William Daniel Roll
3 February 1912–25 June 1971 (Age 59)
West Virginia, United States
The Life of William Daniel
When William Daniel Roll was born on 3 February 1912, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Edward Davies Roll, was 26 and his mother, Jennie Martha Hilton, was 23. He died on 25 June 1971, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 59.
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Family Time Line
Edward Davies Roll
1885–1934
Jennie Martha Hilton
1888–1941
Hilton Edward Roll
1908–1978
William Daniel Roll
1912–1971
Parents and Siblings
Edward Davies Roll
1885–1934Male
Jennie Martha Hilton
1888–1941Female
siblings
(2)
1908–1978Male
1912–1971Male
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment
Age 1
The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.
1929
Age 17
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
1 German: from Middle High German rolle, rulle ‘roll’, ‘list’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.2 German: from a short form of the personal names Rudolf or Roland .3 German: habitational name for someone from either of two places named Rolle, in Westphalia and Pomerania.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Legacy NFS Source: William Daniel Roll - Published information: Death record or certificate: death: 25 June 1971; Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
- Legacy NFS Source: William Daniel Roll - Published information: birth-name: William Daniel Roll
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