Hi Everyone! I have talked to Martha about the information I have on the Switzerland Roll Family that came to the US, and she suggested I put it on the mailing list. I don't know if anyone from this family is on the list, but I am hoping that I will be giving some information to someone that may be interested. For many years I have had the information that the family started with Matheis Roll and then his son, Samuel & Anna Baumann. I have searched for any records without any luck to document this. I did get some information from the LDS Church records that changes all of the information. I do not know which is the "true" information, so I would appreciate if there is anyone that can tell me if there is any documentation on the above names. This is what I have and I am certainly "open" for any help! For now I will give the information I have on Peter Roll on down. Freidrich Roll married Anna Rolle 1846 B: 3-19-1820 (Switzerland) D: 3-05-1904 (Iowa) Samuel Roll B: 3-9-1823 (Switzerland) D: 1906 (Switzerland) Peter Roll married Mary Elizabeth Wenger 1846 B: 9-3-1826 (Switzerland) B: 9-3-1822 D: 5-30-1920 (MO.) D: 4-8-1886 Peter and Mary left Berne, Switzerland, and went up and though Germany and boarded the Ship "The William Tell" and arrived in US Port, New York on October 21, 1852. Their voyage took approximately four to five months. With them were their three children: Chris, 5, Freidrich, 2, and Gottlieb, 9 months. On their journey to Missouri, John and Ann Elizabeth Roll were born in the State of Ohio. Peter, Jr., Roland (Infant died), Mary Elizabeth and Louis Roll were born in the State of Illinois. They settled in Moniteau County, MO, approximately in 1867. Their native language was French. Peter became a citizen of the US on September 7, 1888. Peter lived to be 94 years old. (Both Peter & Mary are buried in the Old Marion Cem., MO.) Children of Peter & Mary E. (Wenger) Roll: 1. Chistian Roll married a girl in Illinois? B: 7-21-1847 married Henrietta Miller 5-12-1871 D: 1897 (in Childbirth) D: 9-08-1927 married Mary Mullins 7-13-1879 B: 3-17-1850 D: October 1897(After Childbirth) married Amanda Harper Fletcher 7-13-1899 B: 9-1863 D: 6-23-1904 (In Childbirth) (buried Shiloh Cem. w/infant) Chris, Henrietta and Mary are all buried in Sweetwater Cemetery, Centertown, Missouri. (His name is Christian and went by Chris and is not Christopher Columbus) 2. Frederick William Roll married Dicy Jane McClanahan 1880 B: 10-18-1849 (Switzerland) B: MO. D: 11-01-1935 (Both buried Old City Cem, CA., MO.) 3. Gottieb Roll married Sarah Kathryn Gabert 12-23-1878 B: 10-16-1851 B: 1863 D: 2-24-1932 (Jamestown, MO.) 4. John Roll married Mary Elizabeth Gabert 5-13-1878 B: 5-3-1853 (Ohio) D: 1-19-1930 (CO.) 5. Anna Elizabeth Roll married John Heasel 9-1880 B: 2-28-1856 (Ohio) D: 2-25-1942 (Brunswick, MO.) 6. Peter Roll, Jr. B: 4-6-1858 (Illinois) D: 9-91887 (From Snake Bite, 19 yrs. old) 7. Roland Roll B: 7-30-1860 (Illinois) D: Infant 8. Mary Elizabeth Roll married George Dawson B: 5-13-1862 (Illinois) D: 1-6-1928 (Pueblo, CO.) 9. Louis D. Roll married Ellen Elaine Miller 3-16-1885 B: 11-28-1865 (Illinois) D: 9-7-1941 (Buried Calhoun, MO.) (Was Blind for 40 yrs. but worked his farm with ropes tied from house to barn, out buildings, fields, etc.) 10. Robert Henry Roll B: 9-24-1869 (Infant, MO.) 11. Albert Henry Roll married Hattie Shannon B: 9-1872 B: 1885 Next will be Children of Chistian Roll......