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![Show Contents]() Rolland History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Rolland familyThe surname Rolland was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Richard Rollison is the fictional wealthy bachelor living in a Mayfair flat at 22 Gresham Terrace, nicknamed the Toff, by John Creasey (1908-1973) in his 60 Toff adevntures. Early History of the Rolland familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rolland research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1184, 1196, 1296, 1555 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Rolland History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Rolland Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rolland, Roland, Rowland, Rowlands, Rowlandson, Rolan and many more. Early Notables of the Rolland familyNotable amongst the family at this time was - Rolland of Auchmithie...
- John Rolland was a 16th century Scottish poet, known to have been in Dalkeith in 1555...
Rolland RankingIn the United States, the name Rolland is the 10,168th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Rolland is ranked the 85th most popular surname with an estimated 31,546 people with that name. 2  Migration of the Rolland family to Ireland
Some of the Rolland family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 66 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Rolland Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Rolland, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 3
Rolland Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jacques Rolland, aged 18, settled in Louisiana in 1719
- Guillaume Rolland, aged 16, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 3
- Jacques Rolland, aged 18, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 3
- Louis Antoine Rolland, aged 26, who landed in Louisiana in 1720 3
- Joseph Rolland, who settled in Louisiana in 1756
Rolland Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Hraus Rolland, aged 25, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 3
- Bran Rolland, aged 25, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 3
- Elizabeth Rolland, aged 15, who landed in New York in 1862 3
- George Rolland, aged 20, who arrived in New York in 1862 3
- Mary Rolland, aged 55, who arrived in New York in 1862 3
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| Rolland migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Rolland Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- William E. Rolland, aged 32, a quarrier, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Cheapside" 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rolland (post 1700) | + |
- Pierre Jacques Nicolas Rolland, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
- Pierre Rolland (1931-2011), Canadian oboist, English horn player, radio broadcaster, music critic and music educator
- Pierre Rolland (1772-1848), French Brigadier General, named a Baron of the First French Empire
- Marion Rolland (b. 1982), French gold medalist World Cup alpine ski race
- Kevin Rolland (b. 1989), French seven-time gold medalist freestyle skier
- Romain Rolland (1866-1944), French writer and dramatist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915
- Michel Rolland (b. 1947), French oenologist
- Colette Rolland (b. 1943), French computer scientist
- Alain Rolland (b. 1966), former Irish rugby union footballer and current international referee
- George Murray Rolland, English soldier in the 1st Bombay Grenadiers, Indian Army, who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross for deeds on April 22, 1903
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The CHEAPSIDE 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Cheapside.htm
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, August 27) Pierre Rolland. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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