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Rollinson History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Rollinson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Rollinson family

The surname Rollinson 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 Rollinson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rollinson research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1184, 1196, 1296, 1555 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Rollinson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rollinson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rolland, Roland, Rowland, Rowlands, Rowlandson, Rolan and many more.

Early Notables of the Rollinson family

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Migration of the Rollinson family to Ireland

Some of the Rollinson 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.

Rollinson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rollinson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Rollinson, who landed in New York in 1798 1

Rollinson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J R Rollinson, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 1

Rollinson migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Rollinson Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Thomas Camp Rollinson, English convict who was convicted in Devon, England for 14 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Fame" on 9th October 1816, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2
Mr. George Rollinson, English convict who was convicted in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 9th May 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3

Rollinson migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Rollinson Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Maria Rollinson, aged 40, a laundress, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875
Maria Rollinson, aged 13, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875
John Rollinson, aged 10, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875
Henrietta Rollinson, aged 7, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Rollinson (post 1700) +

John K. Rollinson (1884-1948), American writer of western non-fiction from Buffalo, New York
William Henry Winslow "Bill" Rollinson (1856-1938), American Major League Baseball catcher for the Washington Nationals
Simeon Harrison Rollinson (1870-1935), American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1898; Mayor of West Orange, New Jersey, 1922-34 4
Charles W. Rollinson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1932 4
Timothy Robert "Tim" Rollinson (b. 1959), English-born, Australian two-time APRA Award winning jazz guitarist and composer
Neil Rollinson (b. 1960), British poet from Yorkshire
Christopher Rollinson, New Zealand silver medalist boxer at the 1950 British Empire Games
Alan Rollinson (b. 1943), British former racing driver
Adrian Rollinson (b. 1965), British two-time 2nd and three-time 3rd Strongman competitor
William Rollinson Whittingham (1805-1879), American fourth Episcopal Bishop of Maryland

Citations +

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 27th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html