Roling family history

Portraits, gatherings and travel

27 image frames; original captions, uncertainties and notes retained.

Portraits, gatherings and travel · 27 images

More family portraits, gatherings and travel

Additional photographs from the family collection, with identifications and inscriptions noted in each caption. Dates, places and unnamed people remain qualified where the source is uncertain.

Bob — 2 images

Bob

Bob Roling standing in a doorway wearing shorts. Date and location unknown.
Bob Roling standing in a doorway wearing shorts. Date and location unknown.
Bob Roling standing outdoors, with the front caption “BOB.” Date and location unknown.
Bob Roling standing outdoors, with the front caption “BOB.” Date and location unknown.
Bridget — 13 images

Bridget

Bridget Morrison Roling kneeling beside a house, with the caption “myself.” The handwritten date appears to read April 1952; location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling kneeling beside a house, with the caption “myself.” The handwritten date appears to read April 1952; location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated on a small tricycle. The print border reads “JULY 1954”; the exposure date and location are not independently established.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated on a small tricycle. The print border reads “JULY 1954”; the exposure date and location are not independently established.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing on a path beside a house, with the front caption “Bridget.” Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing on a path beside a house, with the front caption “Bridget.” Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated outdoors. The print border reads “JULY 1954”; the exposure date and location are not independently established.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated outdoors. The print border reads “JULY 1954”; the exposure date and location are not independently established.
Bridget Morrison Roling outside apartment buildings. The print border reads “JAN 1954,” and a handwritten note says “where I lived.” The court name is uncertain; the precise address and exposure date are not established.
Bridget Morrison Roling outside apartment buildings. The print border reads “JAN 1954,” and a handwritten note says “where I lived.” The court name is uncertain; the precise address and exposure date are not established.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated in an old car. The front reads “Myself in Tony’s old car.” Tony’s surname, the car’s make and year, date and location are not established by this inscription.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated in an old car. The front reads “Myself in Tony’s old car.” Tony’s surname, the car’s make and year, date and location are not established by this inscription.
Bridget Morrison Roling in a coat beside a building. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling in a coat beside a building. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling at a bridge railing. The inscription appears to read “Me on New Chariton Br.” The precise bridge location and date are not established.
Bridget Morrison Roling at a bridge railing. The inscription appears to read “Me on New Chariton Br.” The precise bridge location and date are not established.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing in a long coat beside a building. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing in a long coat beside a building. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling sitting on a bed with stuffed toys, with the caption “myself.” Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling sitting on a bed with stuffed toys, with the caption “myself.” Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated on a bed. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling seated on a bed. Date and location unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing behind a seated woman at a swing. The background building is identified in the family record as Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Salisbury. The seated woman’s name appears to be Jeannie in the caption, but that reading remains tentative. Date unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling standing behind a seated woman at a swing. The background building is identified in the family record as Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Salisbury. The seated woman’s name appears to be Jeannie in the caption, but that reading remains tentative. Date unknown.
Bridget Morrison Roling on the right with an unidentified man. Date and location unknown. The reverse credits the picture to “CAROLE Br…”; the surname is unclear.
Bridget Morrison Roling on the right with an unidentified man. Date and location unknown. The reverse credits the picture to “CAROLE Br…”; the surname is unclear.
Bob and Bridget with family and friends — 1 image

Bob and Bridget with family and friends

Bob and Bridget Roling beside a house. The handwritten date reads May 1952; location unknown.
Bob and Bridget Roling beside a house. The handwritten date reads May 1952; location unknown.
Family places and travel — 3 images

Family places and travel

A house and car in a photograph captioned “Our apt. in Alabama,” with a print border reading “JUN 55.” The woman beside the car is unidentified. The inscription does not establish the exact address or independently prove the exposure date.
A house and car in a photograph captioned “Our apt. in Alabama,” with a print border reading “JUN 55.” The woman beside the car is unidentified. The inscription does not establish the exact address or independently prove the exposure date.
Banquet scene identified by Tim Roling as part of the family’s Nassau vacation. He associated the faint margin note with 1966; the exact date and individual attendees are not established.
Banquet scene identified by Tim Roling as part of the family’s Nassau vacation. He associated the faint margin note with 1966; the exact date and individual attendees are not established.
Three adults beside a red car in a photograph Tim Roling identifies as from the family’s Nassau vacation. Their individual identities are not supplied. The association with a separate 1966 banquet photograph does not independently date this view.
Three adults beside a red car in a photograph Tim Roling identifies as from the family’s Nassau vacation. Their individual identities are not supplied. The association with a separate 1966 banquet photograph does not independently date this view.
Roling family and friends — 6 images

Roling family and friends

Five people seated around a cloth-covered dining table with dishes, glasses and paper streamers behind.
Five people at a decorated table. The back lists Elizabeth Meissen, Richard Flashpoler, Bridget, Ed Kressig and Jon Bixeman, with confirmed or corrected spellings. Their positions, the occasion, date and location are not established.
Six people standing beside the side of a rounded passenger car on brick paving, with brick buildings behind.
The back labels this group, in stated left-to-right order: Marcella Steffes, Martha Widmer, Dudie Long, Jennie Roling, Bridget and Gene Gessling. Dudie was a nickname; her formal first name is unknown. Date and location are not established.
Ten people in a staggered group beside a passenger car on brick paving, with brick buildings and a leafless tree behind.
The reverse names Marcella Steffes, Martha Widmer, Leo Maag, Dudie Long, Gene Gessling, Jennie Roling and Bridget.
Four people in a staggered standing group near the rear of a car, road, fence and utility pole.
Four people beside the rear of a car. The reverse gives a left-to-right list: Gene Gessling, Jennie Roling, Herbie Gessling and Bridget. This is the caption writer’s identification; date, place and occasion are unknown.
Three people by the rear of a light-toned car with another car at left, vehicles across the road, and a gas pump at right.
Three people near parked cars and a roadside gas pump. The back lists Jennie Roling, Herbie Gessling and Bridget, without an explicit positional key. The date and location are unknown.
Four people together near parked cars with a road, utility pole, distant vehicles and gas pump in view.
Four people at a roadside stop. The back lists, with a left-to-right heading, Bobby Roling, Bridget, Jennie Roling and Gene Gessling. The date, station and location are not identified.
Bange family — 2 images

Bange family

A group of men posed in front of a house porch and steps; additional people are behind and partly cropped at the sides.
A group gathered outside a house. The reverse names the front row as Joe Roling, Frank Bange, an unidentified person and “Grandpa Joe Bange.” It gives no left-to-right direction; the other people, date and place are not identified.
Three adults standing on grass with trees behind, beside a partially cropped car with its luggage compartment open.
Minnie Bange, Joe Roling and Joseph Bange are named on the back, which is annotated “Colorado 1948.” They stand beside an open car trunk. The names, place and year come from the handwritten caption; exact positions, town and day are not established.

Family-held photographs. Display copies preserve the full uploaded frame and original visible markings, with orientation corrected where needed. No cropping, retouching or AI reconstruction has been used. Attribution and uncertain readings are retained in the individual captions.