When Henry Herman Rolapp was born on 22 March 1860, in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, his father, Friedrich Christian Theodor Rolapp, was 25 and his mother, Anna Catharina Margaretha Thiesen, was 29. He married Martha Horrocks on 9 December 1885. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 4, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 8 October 1936, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.