Hi Dennis, This is better posted at GermanRussian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Roll" <rolldr@telus.net> To: <GERMAN-RUSSIAN-HERITAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: [HERmitAGE] ROLL family, Wilhelmstal (Wasilevka) near the Black Sea > Looking for any information on ancestors of Adam Roll who came to America > in 1910. They lived at Wilhelmstal or Wasilevka (the village was > established in 1870) about 60 mi. NE of Odessa on the Black Sea. He came > with his wife Louise (Becker) Roll and children Adam Jr., John, Elizabeth, > Louise, George and Katherine. They came on the ship New Amsterdam I and > arrived at New York (Ellis Island) on May 2, 1910. They were in S. Dakota > for a short time, and eventually homesteaded at Irvine, Alberta, east of > Medicine Hat. Adam Sr. was born in 1864, possibly in Neusatz, Russia. His > parents may have been Jakob Roll and Wilhelmina Riedlinger. Adam's > passport shows his second name as "Yakovlev", or "son of Jacob." > > Any information on this family's ancestry, research suggestions, or > Wilhelmstal village info would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >