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Early Origins of the Rozelle family

The surname Rozelle was first found in Savoy (French: Savoie) in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where this ancient family has held a family seat since early times.

Early History of the Rozelle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rozelle research. Another 179 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1291 and 1320 are included under the topic Early Rozelle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rozelle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rovoré, Rovorés, Roviere, Rovorée, Rovorées, Rovauré, Rovaurés, Rovaurée, Roziere, Rovaurées, Rauvoré, Rauvorés, Rauvorée, Rauvorées, Rovorai, Rovorais, Rovorait, Rovoraits, Rovoray, Rovorey, de Rovoré and many more.

Early Notables of the Rozelle family

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Migration of the Rozelle family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Rovierre or Roziere settled in Louisiana in 1756.


Contemporary Notables of the name Rozelle (post 1700) +

  • Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle (1926-1996), popular American football executive who served as NFL commissioner from 1960
  • Rozelle Claxton (1913-1995), American jazz pianist
  • Rozelle Boyd, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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