{"id":1505,"date":"2026-10-31T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1505"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:47","slug":"roling-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1505","title":{"rendered":"Roling records and research questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a Roling records and research questions<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">A short guide to the records, conflicting dates and open questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photographs and documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People\u2019s stories can be linked to photographs and documents, with names, dates when known, captions, and the source of each item. Uncertain identifications will be labeled clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0528.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0528.jpeg\" alt=\"Two men in overcoats and hats standing outside in snow.\" class=\"wp-image-431\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0528.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0528-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0528-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Roling and John Frank Roling in the snow. The accompanying handwritten reverse supplies their names; date and location are unknown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0541.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0541.jpeg\" alt=\"A uniformed man holding a rifle while standing on steps outside a building.\" class=\"wp-image-433\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0541.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0541-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0541-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bob at Fort Riley, 1953, as labeled on the photograph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"gertrude-family-history-compiler\"><h2>The work behind the family history<\/h2><p>Gertrude L. Roling Widmer\u2019s foreword offers a glimpse of the work behind the family\u2019s history book. She thanked her sister Mary Lou for cutting and recutting the stencils, and looked ahead to keeping the history current with annual updates.<\/p><p>The source notes name family interviews, church records, census records and passenger lists. The book grew out of relatives\u2019 memories as well as hours spent tracking down documents\u2014a family effort that later generations could build on.<\/p><p class=\"source-note\">Source: the family history\u2019s undated foreword and source notes. The foreword is signed Gertrude L. Roling Widmer (Mrs. John R. Widmer).<\/p><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family-sources\">Sources and confidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=65\">Sources and how to read them<\/a> explains how records, recollections and unresolved questions are presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.mo.gov\/images\/archives\/deathcerts\/1947\/1947_00037420.PDF\">ROL-S01: John Franklin Roling\u2019s 1947 Missouri death certificate. Names Bernard Roling and Magdalena Wentz as his parents.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/12thcensusofpopu236unit\/page\/n107_w2500.jpg\">ROL-S02: 1900 U.S. census, Quincy Ward 3, ED 128, sheet 12B, lines 96\u201397. Records the household\u2019s reported immigration year and Bernard\u2019s naturalization notation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/data.matricula-online.eu\/de\/deutschland\/muenster\/ochtrup-st-lambertus\/KB009_1\/?pg=61\">ROL-S03: St. Lambertus, Ochtrup, 1820 baptism. Documents the German child; the connection to Quincy Bernard remains unproved.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytrails.com\/ill\/adams\/freiburgfuneralhome1897.html\">ROL-S08: Freiburg Funeral Home transcription, entry 131 in the 1900 sequence. Names Ochtrup and gives a birth date that differs from the German baptism.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Boniface marriage evidence: January 7, 1855 sacramental index and the diocese\u2019s September 17, 2026 report that the original entry names neither spouse\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louisa Roling memorial card, photographed copy in the family collection; printed name and life dates. Issuer and publication date not shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typed family sheet headed by Louisa Maria Bickel and John Frank Roling, family binder, first orange sheet; compiler and date not identified on the sheet. This compiled source gives June 19, 1863, and July 15, 1934. It also gives a November 1890 marriage in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obituary clipping headed \u2018J. F. Roling Killed Friday Evening by a Wabash Train,\u2019 with its continuation, preserved in the family collection. The continuation reports the Chicago marriage on October 17, 1890. Newspaper name, issue date and page number are not visible in the supplied photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The separately identified <a href=\"https:\/\/quincypublicil.advantage-preservation.com\/viewer\/GetPdfFile?109663964\">Quincy Herald-Whig report of November 23, 1947, page 18, column 7<\/a> is discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1475#jf-roling-quincy-report-1947\">John F. Roling remembered in Quincy<\/a> above. Its citation belongs to that article, not to the undated family clipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018J. F. Roling Family,\u2019 separate typed family account, author and date unidentified. Its closing paragraph gives Louisa\u2019s death month as June 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can an American or migration record connect Quincy Bernard explicitly to the Ochtrup household? What explains the different birth days? Can Bernard\u2019s naturalization papers clarify his origin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salisbury photographs and business stories can be added as separate, clearly sourced pages without turning family recollections into proved facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Roling records and research questions A short guide to the records, conflicting dates and open questions. 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