Rowlett History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
France

The name Drolet comes from the French word "drôle" which means funny. The name was originally given as a nickname to a person that was thought to be funny or entertaining. 1

Early Origins of the Rowlett family

The surname Rowlett was first found in Languedoc, where the family held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Rowlett family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rowlett research. Another 235 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1402, 1450, 1500, 1610, 1643, 1681 and 1696 are included under the topic Early Rowlett History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rowlett Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Drolet, Droley, Droler, Drollet, Drollais, Drollaie, Drollée, Drollé, Druillet, Drolais, Drolaie, Drolée, Drolé, Droley, Drollais, Drollay, Drolley, Droller, Druilhet, DeDruillet, deDruilhet, Droulet, Droulette, Druilet, Druilette, Druillet, Druillette, Drolette, Rollet, de Rollet, Rolet and many more.

Early Notables of the Rowlett family

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Rowlett Ranking

In the United States, the name Rowlett is the 7,460^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2

Rowlett migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rowlett Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jon Rowlett, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 3
Judith Rowlett, who landed in Virginia in 1657 3

Rowlett Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Alfred Ernest Rowlett, aged 29, originally from Leicester, who arrived in New York in 1906 aboard the ship "Baltic" from Liverpool, England 4
John Rowlett, aged 46, originally from Croyden, who arrived in New York in 1907 aboard the ship "Campania" from Liverpool, England 4
Ruth Rosa Rowlett, aged 59, originally from Chipperham, England, who arrived in New York in 1908 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Southampton, England 4
John Rowlett, aged 48, originally from Brighton, England, who arrived in New York in 1909 aboard the ship "Mauretania" from Liverpool, England 4
John Rowlett, aged 52, originally from London, England, who arrived in New York in 1913 aboard the ship "Campania" from Liverpool, England 4
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Rowlett migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Rowlett Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. George Rowlett, (b. 1852), aged 22, English blacksmith from Essex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tweed" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 4th September 1874 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Rowlett (post 1700) +

John Miles Rowlett (1914-1978), American architect and co-founder of Caudill Rowlett Scott, an architecture firm in Houston, Texas in 1946
Bascom Joseph Rowlett (1886-1947), American architect in Richmond, Virginia
Margaret Rowlett (1897-1963), American author from North Carolina who designed children's draperies and bedspreads, and wrote two books for children with the theme "Cricket," her nickname as a child
Charles Tracy Rowlett (b. 1942), American Emmy Award winning television journalist and former anchor and managing editor
Frank Byron Rowlett (1908-1998), American cryptologist, inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame, eponym of the Frank Byron Rowlett Award

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html