My relative, James Whallon ROLL was born on Dec. 28, 1936 in Cincinnati to Samuel Vance ROLL and Nancy Ann Whallon ROLL. In the 1860's, he is found in Zanesville as a partner in business school. He married Susan WEATHERHEAD probably in the sixties, also. In the 1880 census, he is in Allen County, Kansas as a farmer and was in a boarding house. In the same census, Susan was in the home of William L. CHURCH, 46th Street, Hyde Park, Cook County, IL. She and the children joined him in KS later. I don't know why this connection to the CHURCH family, either.I am very interested in the why of these migrations. Does anyone else have a Roll ancestor that also has these movings, that parallels these travels? My theory is he may have gone with relatives or to relatives. I know that the Kansas move was probably for land, but I wonder if he went with other relatives. There were other ROLLS in Zanesville at the time, but I don't know how they are connected or if they are. James and Susan had four children born from 1868 to 1875. Susan died in Kansas in Colony, Anderson County, KS in 1909 and James in 1919. Their children were Samuel Albert b. 1868 who died in Illinois in 1911, Nannie Bessie who married Arthur PAINE Lillie Marie who married Earl RANEY and Robert E ROLL who was born in 1907 and died in Colony in 1907. Does anyone have any more information and/or connections to this family? An interesting note: Samuel Albert Roll/Rall was my grandfather. He changed his name from ROLL to RALL before 1900. Does anyone else have a relative who changed a name from Roll to Rall? Samuel Albert married Ethel Briggs in 1900 in La Grange, IL and they had two children, Robert Weatherhead RALL b 1906 (my dad who is now 92) and Jane Eileen RALL b. 1908. Thank you, ROLL people, for reading this and for your help. Barbara RALL Peiffer