wandered, you need a nest to gather them in." We need your help to do this. Please contribute to this project.

Submit your ROLL Genealogy Information

By submitting your ROLL information, you make this site more helpful for your ROLL relatives to make contact with you. We can't type everything in ourselves, so please submit your information in digital format (by e-mail) to mitch @ rollintl.com. Although we will accept any format (text, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, etc.,), it is best to submit your genealogy in gedcom (GED) or Family Tree Maker (FTM) format. You can obtain a free copy of the GEDCOM program at ... For a purchase price of $20.00 (as of July 2001), the Family Tree Maker program is available at ...

To keep the database to a manageable size, the outline listed below will be used. If you send us a GED or FTW formatted database, we can process your genealogy database properly for inclusion into the ROLL Worldwide database.

In addition to ROLL surnamed ancestors, only include non-ROLL surnamed ancestors one generation "deep". All "deeper" non-ROLL surnamed generations should not be included.

Spouses of non-ROLL surnamed ancestors one generation "deep" may be included.

The parents of non-ROLL surnamed ancestors (spouses of surnamed ROLLs) can be included.

All emigration information should be recorded.

To maintain confidentiality, vital information of living persons will be deleted prior to Internet publication. DO NOT delete this information before you send it, as we have "vital information removal" software available for this purpose. Thanks.

Example:

KEY:
b: .......... born	Abt. ....... about
d: .......... death	Aft. ........ after
+ ........... married	Bef. ........ before
Est. ........ estimated	Bet. ........ between

1 Johann Georg Roll b: Abt. 1827 Landau, South Russia d: 1878 South Russia
.+Katherina Mischel b: Abt. 1837 Katharinental, South Russia d: South Russia m: Bef. 1867 Father: Adam Mischel Mother: Marrianna Schwebel
....... 2 Sebastian Roll b: January 20, 1873 Rastadt, South Russia d: March 23, 1930 Bismarck, Burleigh, ND Emigration: November 1891 to the New York port
....... +AnnaMary Schaff b: April 19, 1878 Speier, South Russia d: January 25, 1904 Burt, Hettinger, ND m: Abt. 1894 Father: Georg Schaff Mother: Anna Mary Degele
................. 3 Marianne "Mary" Roll b: October 10, 1896 Richardton, Stark, ND d: January 29, 1943
................. +Jacob F. Heinzman b: April 23, 1888 Landau, South Russia d: February 13, 1951 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD m: March 06, 1916 ND Father: Georg Heinzman Mother: Eva Gaub Emigration: October 18, 1909 Arrived at Port Baltimore, MD on ship Kaiser Wilhelm the II from Bremen, Germany to Richardton, Stark, ND
........................... 4 Rose Marie Heinzman b: June 03, 1917 Burt, Hettinger, ND
........................... +Phillip Shafer d: Seattle, WA in Seattle, WA m: 1935
.................................... 5 Phyllis Shafer b: December 7, 1940 ND
.................................... +LuVerne Wolf
.................................... 5 George Shafer b: May 4, 1942
.................................... +Jeannia Unknown
........................... 4 Michael Heinzman b: February 03, 1919 Burt, Hettinger, ND
........................... +Ida Savage b: September 12, 1919 5 miles SE of Lemmon, SD m: November 27, 1942 Tacoma, WA Father: Ira M. Savage Mother: Dorothy Limeburger
.................................... 5 Donna Mae Heinzman b: January 12, 1945 Lemmon, SD d: November 1969 Las Vegas, NV
.................................... +Frances Derschen b: June 5, 1940 m: May 14, 1966 Lemmon, SD
................. 3 Michael Roll b: July 22, 1899 Mott, Hettinger, ND d: September 30, 1972 Mott, Hettinger, ND
................. +Rosa Reichert b: July 08, 1902 Odessa, South Russia d: May 13, 1979 Elgin, Grant, ND m: November 11, 1919 Father: Paul Reichert Mother: Katherine Schmidt Emigration: 1905 From South Russia to Dickinson, ND
....... 2 Monika Roll b: February 25, 1874 South Russia d: January 23, 1903 Odense, Morton, ND Emigration: October 09, 1900 From Speier, South Russia to St. Anthony, Morton, ND, sailing on the Kaiserin Maria Theresia via NY
....... +Jacob Schaff b: July 25, 1871 of Speier, South Russia d: August 03, 1945 Mandan, Morton, ND Father: Martin Schaaf Mother: Magdalena Schmidt
................. 3 Margaret Schaff b: November 17, 1896 Speier, South Russia d: November 06, 1965 ND
................. +John P. Schmidt b: July 07, 1891 Romania d: August 02, 1961 Bismarck, Burleigh, ND age at d: 70 m: January 20, 1919 Father: Pius Schmidt Mother: Rose Writz Emigration: Abt. 1916 Settled in the St. Anthony, Morton, ND area
........................... 4 Celestine Schmidt b: April 04, 1916
........................... +Frank Grosmen b: April 04, 1912 Dickinson, Stark, ND
.................................... 5 John Grosmen b: May 21, 1942 ND
........................... 4 Jacob Schmidt b: July 29, 1924 New Salem, Morton, ND
........................... +Cecilia Fleck b: February 02, 1928 d: January 24, 1982 Bismarck, Burleigh, ND m: June 08, 1948 St. Anthony, Morton, NDFather: Johannes Georg Fleck Mother: Veronica Steckler
.................................... 5 Raymond Schmidt
.................................... +Mickie Hoffer

Known ROLL Family Branches:

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide ROLL Surname database - This genealogy database encompasses the most extensive collection of ROLL names on the Internet. It contains thousands of ROLLs from around the world, spanning throughout Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, The Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, etc. Additions, corrections, and new-found links are welcomed. Please email us ( mitch @ rollintl.com ) me with your ROLL family tree so we can add it to this database.

There are approximately 2,200 ROLL families in Germany and about 2,500 in the United States.
ROLL Surname e-mail Forums - Post or read e-mails of people looking for genealogy information on their ROLL family at the RootsWeb.com ROLL Message Board, Genealogy.com ROLL Message Board (both web page interactive-based) and RootsWeb.com/ROLL (subscribe/e-mail-based, i.e. a listserve).

ROLL E-Mails found on the Worldwide Web.

Other ROLL Families not directly related to the German-Russian ROLL line are listed here.

ROLL Heraldry - ROLL FAMILY COAT OF ARMS
The OLD original coat of arms found in castles were made of wood and then painted.
a1. a2. a3. a4.
a5. a6. b.
a1), a2), a3, a4) Four versions of the ROLL arms, probably from Allern; a5) ROLLE - Allern; a6) ROLL - Allern; b) ROLL - Aul

c. d. e. f.
c) de ROLL (ROLLE) family coat from Geneva, Switzerland; d) ROLL - Neufehatel Soleum; e) ROLLE - Geneva, Switzerland; f) ROLLE Sculpter - Geneva, Switzerland. Probably made of wood.

g. h1. h2. i. j.
g) The family shield granted to Pierre Louis de ROLL (ROLLE) in France during the reign of King Louis XIV; h1) ROLL - Gase Alsace, France; h2) ROLL - was listed as an ancient German arms; i) ROLLÉ - Flandre j) ROLLE - was listed as an ancient French arms

k. l. m. n. o.
k) ROLL crest from England; l) ROLL - was listed as an ancient English arms; m) RÖLL (ROELL) - Tyrol; n) Die Rollin; o) ROL - French origin with family moving into Italy

p1. p2.
p1) Felix Freiherr (Ignaz Franz) von ROLL of Bernau (1729-1795) family coat, belonging to a Knight order. The ROLL family castle is located in Auenheim/Niederaussem (Bergheim) , Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany near Cologne; p2) The Baron Ignaz Franz von ROLL coat, which is still hanging over the castle door today.

q.
q) The Rolli Dudel crest - A very colorful costume carnival-festival named after a ROLL family.

Please email us if you find the following coats:
Aristocracy coats of arms from northeast Germany: ROLL in Mecklenburg (expired)
ROLL in Prussia (count/barons)
ROLL De Bernan
ROLLE De La Moinerie
ROLLS
UNKNOWN World Locations

ROLL Families Found in UNKNOWN World Locations
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]
- Altglashütte, Undetermined country (could be in Baden, Germany near Feldberg - 79868) to USA
- Einroffshof, Undetermined country (could be in N. Bavaria, Germany near Schondra - 97795) to USA
- Pasing, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany, a suburb of W. Munich - 80331) to USA
- Trostberg, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany near the Austria border - 83308) to USA
- Reutlingen, Eningen D Maschinenschrift, (could be in Württemberg, Germany S. of Stuttgart - home of Daimler-Benz!) [RALL] <1600

AFRICA OAU = "Organization of African Unity"

ROLL Families Found in Africa
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]
- Algeria:
- South Africa:

ALSACE (Elsass/Elsaß/Alsatia) - see FRANCE

ARGENTINA

ROLL Families Found in ARGENTINA
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]
- A Roca, La Pampa, Argentina <1909
- Buenos Aires, Argentina <1902
- Buenos Aires, Argentina to USA
- Rosario, Argentina to USA

AUSTRALIA/New Zealand/Oceania

ROLL Families Found in AUSTRALIA/New Zealand/Oceania
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]
- Australia:
- New Zealand:
- Philipines:

AUSTRIA (ancient Styria and Tyrolz) - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

AUSTRO-HUNGARY
after 1867

ROLL Families Found in AUSTRO-HUNGARY
Includes: Austria (ancient Styria and Tyrolz), Banat (now split between Hungary/Romania/Yugoslavia), Bohemia, Galicia, Hungary, Moravia, Transylvania (now eastern Hungary)
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]
BANAT (now located in Hungary, western ROMANIA, and eastern Yugoslavia.) - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

BELGIUM

ROLL Families Found in BELGIUM
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Belgium to USA
Heusden, Limburg, Belgium to USA

BOHEMIA - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

BRAZIL

ROLL Families Found in BRAZIL
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil 1881

CANADA

A group of ROLLs in CANADA had traveled in the early 1800's from the Pfalz area in Germany to the Odessa area in South Russia, and finally settling in CANADA in the early 1900's.

Medicine Hat, CANADA Festival for Germans from Russia - September 2003
"Germans from Russia were one of the largest ethnic groups among the pioneer homesteaders in the Southeastern Alberta and Southwest Saskatchewan. Some migrations of the group to this region of Canada began before the establishment of the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The major migrations, however, were between 1905 and 1914. During the Collectivization and Great Purge periods in the Soviet Union more people of German extraction fled to Canada. Again, after World War II, another small wave of Germans from Russia displaced by war, famine and oppression found their sanctuary in this region of Canada. Today, estimates suggest that approximately 40% of Medicine Hatters are either first generation Germans from Russia or their descendents. This gathering will include immigrants from the Volga, Polish and Ukrainian Volhynia, the Black Sea region, the Caucasus, Siberia, Crimea, Bessarabia, Romania, and many others, some of whom came here after a brief settlement in the U.S.A., especially in the Dakotas."

ROLL Families Found in CANADA
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # | Origin Year ]

Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada 1924
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada to USA
Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada <1890
Irvine, Alberta, Canada
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Pushing, Canada <1833
Shouldice Lodge, Calgary, Canada

CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Czech Republic)

ROLL Families Found in CZECHOSLOVAKIA
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Ostrowie, Czechoslovakia
Snina, Zemplin, Czechoslovakia [ROLL/ROLLA] <1500s?

DENMARK

ROLL Families Found in DENMARK
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Copenhagen, Denmark to USA
Emmerlev Sogn (Tondern Amt), Denmark <1893
Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn, Denmark <1665
Norlem, Ringkobing, Denmark <1795
Sejlflod, Aalborg, Denmark <1783
Skagen, Hjorring, Denmark <1804
Sonderborg, Aabenraa-Sonderborg, Denmark <1790

FRANCE - Alsace

(was a part of Germany from 1871-1918 and 1940-45)
There are a sizeable number of ROLL families living in northeast France called the "ALSACE area." Alsace (German Elsaß, Latin Alsatia) was formerly a part of GERMAN Imperial Territory (Reichland, 1870-1919) and borders along the beautiful Rhine River and GERMAN Black Forest to the east, the Vosges Mountains to the west, The Lauter River to the north, and the southern portion touches the northwest tip of Switzerland. The departments (counties) of Haut-Rhin, and Bas-Rhin (and before 1871, Belfort) in France now embody ALSACE. Alsace is rather French in feeling and tone although German in cultural tradition. Originally Alsace formed part of the Frankish kingdom. In 870, Alsace went to Germany as part of the newly founded Holy Roman Empire, which, though called Roman was in reality German. It retained much of its independence. The Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) brought great devastation and death to the people of Alsace. The decimated country was ceded to France in 1648 by the Treaty of Westphalia.
After the War, Alsace was repopulated by Catholic families from Switzerland and Germany because France wanted to encourage a Catholic influence in the country. For the next 200 plus years, Alsace was ruled by France. Unrest was felt once again during the period when our ancestors emigrated (in the 1860's) and in 1871, Alsace was ceded to Germany at the end of the Franco-Prussian War (1870). However, after World War I it returned to France in 1919.
The valley of the Thur, where Bitschwiller is located, serves as a pass through the Vosges Mountains and has, for many centuries, been fought over. It provides an alternative route through the mountains between Italy and Spain to Holland and Northern Europe, thus there were commercial causes of conflict. In addition, it provided a buffer between France and Germany as they experienced conflict between the Catholic and Protestant religions. Alsace itself had no conflict between the two religions; it has always been catholic.
View the Communities of Alsace from A to Z.

A number of Alsace ROLLs settled in the areas in and around the Michigan, USA area.
Tom Roll wrote, "My cousin Claude Roll, who is the Director of the Alsacian Genealogical Society at Strasbourg, France, told me that our Roll line migrated from the Black Forest Region of Baden, Germany following the 30 Years War, to Monswiller, Alsace, before 1699. He has a record of this first Roll (Nicola Roll). Claude told me that he has attempted to research the family name in Baden, but that he believes this line of the family name is lost to history."

ROLL Families Found in FRANCE
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

FRANCE

Agde, Hérault Languedoc Roussillon, France to USA
Ambert, Basse-Auvergne, France <1652
Aue, France to USA
Aue, Saxony, France to USA
Bet, France to USA
Biarritz, Pyrenees Atlantiques, Aquitaine France to USA
Biaudos, Landes, Aquitaine, France to USA
Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-St-Denis, France to USA
Bonneville, Haute, Savoie, Rhône Alpes, France to USA
Dordogne, Aquitaine, France to USA
Dürnkrut, Ebenthal, France to USA
Landes Aquitaine France to USA
Leuwarden, France <1781
Marseille, France to USA
Meaux, Seine et Marne, Ile de France, France to USA
Montgé-Dommartin, Seine et Marne, Ile de France, France to USA
Nancy-sur-Cluses, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France <1706
Paris, France to USA
Paris, France <1846
Paris, Paris, Ile de France, France to USA
Roggenburg, France (also Roggenburg, Switzerland?)
Rottenmann, France to USA
Saint Laurent de Gosse (Château de Montpellier) Landes Aquitaine, France to USA
Savoie, a second-order administrative division, France
Sevran, Seine St. Denis, Ile de France, France to USA
St. Nicolas or Anthelupt, France <1872
Tarentaise, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France <1680
Val d'Oise, Ile de France, France to USA
Vienne, Poitiers, France <1790
Vosges. a second-order administrative division, France (150 miles NW of Basel, Switzerland)
Wolfersdorf, France >1684

Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass/Elsaß/Alsatia), FRANCE (was part of Germany between 1870-1919):

Aspach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (from Steinzoultz, France)
Aspach-le-Haut, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1770
Barr, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Bayonne, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France to USA
Bellemagny, France >1650
Bellemagny, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Bettlach, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Bourg/Raedersdorf, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1713
Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France <1826
Carspach, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1635 (probably related to Savoie, France ROLLs)
Dannemarie, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Dannermarie, France <1700
Delle, Territoire de Belfort, Franche Comté France to USA
Delle, Territorie de Belfort, Franche Comté, France <1788
Dettwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Dettwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (aka Alsace, Germany)***** <1770
Dornach, near Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1722 (from Bourg, France)
Eschentzwiller, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1587
Folgensbourg, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France >1759
Grandvillars, Terr. de Belfort, Franche Comté, France to USA
Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France - early 1600’s
Guewenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Guewenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1648
hau, Hochstatt, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Hayange, Moselle, Lorraine, France <1708
Hayange, Moselle, Lorraine, France to USA
Hochstatt, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France >1710 (from Bourg, France)
Kiffis, Haut Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Kiffis, Haut Rhin, Alsace, Germany (now France))***** <1700
Kirchberg, Haut-Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Landser, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France >1706 (from Nancy-sur-Cluses, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Leimbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1615
Marschpich, Lorraine, France to USA
Masevaux, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (from Canton Soleure, Switzerland)
Monsvillers, France to USA
Monswiller, Bas Rhin Alsace, France to USA
Monswiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France***** <1706
Moselle, Lorraine, France to USA
Muespach-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <16981753 (from Bourg, France in 1710)
Mulheuse, France to USA
Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, Germany (now France) <1842
Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (from Uffholtz, France)
Niederschaeffolsheim, Bas Rhin, France to USA
Oberbruck, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Ottersthal, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Reichshoffen, Bas Rhin France to USA
Saessolsheim, Bas Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Saverne, Bas Rhin Alsace, France to USA
Scionzier, Haute Savoie Rhône Alpes, France to USA
Seppois-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France [Pierre Louis de ROLL (ROLLE), related to Canton Uri]
Sewen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France to USA
Sewen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France >1710 (from Matzendorf, Solothurn, Switzerland)
Steinsoultz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Strasbourg or Bouxwiller (Erstein?), Alsace, France <1770
Thann, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1629 (related to Cernay, France ROLLs)
Uffholtz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1573 (related to Mulhouse, France ROLLs)
Vieux-Ferrette, Haut Rhin, France Haut Rhin Alsace France to USA
Waldighofen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France <1696
Waldolwisheim, Bas Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Wegscheid (Wegsheid), Haut Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Wegscheid, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France*** <1766
Weyersheim, Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France [ROLLI/ROLI] <1733
Wingersheim, Bas Rhin, Alsace France to USA
Zillisheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace France to USA

FINLAND

ROLL Families Found in FINLAND
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Liperi, Kuopio, Finland <1786
Sysma, Mikkeli, Finland <1800

GALICIA - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

GREAT BRITIAN - England

A number of ROLL families emigrated from England to America. A seller of Coat of Arms certificates states, "In studying our archives we found that one of the earliest references to the family name Röll dates back in history to the year 1383."

Adrian Roll - aidee@@chain-reaction.fsworld.co.uk wrote: "I live on the east coast of England in a little town called Lowestoft. I can't remember exactly what my auntie said, but I remember her once saying that we had an ancestor many years ago who was Lord Mayor of London, which is the capitol of England."

Surname variations: ROLL/ROLLE, ROLLINGS, ROLLIN (British), ROLLESTON (Derbyshire), ROLESLEY, and possibly O'ROTHLAIN (Irish). The English ROLL family name originated in Yorkshire, England and traces their ancestral roots back to Norman origin. The ROLL family can be genealogically linked with the following English estates: 1) Castle Hill, Devonshire County, 2) Stevenstone Park Castle, Devon County, and 3) Tregothnan Castle, Cornwall County. This information is found in the Harleian Manuscripts which are records of the "Visitations" or, compilations of research done by heralds with regard to the backgrounds of English and Welsh families. These documents, compiled from about 1530 to the close of the 17th century, contain more than 30,000 registered family lineages, and are now housed in the British Museum in London, England.

ROLL Families Found in GREAT BRITIAN
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

England:

Avon, England, United Kingdom [Avon, Polk, Iowa???] to USA
Cornwall County, England (Castle: Tregothnan)
Derbyshire, England [ROLLESTON] <1507
Devon County, England (Castle: Stevenstone Park) [ROLLE]
Devonshire County, England (Castle: Castle Hill)
Farnworth, England to USA
Gorleston With Southtown, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom to USA
Hatherleigh, Devon, England United Kingdom to USA <1582
Heigham, Norfolk, England <1791
London, England to USA
Newcastle, Upon Tyne, England <1935
Northumberland, England [ROLLE]
Thornton Dale, Pickering, Yorkshire, England >1250 [ROLLE]
Tunbridge Wells, England to USA
Tynemouth, Northumberland, England <1811
West Norwood, England to USA
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom to USA
Yorkshire, England <1300 [ROLLE]
London, England [ROLLE]<1686 <1300

Ireland:

Ireland [Baron de ROLL] <1796
Ireland? [ROLLS or ROOLS?] <1805

Scotland:

Aberdeen, Scotland <1754
Bonhill, Dunbarton, Scotland <1861
Musselburgh, Scotland <1782

GERMANY

The 2nd largest contingency of USA ROLL families hail from Germany. Although no solid evidence has been found, it appears many GERMAN ROLL families came from Switzerland in the 1500's and 1600's. A large population of ROLLs currently live in GERMANY. German common first names and surnames.

Other Germany Maps

Year 2000 Distribution Map of ROLL Families in Germany

Percentage of ROLL Families in each State:

32% Baden-Württemberg

17% Bavaria

13% North Rhine-Westphalia

8% Lower Saxony

6% Berlin

5% Hesse

5% Rhineland-Palatinate

3% Saxony

3% Schleswig-Holstein

3% Brandenburg

2% Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

2% Hamburg

1% Saxony-Anhalt

.3% Saarland

0% Thuringia

A 1997 Roll directory map shows the same pattern as the 2000 map. Markus Weidenbach, a professional German genealogist writes, "I've prepared a map containing all ROLL appearances in German phone directories. As you can see the ROLL are spread over the entire country. There seems to be a concentration in northern Rhineland and southwest Germany, but you have to consider that these areas have a very dense population. If you would like to have a list of all German ROLL addresses (summer 2002), I could send it to you as a text file. But it's very doubtful they are all connected to each other. I guess they derive from several independent clans. For example, the 700 WEIDENBACH families in Germany can be attached to at least eight different clans without any chance to find a relation in the last four centuries! There are about 1,600 ROLL families in Germany, so you can imagine there must be several clans. But if you like me to do a research on the other families (at least for their origin), I will of course be at your service."
There is only one town in Germany named "Roll". It is located in southeastern tip of the state of Baveria and is 10 miles west of Salzburg, Austria. The large German city of Rosenheim is 30 miles east .
World War II German Military Deaths/MIA - Alphabetized ROLL Surname List.
Robert A. Roll of Capron, IL is researching the ROLLs from the Kleinbeubach/Miltenberg, Baden, Germany area.
Günter Helmut Todt of Germany wrote, "The whole northern Black Forest region and the neighboring areas, are full of ROLL and ROLLER families. The villages Oberjettingen and Unterjettingen are within this scope."
Harm Rieper of Germany wrote, "In the Herrenberg area (south of Stuttgart, Germany, now Baden-Wuerttemberg, former Kingdom of Wuerttemberg) the name ROLL and ROLLER name is quite common. In the village of Altingen, Catholic ROLLs are demonstrably from 1659 to the beginning of the 20th century. I just worked on editing the Catholic Church records of Altingen, which will take quite a while to finalize. There may also be Lutheran ROLLs (Altingen had Lutheran and Catholic inhabitants), but this is the second part of editing the data."
ROLL/YANCEY (of Odenhausen bez. Geisen, Germany to NJ ) genealogy page by Christina ROLL
Die Kartei Quassowski is an extensive collection of genealogy of east German families. It is a part of the Quellen, Materialien und Sammlungen zur altpreußischen Familienforschung (QMS); Nr. 1 series. The index volume of (385) pages is one of about 20 volumes of this collection and contains the genealogy of an estimated 350,000 persons including ROLL, ROLLE, and ROLLER families. While it best known as an important source of East and West Preuessen genealogy, it is known to contain Pommern genealogy and appears to have Posen and Silesien genealogy as well.

ROLL Families Found in GERMANY
Includes the states of Baden (now Baden-Württemberg), Bavaria (Bayern), Berlin, Brandenburg, Hanover, Hessen, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen and Friesland), Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), North Rhine WestPhalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Pomerania, PRUSSIA, Rhineland-Palatinate/Pfalz (aka Bayern), Saarland, Saxony (Sachsen), Schleswig-Holstein, Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg)
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # | Origin Year ]

Unknown Locations in GERMANY:

Aichach, Germany to USA (could be Aichach/Augsburg, Bavaria)
Altglashütte, Undetermined country (could be in Baden, Germany near Feldberg - 79868) to USA
Augsburg, Germany to USA (could be Augsburg, Bavaria or Schleswig-Holstein)
Bergisch, Gladbach, Germany to USA (could be Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine)
Betsche, Posen, Germany to USA (now POLAND?)
Bronderhammiracle, Germany <1876 (could be Bunderhammrich, Lower Saxony)
Bulach, Germany to USA (could be Bulach/Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg)
Bunde, Duitsland Germany to USA (could be Bünde, North Rhine or Bunde, Lower Saxony)
Busod, Germany to USA (could be Busow, Mecklenburg????)
Butingen, Germany to USA (could be Bütlingen, Lower Saxony or Büttlingen, Mecklenburg)
Dortmund, Germany to USA (probably Dortmund, North Rhine)
Dringenberg, Germany to USA (probably Dringenberg, North Rhine)
Edenhoven, Germany to USA (could be Edenhofen, Bavaria???)
Edenhusen bes. Giesen, Germany <1870 (could be Edenhausen, Bavaria or Egenhausen - in many states)
Einroffshof, Undetermined country (could be in N. Bavaria, Germany near Schondra - 97795) to USA
Eppelsheim, Germany** 1733 (could be Eppelsheim/Worms, Rhineland)
Gmund, Germany to USA (could be in Baden-Wurttemberg or 3+ Gmunds in Bavaria)
Gunterberg, Germany (could be Günterberg/Berlin, Brandenburg)
Hagen, Germany to USA (could be Hagen in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, North Rhine, Saxony-Anhalt, or Schleswig-Holstein)
Hamburg, Germany to USA (could be Hamburg, Hamburg - between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony)
Herrenthierbach, Germany to USA (could be Herrentierbach, Baden-Wurttemberg)
Herrentierb (Herrenberg?), Germany to USA (could be Herrenberg, Baden-Wurttemberg???)
Hessheim, Germany to USA (could be Hessheim/Frankenthal (Heßheim), Rhineland)
Hollingen, Germany to USA (could be Hölingen/Wildeshausen, Lower Saxony)
Janowitz, Germany <1887 (could be Jannowitz, Brandenburg or Saxony, or Jennewitz, Mecklenburg)
Konigsel, Germany to USA (could be Königsau, Rhineland???)
Kr.Schubin (Veronika, Kr. Schubin???), Germany to USA (???)
Leiselheim, Germany to USA (could be Leiselheim, Baden-Wurttemberg or Rhineland)
Ludwigshafen, Germany to USA (probably Ludwigshafen, Rhineland)
Odenhausen bez. Geisen, Germany (could be Odenhausen, Hesse)
Offstein, Germany to USA (probably Offstein/Worms, Rhineland)
Pasing, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany, a suburb of W. Munich - 80331) to USA
Reutlingen, Eningen D Maschinenschrift, (could be in Württemberg, Germany S. of Stuttgart - home of Daimler-Benz!) [RALL] <1600
Rezensburg, Germany to USA (could be Regensburg, Bavaria - 3 cities)
Riech, Germany (could be Reich, Rhineland)
Schimborn, Deutschland Germany to USA (probably Schimborn/Aschaffenburg, Bavaria)
Siebenstern, Germany to USA (could be Siebenstern/Paderborn, North Rhine)
Strukamp, Germany to USA (could be Strukkamp, Fehmarn, Schlesswig-Holstein)
Trostberg, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany near the Austria border - 83308) to USA
Uckermark, Germany, (could be in North Rhine about 8 miles east of Bonn)
Unterwössen, Allemagne, Germany (probably Lower Saxony)

Baden (now Baden-Württemberg ), GERMANY:

Altglashütte, Undetermined country (could be in Baden, Germany near Feldberg - 79868) to USA
Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg Germany to USA
Baden-Baden, Baden, Germany <1711
Bretten, Baden, Germany <1884
Bulach, Germany to USA (could be Bulach/Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg)
Karlsruhe, Germany to USA
Kehl/Baden, Germany to USA
Kleinbeubach/Miltenberg, Baden, Germany* <1910
Kork, Baden, Germany** (near Strasbourg)<1653
Ladenburg, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany to USA
Nonnerweir, Baden, Germany** <1712
Pforzheim, (probably Baden), Germany to USA
Wiesental, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany [ROLLE]*** <1688

Bavaria (Bayern), GERMANY:

Aichach, Germany to USA (could be Aichach/Augsburg, Bavaria)
Augsburg, Germany to USA (could be Augsburg, Bavaria or Schleswig-Holstein)
Edenhoven, Germany to USA (could be Edenhofen, Bavaria???)
Edenhusen bes. Giesen, Germany <1870 (could be Edenhausen, Bavaria or Egenhausen - in many states)
Einroffshof, Undetermined country (could be in N. Bavaria, Germany near Schondra - 97795) to USA
Gmund, Germany to USA (could be in Baden-Wurttemberg or 3+ Gmunds in Bavaria)
Hochdorf, Bavaria (Bayern) Germany to USA
Hoechst am Main, Bavaria, Duitsland Germany to USA
Klein Hauback Amemein, Bavaria, Germany <1900
Pasing, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany, a suburb of W. Munich - 80331) to USA
Rezensburg, Germany to USA (could be Regensburg, Bavaria - 3 cities)
Schimborn, Deutschland Germany to USA (probably Schimborn/Aschaffenburg, Bavaria)
Struvenütten, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany <1936
Trostberg, Undetermined country (could be in Bavaria, Germany near the Austria border - 83308) to USA
Unterdornlach, Bayern (now north Bavaria), Germany <1662

Berlin (located in the center of Brandenburg), GERMANY:

More research is needed.

Brandenburg, GERMANY:

Berlin Stadt, Brandenburg, Germany [ROLLE]
Berlin, Germany to USA
Berlin/Neukölln, Berlin, Berlin, Germany to USA
Berlin/Treptow, Berlin, Berlin, Germany to USA
Breifenberg, Brandenburg, Prussia <1834
Finsterwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
Gunterberg, Germany (could be Günterberg/Berlin, Brandenburg)
Janowitz, Germany <1887 (could be Jannowitz, Brandenburg or Saxony, or Jennewitz, Mecklenburg)
Laupheim, Brandenburg, Germany <1921
Melzow, Germany to USA
Melzow, Angermunde, Brandenburg, Germany <1840
Melzow, Kreis Angermunde, Brandenburg, Germany** 1809
Rheinsberg/Mark, Berlin Berlin, Germany to USA

Frisia, Friesland, Eastern Frisia (Ostfriesland), and Northern Frisia (Nordfriesland) - see Lower Saxony

Hanover (located between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony), GERMANY:

More research is needed.

Hesse (Hessen), GERMANY:

Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany <1849
Hesse-Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany to USA
Hofaschenbach, Kurhessen (Hessen), Germany - 60 miles NE of Frankfurt am Main <1751
Monzernheim, Worms, Hessen, Germany** 1719
Monzernheim,Worms Hessen Rheinland Pfalz Germany to USA
Monzernheim/Worms, Rheinhessen, Germany <1701
Odenhausen bez. Geisen, Germany (could be Odenhausen, Hesse)
Ruppertsburg, Germany (probably in the state of Hessen) <1694

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), GERMANY:

Bronderhammiracle, Germany <1876 (could be Bunderhammrich, Lower Saxony)
Bunde, Duitsland Germany to USA (could be Bünde, North Rhine or Bunde, Lower Saxony)
Butingen, Germany to USA (could be Bütlingen, Lower Saxony or Büttlingen, Mecklenburg)
Diepholz, Allemagne Hannover, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany to USA (50 miles NW of Hannover)
Hollingen, Germany to USA (could be Hölingen/Wildeshausen, Lower Saxony)
Ihrhove/Leer, Lower Saxony/Eastern Frisia (Ostfriesland/ Niedersachsen), Germany <1850
Ihren/Leer, Lower Saxony/Eastern Frisia (Ostfriesland/ Niedersachsen), Germany <1783
Unterwössen, Allemagne, Germany (probably Lower Saxony)

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), GERMANY:

Baerwalde Neustettin, Pommern, Prussia <1873
Busod, Germany to USA (could be Busow, Mecklenburg????)
Butingen, Germany to USA (could be Bütlingen, Lower Saxony or Büttlingen, Mecklenburg)
Janowitz, Germany <1887 (could be Jannowitz, Brandenburg or Saxony, or Jennewitz, Mecklenburg)
Pasewalk, Pommerania (now in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) Germany* <1831 (east of Neubrandeburg)
Stargard, Pommern, Prussia <1820
Sukow/Schwerin, Pommern, Germany* <1864

North Rhine WestPhalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), GERMANY:

Attendorn, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany (50 miles west of Köhn) <1960
Beinhausen/Hillesheim (Eifel area), Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1721 Catholic
Bergisch, Gladbach, Germany to USA (could be Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine)
Bunde, Duitsland Germany to USA (could be Bünde, North Rhine or Bunde, Lower Saxony)
Dortmund, Germany to USA (probably Dortmund, North Rhine)
Dringenberg, Germany to USA (probably Dringenberg, North Rhine)
Duesseldorf, (now in Northrhine-Westphalia), Germany <1670 Catholic
Elsdorf/Bergheim, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1714 Catholic
Essen, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1814 Protestant
Kaiserswerth/Duesseldorf, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1661 Catholic
Koeln (Cologen), Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1694 Catholic
Moers/Duisburg, (now in Northrhine-Westphalia), Germany <1626 Protestant
Randerath/Heinsberg Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany <1697 Catholic
Siebenstern, Germany to USA (could be Siebenstern/Paderborn, North Rhine)
Uckermark, Germany, (could be in North Rhine about 8 miles east of Bonn)

Pomerania/Pommeren
- see Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and POLAND

PRUSSIA
- see eastern GERMANY, POLAND, and western RUSSIA

The Prussian (Preussen/Preußen) Kingdom (1815-1918) stretched across Poland and northern Germany to the French border, and included the following sub-states: East Prussia (Ostpreussen), West Prussia (Westpreussen), Poland (Posen), Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia (Schlesien), Brandenburg, Hanover (Hannover), Hohenzollern, Rhineland (Rheinland), Westphalia (Westfal). Around 1400 there were over 160 member cities of the Hanseatic League (Hansa/Hansestädte) in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Rhineland-Palatinate/Pfalz (Rheinland - aka Bayern), GERMANY: Rhine Republic 1806

Eppelsheim, Germany** 1733 (could be Eppelsheim/Worms, Rhineland)
Frankenstein, Rheinland Pfalz Germany to USA
Hessheim, Germany to USA (could be Hessheim/Frankenthal (Heßheim), Rhineland)
Jockgrim, Germersheim, Pfalz-Rhineland Palatinate, Germany <1690
Konigsel, Germany to USA (could be Königsau, Rhineland???)
Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate/Pfalz, Germany <1800Frankfurt, Germany to USA
Leiselheim, Germany to USA (could be Leiselheim, Baden-Wurttemberg or Rhineland)
Ludwigshafen, Germany to USA (probably Ludwigshafen, Rhineland)
Meysenehin/Otterberg, Bayern (now Rhineland-Palatinate/Pfalz), Germany <1647
Morlheim, Pfalz, Germany Rheinland Pfalz Germany to USA
Mörlheim/Landau, Pfalz, Germany
ober-Offenbach (Offenbach an der Queich? - 3 miles E of Landau), Bayern, Germany <1631
Offstein, Germany to USA (probably Offstein/Worms, Rhineland)
Rhodt, Bayern (now Rhineland-Palatinate/Pfalz), Germany - (5 miles N of Landau) <1659
Rhodt, Germany to USA
Rhodt, Pflaz, Germany (20 miles NW of Karlsruhe) 1732
Riech, Germany (could be Reich, Rhineland)

Saarland, GERMANY:

Haustadt/Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany <1757 Catholic

Saxony (Sachsen), GERMANY:

Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany <1762

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt), GERMANY:

Oberfarnstädt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany <1700
Teudiz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany <1717 (evangelical)

Schleswig-Holstein, GERMANY:

Augsburg, Germany to USA (could be Augsburg, Bavaria or Schleswig-Holstein)
Nienthal, Lutjenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany <1850
Strukamp, Germany to USA (could be Strukkamp, Fehmarn, Schlesswig-Holstein)

Thuringia (Thuringen), GERMANY: before 1991

More research is needed

WestPhalia - see North Rhine-WestPhalia

Württemberg (now Baden-Württemberg ), GERMANY:

Altingen, Württemberg, Germany*** <1659 Catholic
Amlishagen/Gerabronn, Württemberg, Germany*** <1752
BLACK FOREST region, Baden, Germany [ROLL/Von ROLL, related to Von ROLLs in Canton Uri, Switzerland]
Bondorf, Wurttemberg, Germany
Brachbach, Wuerttemberg, Baden Wurttemberg Germany to USA
Brachbach, Wurttemberg, Germany <1760
Goggenbach, (Württemberg?), Germany <1669
Gmund, Germany to USA (could be in Baden-Wurttemberg or 3+ Gmunds in Bavaria)
Herrenthierbach, Germany to USA (could be Herrentierbach, Baden-Wurttemberg)
Herrentierb (Herrenberg?), Germany to USA (could be Herrenberg, Baden-Wurttemberg???)
Herrenberg, Württemberg, Germany***
Hoerlebach, Baden Wurttemberg Germany to USA
Hoerlebach, Wurttemberg, Germany <1806
Leiselheim, Germany to USA (could be Leiselheim, Baden-Wurttemberg or Rhineland)
Moetzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany
Muenchen (Munich), Germany to USA <1917
Nagold, Wurttemberg, Germany
Neckarsulm area, Wurttmeberg (or Baden), Germany <1500
Oberjetting/Boblingen, Württemberg, Gemany*
Oberjettingen, Boeblingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany***** <1534
Oberjettingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany <1753
Obersteinach, Wuerttemberg, Baden Wurttemberg Germany to USA
Obersteinach, Wurttemberg, Germany <1843
Oeschelbronn, Wurttemberg, Germany
Reutlingen, Eningen D Maschinenschrift, (could be in Württemberg, Germany S. of Stuttgart - home of Daimler-Benz!) [RALL] <1600
Ruppertshofen, Wuerttemberg, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany to USA
Sandelsbronn, Württemberg, Germany <1605
Sommerberg, Württemberg (or Bavaria), Germany <1556
Tailfingen, Wurttemberg, Germany
Unterjettingen, Boeblingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany <1555

HOLLAND - see The NETHERLANDS

HUNGARY - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

ITALY

ROLL Families Found in ITALY
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Palermo, Sicily, Italy {Palermo, Doniphan, Kansas???} to USA

ISRAEL

ROLL Families Found in ISRAEL
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Kibbutz Masada, Jordan Valley, Israel

KAZAKHSTAN

ROLL Families Found in KAZAKHSTAN in Euroasia
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

More research is needed

MEXICO

ROLL Families Found in MEXICO
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Mexico: Mexico City to USA <1913

MOLDOVIA (Moravia) - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY and RUSSIA

The NETHERLANDS

The largest percentage of ROLLs in the USA are the Dutch descendents of the Jan MANGALESE-ROLL line, who emigrated from Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands in the 1600's. There were two main lines; one migrated through the state of New Jersey, and the other by way of Pennsylvania.
William Henry Roll of Blythe, California has a nice Dutch ROLL "Windmill" Genealogy Page. A very detailed history of European ROLL family migration can be found at his site. William lists additional ROLL family sites. William writes, "There was, in the 18th century, a well-established Roll family (Jacobus ROLLE, born before 1695) in the town of Woudenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands, and in nearby towns. Opperkoopman Heyn ROL sailed on the ship Nieuw-Hoorn under Willem IJsbrantsz Bontekoe for Java in the East Indies in 1619. There is an interesting article, "Logboek/Toen het schip in honderdduizend stukken sprong," by Peter Henk Steenhuis at www.trouw.nl/artikelactueel/998844896036.html. The article is in Dutch. Tom van Baar has found that there was a Roll family in Hoorn, North Holland, the Netherlands. I have read there was a Roll family in Purmerend, North Holland, the Netherlands."
Heinric ROL, an Anabaptist leader and martyr, was born in Grave, Dutch province, North Brabant and was burned at the stake in 1534 at Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg. ROLLs also were recorded living in the towns of Baam, Deventer, Gravenhage, and Zoelen.

ROLL Families Found in The NETHERLANDS (HOLAND)
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # | Origin Year ]

Alkmeer, Holland to USA <1916 [ROL]
Deventer, The Netherlands <1878
Garsthuisa, Holland to USA <1910 [ROL]
Grave, Dutch province of North Brabant [ROL] <1500
Thierachern Netherlands to USA
Uetendorf Netherlands to USA
Uitgeest, Holland to USA <1919
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands to USA
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands [MANGLE / ROL]*** <1610
Weener, Duisland Netherlands to USA
Woudenberg, Netherlands to USA
Woudenberg, The Netherlands [ROLLE] <1695

NORWAY

ROLL Families Found in NORWAY
A ROLL genealogist writes, “There are 3 families using the name Roll, one of Norwegian origin renamed after the old Norwegian name ROEL, one of Dutch origin and Germany/Denmark (such as Husum in Germany, on the Danish border; Nienthal, Lutjenburg, Schleswig-Holstein).” Norwegian-English Genealogy Dictionary
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Ania, Norway to USA
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway <1797
Bergen, Norway to USA
Christiansand, Norway to USA
Christina, Norway to USA <1919
Eidsberg, Ostfold, Norway to USA
Gimsay, Norway to USA
Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway <1860
Høeland, Akeshus Norway to USA
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway* <1753
Lødingen, Nordland, Norway to USA
Narvik, Norway to USA
Oslo, Akershus, Norway** <1790
Oslo, Akeshus, Norway to USA
Ski, Norway to USA
Sorum, Akershus, Norway <1893
Spydeberg, Ostfold, Norway to USA
Spydeberg, Ostfold, Norway** <1753
Staur, Stange, HE, Norway <1882
Thjem, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway***** <1783
Trøgstad, Norway to USA
Trondheim, Sor Trondelag, Norway to USA
Urschoug, Akeshus, Norway
Voss Hordaland, Norway to USA

PERU

ROLL Families Found in PERU
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Lima, Peru

POMERANIA
- see POLAND and GERMANY
Pomerania (Pomeranian/Kashubian: Pòmòrze, Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Pom(m)erland, Pommerellen, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania,) is the historical region on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea centered around the mouth of River Oder on the present-day border between Poland and Germany, reaching from River Reknitz in the west to River Vistula in the east.

POLAND

A number of ROLL families lived in Poland. Some moved to the United States, and others returned to Germany.

ROLL Families Found in POLAND
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Betsche, Posen, Poland (Germany)** 1859
Brzozow, Warszawskiego, Poland <1813
Bydgoskiego, Poland <1875
Dlugopole, Poland-[Austrian governed] (or Budapest, Hungary?) <1888
Gr. Neuhof, West Prussia (Poland)
Greifenberg, Brandenburg, Prussia <1858
Grombach, Gorka, Lodzkiego, Poland to USA
Grombach, Gorka, Lodzkiego, Poland <1802
Krien, Pommern, Prussia (now Poland) <1875
Lakewo (Luszewo), Russia; now Poland* <1880
Lemberg, Poland
Melzow, (Poland?)
Posen, Posen, Poland <1835
Stara Iwiczna, Piaseczno, Warszawskiego, Poland <1832
Striesewitz, Lissa, Poznanskiego, Poland <1745
Warszawa, Warszawskiego, Poland <1820
Wierchomla Wielka (Poland?) <1888
Zakrzyna, Congress Poland, Wolinien (Wollstein?), Poland

PRUSSIA
- see POLAND and GERMANY
The Prussian (Preussen/Preußen) Kingdom (1815-1918) stretched across Poland and northern Germany to the French border, and included the following sub-states: East Prussia (Ostpreussen), West Prussia (Westpreussen), Poland (Posen), Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia (Schlesien), Brandenburg, Hanover (Hannover), Hohenzollern, Rhineland (Rheinland), Westphalia (Westfal).

ROMANIA

ROLL Families Found in ROMANIA
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Berhomette, Romania to USA
Cataloi, Romania
Czernovitz, Romania to USA
Jadora, Romania to USA

RUSSIA

CZAR FLAG

USSR SOVIET FLAG

The first known ROLL to immigrate to Russia was Heinrick Rol. Heinrick was born at Grave in the Dutch province of North Brabant and moved to Muenster, West Phalia, Russia in 1532. He was a Lutheran-turned-Anabaptist leader and marter. No ROLLs were found in the first major 1760's German migration to the Volga region

in Russia. Two unrelated German ROLL family branches traveled to South Russia, now the Ukraine, in the early 1800's. The Catholic group settled in the Beresan District

and the Evangelical (Lutheran) homesteaded near Odessa

.

ROLL Families Found in RUSSIA
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Unknown RUSSIA Locations:

Brsny, Russia to USA [ROL]
Janawic, Russia (Poland?) to USA [ROL]
Orthaleno, Thal, Russia to USA
Petrokow/Lodz (Poland?) to USA
Poitrkow, Russia to USA [ROL]

Beresan District, Cherson, South RUSSIA (now south-central UKRAINE):

German-Russian ROLL Family database - Jockgrim, Germany... South Russia... North Dakota.

Christina, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia 18__
Felsenberg (Felsenburg/Felzenberg), Beresan, Cherson, South Russia** 1860s
Johannestal, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia 18__
Karlsruhe, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia* 1817
Katharinental, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia* 1817
Landau, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia** 18__
München (Muenchen, Munich), Beresan, Cherson, South Russia [ROHL?] 18__
Rastadt, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia*** 180_
Speier (Speyer), Beresan, Cherson, South Russia* 18__
Sulz, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia (aka 1904 Sulz, Wesselinowo, Odessa) 1809*****
Worms, Beresan, Cherson, South Russia 180_

Bessarabia District, Odessa, South RUSSIA (now Moldovia/Romania):

Alexanderfeld, (Beresan, or Odessa?), South Russia
Dennewitz, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Freudenstal, South Russia
Friedenstal, Akkerman, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Gnadenthal, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Grossliebental, Liebental, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia*****
Kameuska, Saratov, Bessarabia (Gluckstal?), Odessa, South Russia
Katzbach, Akkermann, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Neu Postal, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Sarata, Bessarabia, Odessa, South Russia
Grossleibenthal, Odessa, Russia Russian Federation to USA
Friedensthal, Bessarabia, Russia Russian Federation to USA
Wittenberg, Akkermann, Bessarabia, South Russia to USA

Gluckstal District, Odessa, South RUSSIA (now Moldovia):

Bergdorf, Glückstal (Glueckstal), Odessa, South Russia** [also RALL families] 1808>1940s
Bergdorf, Glueckstal, Odessa, South Russia
Gluckstal, Gluckstal, Odessa, South Russia
Kalenschinai, Gluckstal, Odessa, South Russia
Wilhelsthal (Russian=Wasiilevka) aka Neu Guldendorf, a hamlet abt. 60 mi NE of Odessa**

Kutschurgan District, Odessa, Cherson, South RUSSIA:

Kassel, Kutschurgan, Odessa, South Russia [ROLLE]

Leibental District, Odessa, South RUSSIA:

Lustdorf, Odessa, South Russia*
Neu Postal, Odessa, South Russia
Neusatz, Odessa, South Russia
Odessa City, Odessa, South Russia
Petersthal, Liebental, Odessa, South Russia

Volga, South RUSSIA:

Volga German ASSR, Soviet Union (1918-1941) (ASSR der Wolga Deutschen)

Holstein, Saratov, Volga, Russia <1819

Volhynia, South RUSSIA (now northwest UKRAINE):

Wiesental, Volhynia, Russia <1860
Maximowka, Volhynia, Russia <1861

SPAIN

ROLL Families Found in SPAIN:
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Spain to USA

SWEDEN

ROLL Families Found in SWEDEN
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Hamarslund, Sweden to USA
Kristianstad, Kristianstad, Sweden, >1810
Norra Asum, Kristianstad, Sweden**** >1807
Smaland, Sweden >1880
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden***** <1670
Yerbo, Sweden to USA

SWITZERLAND

We have found a fair number of USA ROLL families originating from Switzerland. Other surname spellings include ROLLE and von ROLL. The use of “de”, for example, “comte de ROLLE”, shows the family was French speaking. German speaking Swiss used “von”, as in “von ROLL”. The Von Roll Group

, headquartered in Zürich, is a worldwide business conglomerate.

William Henry Roll of Blythe, California wrote, "Roll (or Rol) is also a word found in several languages including Yiddish. The surname Roll may be a toponym, a surname based on a person's place of origin, derived from the town of Roll, near Lake Geneva, Switzerland, near the places mentioned as follows: There were Roll families, in the 16th century, in the Swiss cantons Geneva, Bern, Soleure, and Uri, and in Alsace, France, and Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany. Some French Roll families were in Alsace, Savoie, and the Rhône-Alpes. Those in Switzerland were in cantons Fribourg, Soleure, Solothurn, and the valley of the Argue."
Swiss library book: [GCH-57]- CHARRIERE (L. de): Opuscules historiques, La baronnie de Rolle et Mont-Le-vieux. De l'origine de la famille de Goumoens. Lausanne, Bridel, 1877. In-8, br. 108 pp + 3 tabl. généal. h.t. CHF 70.--

ROLL Families Found in SWITZERLAND
[ City/Village, State/Province, Country | Emigrated to USA | [Surname] | "*" = # Found | Origin Year ]

Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland***** <1600
Argue valley, Switzerland
Bern Canton, Switzerland [related to Geneva Von ROLLs] <1798
Bernau, Hauptmann, Uri, Switzerland <1667
Biel, Switzerland to USA
Delemont, Switzerland to USA
Fribourg Canton, Switzerland
Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland <1680 (from Tarentaise, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France in 1680 and Cernay, France in 1763)
Fürsprech, Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland <1724
Geneva Canton, Switzerland*** [von ROLL]
Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland to USA <1685
Hauptmann, Uri, Switzerland <1626
Landammann, Uri, Switzerland <1740
Lausanne, Switzerland to USA
Leuggern, Uri, Switzerland <1648 (Johanniterkumtur zu)
Leutnant, Uri, Switzerland <1668
Matzendorf, Solothurn, Switzerland <1710
Mitlödi,Glarus, Switzerland to USA <1704
Netstal,Glarus, Switzerland to USA <1645
Ritter, Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland <1562
Roggenburg Switzerland to USA
Rolle, Vaud Canton, Switzerland [origination of the Geneva Von ROLLs]***
Soleure Canton, Switzerland [related to Geneva Von ROLL and from Savoie, France]
Soleure, Switzerland to USA
Soleure, Switzerland <1761
Savoie (comete de Savoie), Switzerland (or France?) [ROLLE] <1300 – Jean de ROLLE
Thierachern Switzerland to USA
Uri Canton, Switzerland [Von ROLL, not related to Geneva]
Zurich, Switzerland to USA

TRANSYLVANIA (now eastern Hungary) - see AUSTRO-HUNGARY

UKRAINE - see RUSSIA

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

The ROLL families immigrating to America came mainly from Argentina

(via other countries), Austria, Australia (via other countries), Canada (via other countries), Denmark, England, Germany

, Hungary, Israel, The Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Romania, Russia

, Sweden, and Switzerland . ROLLs have lived or are currently living in all 50 states.

Alphabetized ROLL Emigrant List through the port of New York in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

USA 2002 alphabetized ROLL Social Security Number List - This is a list of Social Security Numbers (SSN) of ROLLs who died before 2002. Included are the names, birth, death, last residence, and SSN with issuing state.

Alphabetized ROLL Obituary List searches.

Towns Bearing the "ROLL" Name (ROLL, Arizona - ROLL, Oklahoma - ROLL, Indiana):

USA Towns Bearing the "ROLL" Name

1850-1990 ROLL Family Distribution per Capita:

In 1850, ROLL families were concentrated in New Jersey, Georgia, and Ohio. By the 1880's there was an upswing of ROLL families in New York and Pennsylvania. Oregon reached the highest per capital ratio of ROLLs in 1920 with 1 per 500 individuals, followed by Missouri, Nebraska, and Kentucky. Due to the 1890's emigration of German-Russian ROLLs, North Dakota and Montana, with their less dense population, saw a fair representation of ROLL families on the open prairies, trailed by Indiana and Ohio. Although these states had a larger per capita population of ROLLs, Ohio, Washington, New York, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan, Arizona, Nebraska and many other states had a larger number of ROLL residents. View other surname growth maps at www.hamrick.com. According to the 1990 USA census, the ROLL surname comprises .002 percent of the total population or two ROLLs for every 100,000 people in the United States. Check out the U.S. Census Bureau to search for other surnames.


Top 10 USA Surnames     Top 10 USA Male First Names  Top 10 USA Female First Names
__________________________     ___________________________      ___________________________
Name  Frequency    Rank     Name   Frequency   Rank      Name    Frequency  Rank

SMITH     1.006       1     James      3.318    1        Mary        2.629   1
JOHNSON   0.810       2     John       3.271    2        Patricia    1.073   2
WILLIAMS  0.699       3     Robert     3.143    3        Linda       1.035   3
JONES     0.621       4     Michael    2.629    4        Barbara     0.980   4
BROWN     0.621       5     William    2.451    5        Elizabeth   0.937   5
DAVIS     0.480       6     David      2.363    6        Jennifer    0.932   6
MILLER    0.424       7     Richard    1.703    7        Maria       0.828   7
WILSON    0.339       8     Charles    1.523    8        Susan       0.794   8
MOORE     0.312       9     Joseph     1.404    9        Margaret    0.768   9
TAYLOR    0.311      10     Thomas     1.380   10        Dorothy     0.727  10
SCHMIDT   0.051     204
BERGER    0.014     881
LANTZ     0.001   3,247
REICHERT  0.002   3,611
ROLL      0.002   6,019
GARTNER   0.002   6,546
STROH     0.002   7,001
HELLMAN   0.001   7,971
SCHAAF    0.001   8,104
SCHAFF    0.001  11,312
KOFFLER   0.001  17,278
HEIDT     0.001  18,185
MISCHEL   0.000  35,188        Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

NORTH DAKOTA , OR, and WA, USA
Virtually all of the ROLL families which homesteaded around the 1900's in southwest North Dakota and some parts of Oregon and Washington, had lived in the Beresan District, South Russia for about 100 years before arriving in the USA. Their roots go back to the Pfalz area in southwest Germany in the 1600's and probably to Switzerland or Alsace, France area in the 1500's.
German-Russian ROLL Family database - Jockgrim, Germany... South Russia... North Dakota. This database includes about 1,200 descendents of the 9 German-Russian ROLL Children: (orphaned siblings George , Sebastian , Monica ROLL SCHAFF , and Joseph , and cousins, Joseph ROLL [ERHARDT/KUNTZ] , Jacob John ROLL [BOPP/RISSLING] , Magdalena ROLL FEININGER , Margaret ROLL HERNER , and Marian ROLL REICHERT .) This is only a PARTIAL listing!!!! A much more extensive and detailed listing will be published later; in time for the ROLL 2010 reunion. Genealogist working on the German-Russian ROLL-related families.

Westpreussen/Westpreußen (West Prussia)
- see PRUSSIA

ROLL Genealogist Worldwide

- More ROLL Families

Professional/serious genealogist are marked with an "*"

HAUG*, Dr. Bernhard A. of Goettingen, Germany www.gwdg.de - ROLL genealogy as early as 1556, beginning with Kunrat ROLL in Amlishagen/Gerabronn, Germany. A great deal of the information was gathered by Ernst ROLL (1875 - 1961)
HOLLAND*, Janis "Jan" (ROLL) of WA hollandj@@uonline.net - SWITZ>USA, has an extensive ROLL database
LAGER*, Fred flager@@erinet.com - Dettwiller,Alsace>USA
PETRIE, Dave DapWyn@@aol.com - Strasbourg,Alsace>NY
ROLL*, Claude - Claude.roll@@evc.net - 2001 President of CGA, Circle of Genealogy in Alsace, at www.chez.com/cgalsace/page_acceuil_anglais.htm ( cgalsace@@chez.com - Strasbourg, Alsace, France
ROLL*, Dennis rolld@@cadvision.com - Wilhelmstal, Beresan, South Russia>Canada
ROLL*, Jan W. j_roll@@hotmail.com - Norway
ROLL*, John B. Jayroller@@aol.com - Kiffis, France>MI
ROLL*, Sandy (DENNY) RollDenny@@aol.com - Switzerland>MO
ROLL*, Sylvia WINTER kswinter@@netins.net - SWITZ>NE>IA>MO
SCHOBINGER*, Viktor - Lägernstr. 8, CH-8037 Zürich; Tel.: 01-3623627 - ROLL families back to 1599 in Dürrenhof, Germany
STOHRER*, Eberhard - Bühläcker Str. 79 A, 71394 Kernen i.R. - ROLL families back to 1545 in Bondorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BAKER, Lori S. - lbaker333@@aol.com - IN, OH
BAUGHMAN, Jean (Stapley) - baughman@@mind.net - NY
COGAN, Eileen - cogan59@@aol.com - Germany>PA
CONTRERES, Heather - cassim@@worldnet.att.net - PA
EDWARDS, Betty - nonie1922@@aol.com - OH
FORDICE, Janice - jr4dice@@aol.com
GRANT, Rosemarie - rgrant@@alaska.net
GRIWAY - Griway@@aol.com
HANCOCK, Audrey (Shields) - AudreyHancock1939@@sbcglobal.net - NJ>OH
HESS, Alan - hessaf@@bv.com - PA
HIMES, C. J. - cijay@@aol.com - Netherlands>USA
HOLLO, Angie - angiehollo@@aol.com - NY
HOLT, Betty G. (ROLL) of Tulsa, OK - bghe@@cox.net - Netherlands>USA>KS
HUGHER, Jamie (Roll) - ajhughes@@uswest.net - IN>OK
LOCKER, Ed - elocker@@worldnet.att.net - [RALL] OH
LOHBRUNNER, Nancy N. - VJRL93A@@prodigy.com
MAWHORTER, Arlene (Henry) - grgrm@@aol.com - Netherlands>USA
NEWTON, Rose - roznewton@@juno.com - IN
NJBIRD1197 - NJBIRD1197@@aol.com
PERONE, Karen - kperone@@worldnet.att - NY
REECE, David - dwreece@@sprintmail.com - IA>MO
RIZER, Kathleen - rizerk@@erinet.com
RLCww - RLCww@@aol.com
ROANDDOT - RONANDDOT@@aol.com
ROLL, Ken - kroll@@apk.net - Russia/Poland
ROLL, Martha - therolls@@iswt.com
ROLL, Sandra S. - rolldenny@@aol.com - Switzerland
ROLL, Tom - logan.county.ogs@@logan.net - Alsace>OH, OK, KS
ROLLS, Bert - music4b@@webtv.net - [ROLLS] Newfoundland, England
SAGER, Dee - sager@@janics.com - Scottland>Canada>MI
SCHUEREN,Robert & Katheryn - rsme44@@gte.net
SHIELDS, David M. - dms59dart@@aol.com
SPANGLER, Dianne - spankydi@@brads.net - [ROLLS]
STAINES, Jeffrey - jaysat305@@webtv.net - NJ, PA, OH
TOLMAN, Virginia - vtolman@@njtcom.com
unknown, Karen - christil@@netjava.com
VanNBAAREN, Michael - MICHAELVANBAAREN@@prodigy.net
WELCH, Drew - drewwelch@@mindspring.com - NC>GA
WILLIAMS, James C. - williams@@sjci.com NJ, PA, OH
WINANT, Diane Schwarz - tdwinant@@pacbell.net - OH, IL

German-Russian ROLL Family database - Jockgrim, Germany... South Russia... North Dakota. This database includes about 1,200 descendents of the 9 German-Russian ROLL Children: (orphaned siblings George , Sebastian , Monica ROLL SCHAFF , and Joseph , and cousins Joseph ROLL [ERHARDT/KUNTZ] , Jacob John ROLL [BOPP/RISSLING] , Magdalena ROLL FEININGER , Margaret ROLL HERNER , and Marian ROLL REICHERT .) This is only a PARTIAL listing!!!! A much more extensive and detailed listing will be published later; in time for the ROLL 2010 reunion.

Genealogist working on the German-Russian ROLL-related families

Miscellaneous Research

The ROLL DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com.

RESEARCH Tip: The SOUNDEX code for the ROLL surname is R400. The soundex is an international alphanumeric search system used in phonically finding a surname with multiple spellings; ROLL, ROLE, ROLLE, RÖHL, ROWL, ROWE, etc.

There are a number of good research links at The Roll Genealogy Center at SurnameWeb.org.

ROLL USA Immigrant List - a detailed list of ROLL individuals immigrating thru all major USA ports - listed by family group order (not alphabetized).
Alphabetized ROLL Emigrant List through the port of New York in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

USA 2002 alphabetized ROLL Social Security Number List - This is a list of Social Security Numbers (SSN) of ROLLs who died before 2002. Included are the names, birth, death, last residence, and SSN with issuing state.

ROLL CENSUS RECORDS:

1790-1840 USA Census Records for ROLL Families

1850 USA Census Records for ROLL Families

ROLL E-Mails found on the Worldwide Web.

Germanic Tribe History.

German Immigration to the United States around 1900.

Eastern Europe German Settlement Map - This map lists the 1700's and 1800's German settlment areas in Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, etc. Additionally, there are map links to Beresan, Galicia (Galacia), Poland, 1891 South Russia/Black Sea (397K size), Volhynia, and the Volga. A verst = 0.6629 mile, and is a Russian measure of length.

ROLL Reunion

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No matter which way you bend him,
he will always take root again."
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn -

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