Surname Saturday- Roling

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Today’s surname biography is Roling. My 6^th great grandmother- Martha Roling- married Gerhard Jeckering.

Martha Roling

b. 06 Jan 1740            Engden, Germany

d. 06 Feb 1783                        Drievorden, Germany

Her parents were Heinrich Roling (1703- ?) and Maria Silies (1715-?). I’ve found as far back as Martha’s great grandfather- Johann Roling (b. 1625 in Drievorden, Germany).

There are several spelling variations for this name---Rolland, Roland, Rollan, Rolan, Rolend, Rollend, Rollen, Rauland, Raulend, Rollain, Raullen, Raullan, Raulan, Rolands, Rollands and many more.

There were several Roling individuals who immigrated to America.

Ancestry.com

U.S. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

NAME                             BIRTH                   ARRIVAL

~R. Roling                        abt 1777               1847               

~Johann Roling                unknown              1801- 1802     

~Herman Heinrich Roling   unknown           1848                             

~Caphaia Roling               1827                    1849

~Moses Roling                  1828                    1849               

~Clemens Roling              1845                     1874               

~Bern Roling                     unknown             1846             

~Bernhard Roling              unknown             1846        

~G.W. Roling                    unknown             1851           

~J. Roling                          1852                    1874              

~Henriette Roling              unknown             1860   

            

There are many more with various name spellings, but I only provided the names with the same spelling as my ancestor (to keep it short).

Findagrave.com

This one is interesting because there are 505 total matches of individuals with the last name Roling buried—at first glance, it looks like a mixture of Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Georgia, California, and Alabama.