Can't remember if I sent a reply to this one yet. So If I have, just bare in mind I'm taking muscle relaxers for a back problem and my memory today is clouded. Anyway, Eric, Thank you for all the information you supplied about the Rolls. I find all of this fascinating. So far you have been the only one to reply specifically to this subject. Thanks. I am saving your posting for future reference and will pass a copy of it on to the cousin digging around in Alsace-Lorraine. Andrea (Schreiner) Heslin Columbus, Ohio acheslin@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bjolla@aol.com> To: <ROLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [ROLL] Alsace Loraine, France > In a message dated 99-11-13 10:29:33 EST, you write: > > << Has anyone come across any Roll/Rolle family from the Alsace-Lorraine > region > who were say French and JEWISH. > > I just had a second cousin call me this week and inform me that he got > documents that show our Roll/Rolle Julianne Christina Roll/Rolle Schreiner > was French Jew. > > This was news to everyone in the family. It was something we NEVER knew. > > Andrea (Schreiner) Heslin > Columbus, Ohio > acheslin@msn.com >> > > > Hello Andrea, > > I have been told, by members of my father's Jewish family (ROLL) that their > surname comes from the name Mannel or Mangle; that the family originated in > Spain; that they emigrated (1492) to Holland and, later, to Germany, France, > and eastern Europe; that various members of the family took on other (ie. > Christian) faiths due to intermarriage or societal pressures; that many ROLLs > are, in fact, descended from this Spanish/Dutch, Jewish family. > > I was in touch with another ROLL some months ago. Sorry I don't remember the > woman's name, but she did speak of her family in Alsace-Lorraine. When I > asked her about a possible Jewish component, indicating that my own > background contained such, she quickly revealed that she had long suspected > that certain of her ancestors were, in fact, Jewish, though she was > Christian. > > Probably, by the time you read this, you will have received other e-mail with > a lot more specific information than I have supplied. There are probably > many on this list who would like to share that information with you. > > Good luck, > Eric Roll > bjolla@aol.com > > > ==== ROLL Mailing List ==== > Lucinda KIDD (1834-1902) married Jonathan Smith ROLL (1828-1904) > http://members.aol.com/RLCww/kidd-so1.htm > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >