Rolland's mother died in 1884 three months after giving birth to a daughter who did not survive. His father remarried in 1886 to Cora Shaffer, and they had five children who were Rolland's half-siblings: Robert Baron Agler, Blanche M. Agler, Carey McCoy Agler, Della Fay (Faze) Agler and Harry Eugene Agler.
Rolland was raised by his grandfather, Timothy Agler.[1] In 1900, at the age of 17, Rolland is found working on the farm of his grandfather in Willshire County where they are living with one of Rolland's uncles, McCoy Agler, and next door to another, Ira Agler.
He married Jennie Livsey on 14 January 1905 in Marion, Indiana, and their first daughter Valma (1905-57) was born there 9 months later.[3] Around this time Rolland began working as a bookkeeper for the Ohio Oil Company, where he was a life-long employee. They moved to Casey, Illinois in 1907 and had three more daughters:
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR9P-XHW : 13 March 2018), Rolland Agler, 07 Aug 1882; citing Birth, Willshire Twp., Van Wert, Ohio, United States, multiple county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,015,856.
Grant County, Indiana; Marriage Records Volume III Book 12, Compiled by--Grant County Genealogy Club; Book: 15; Page: 415
Indiana Death Certificates , 1899-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 2004; Roll: 10.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHZ-V3D : accessed 7 February 2020), Rolland Agler, Casey Ward 1, Clark, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 235; FHL microfilm 1,374,248
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJS4-3YX : accessed 7 February 2020), Rolland Agler, Union, Cumberland, Illinois, United States; citing ED 38, sheet 5B, line 83, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 302; FHL microfilm 1,820,302.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTB-CXF : accessed 7 February 2020), Rolland Agler, Union, Cumberland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 10A, line 30, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 509; FHL microfilm 2,340,244. .
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW4J-858 : 28 July 2019), Rolland Agler, Union Township, Cumberland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-10, sheet 14B, line 63, family 313, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 792
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