Brief Life History of Charles Andrew
When Charles Andrew Roll was born on 19 November 1874, in Minonk, Woodford, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Conrad Roll, was 26 and his mother, Amelia Weisensee, was 26. He married Nora Frances Crain on 31 August 1897, in Dorchester, Saline, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Alma, Harlan, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Republican City, Harlan, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died after 1930, and was buried in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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- Charles Roll in household of Emelia Roll, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Charles A. Roll, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Charles Andrew Roll, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Colorado becomes a State
On Aug 1, 1876, The United States Congress passed an act making the Territory of Colorado the 38th state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
German (also Röll): from Middle High German rolle, rulle ‘roll, list’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.
German: from a short form of the personal names Rudolf or Roland .
German: habitational name from either of two places called Rolle, in Westphalia and Pomerania.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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