Rollo Jacob Mergenthaler

Male20 August 1870–26 August 1900

Brief Life History of Rollo Jacob

When Rollo Jacob Mergenthaler was born on 20 August 1870, in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Mergerthaler, was 31 and his mother, Mary Carrel, was 32. He died on 26 August 1900, in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Mergerthaler
1838–1910
Mary Carrel
1837–1874
Addie J Mergenthaler
1866–1952
William H Mergenthaler
1868–1939
Rollo Jacob Mergenthaler
1870–1900
Ola Mergenthaler
1874–1961

Sources (3)

  • Rolla Mergenthaler in household of Jacob Mergenthaler, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Rolla Merganthaler, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Rollo J. Mergenthaler, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Age 2

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

Age 2

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 11

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Otto.

German: habitational name for someone from a place called Mergenthal in Saxony or Bohemia, probably named with a pet form of the personal name Maria + Middle High German tal ‘valley’.

History: Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of the Linotype print-composing machine, was born into a poor family in Hachtel, Germany. He emigrated to North America in 1872, his fare paid for by a family friend. At the time of his death in 1899, Mergenthaler held over 50 patents.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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