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Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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The name Roter is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Roter was a surname given to a person with red hair. Roter is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Occupational surnames were derived from the primary activity of the bearer. In the Middle Ages, people did not generally live off of the fruits of their labor in a particular job. Rather, they performed a specialized task, as well as farming, for subsistence. Other occupational names were derived from an object associated with a particular activity.

United States Roter migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Roter Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Roter, who settled in Philadelphia in 1750
Roter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joh Heinr Roter, who landed in America in 1837 1
  1. 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)
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