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Where did the German Roth family come from? What is the German Roth family crest and coat of arms? When did the Roth family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Roth family history?

The German state of Bavaria is the ancestral home of the Roth family. Nickname surnames, such as Roth, were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The family name Roth is a name for a person associated with the color red. The name comes from the Old German word "rot," meaning "red," and could have indicated that its bearer had red hair or a red beard, lived in a red house, or often dressed in red clothes.

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One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Roth include Rothe, Rote, Rot, Roth (southern Germany), Roter, Rother (Silesia), Rothe, Rothbart and many more.

First found in Bavaria, where the name could be considered to have made a great contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of modern Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the tribal and national conflicts, with each group seeking power and status in an ever changing territorial profile. Chronicles first mention the brothers Jeckel and Tilke Rote of Breslau in 1350, and Merklin der Rotter of Esslingen in 1307. Literally the name meant "red-haired" or "red-bearded," thus the oldest variation was possibly "Rothbart."


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Roth research. Another 344 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1245, 1288, 1300, 1360, 1434, 1552, 1704, 1799, and 1867 are included under the topic Early Roth History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 39 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Roth Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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German settlers were among the most common to come to North America between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries. Poverty and religious persecution drove many Bavarians to make this long trek. tenant farmers were also enticed by the prospect of owning land. From east to west, these German immigrants populated the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada also provided homes to many. Early settlers bearing the Roth surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Roth Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Gunnar Olufson Roth, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1649

Roth Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johan Engelbert Roth, who arrived in New York in 1709
  • Johann Roth, who sailed to Carolina and/or Pennsylvania in 1709
  • David Roth, who sailed to Pennsylvania in 1720
  • David Roth, who landed in America in 1720
  • Georg Roth moved to Georgia in 1733


Roth Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Johann Roth who settled in Philadelphia with his family in 1803
  • Franz Ludwig Roth, who landed in North America in 1837
  • Fredrick Roth, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1837
  • Adam Roth, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1841
  • Carl Roth, aged 37, landed in New Orleans, La in 1845


Roth Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Johann Roth, aged 21, landed in America in 1901
  • Albert Roth, who landed in Wisconsin in 1920

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  • Henry Roth (1906-1995), American novelist and short story writer
  • Richard Roth (b. 1955), American journalist
  • Philip Milton Roth (b. 1933), American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1998 and the Man Booker Prize in 2011
  • Eugen Roth (1895-1976), German lyricist and poet
  • Sir Martin Roth FRS (1917-2006), British psychiatrist
  • Joseph Roth (1894-1939), important novelist from Galicia (Ukraine)
  • Simon Timothy "Tim" Roth (b. 1961), English film actor
  • Klaus Friedrich Roth (b. 1925), British mathematician awarded a Fields Medal in 1958


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  • Patrimony: a True Story by Philip Roth.
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  10. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
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The Roth Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Roth Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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