Rol History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Rol family

The surname Rol was first found in Brittany, where this family was established in early times.

Early History of the Rol family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rol research. Another 200 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1554, 1628, 1652, 1690, 1691, 1712, 1719, 1732, 1755, 1765, 1794, 1799, 1802, 1837, 1840, 1848, 1870, 1877, 1879 and 1932 are included under the topic Early Rol History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rol Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rouleau, Roulleau, Roule, Roulle, Rol, Rolle, Role, Roulet, Roulot, Roullot, Rouleaux and many more.

Early Notables of the Rol family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

Michel Rolle (1652-1719), a French mathematician, best known for Rolle's theorem (1691), and co-inventor of Gaussian elimination (1690)

Rol Ranking

In France, the name Rol is the 7,110^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Rol migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rol Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joh Rol, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1793 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Rol (post 1700) +

Georges Rol (1926-2017), French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Angouleme (1975-1993)

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)