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Francis Roland Jr (1853 - 1933)

Francis Roland Jr
Born in Berks, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Died at age 80 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Francis was born in 1853. He is the son of Francis Roland and Anna Yeager.

He is mentioned in “The Binkley Family w/ Bloyer, Cheeseman, Cromwell, Morgan, Rittenour, Roland, Shaffer, Whisler”. [1]

He is listed as the Reading School Board Secretary (1898) in the "History of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the Anniversary Proceedings of the Sesquicentennial, June 5-12, 1898". [2]

Married Rebecca Spencer...more info in Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania : embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record [3]

Francis Roland, Jr, former treasurer of school district, passed away in 1933 and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [4]

Census Records

1860 census, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States [5]
Francis Roland Male 48 Pennsylvania, Hatter
Eliza Roland Female 39 Pennsylvania
George Roland Male 19 Pennsylvania, Paper Hanger
Lucien Roland Male 17 Pennsylvania, Clerk
Henry Roland Male 14 Pennsylvania
Emma Roland Female 11 Pennsylvania
Francis Roland Male 7 Pennsylvania
Frederck Roland Male 2 Pennsylvania
Sarah Yerger Female 76 Pennsylvania
1870 census, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States [6]
Francis Roland Male 52 Pennsylvania, Hatter
Annie E Roland Female 48 Pennsylvania, Keeping House
Lucian Roland Male 27 Pennsylvania, Laborer
Henry Roland Male 24 Pennsylvania, ??? Paver
Emma C Roland Female 21 Pennsylvania
Francis Roland Male 17 Pennsylvania
Frederich Roland Male 12 Pennsylvania
Charles Roland Male 2 Pennsylvania
Eleonare Roland Female 1 Pennsylvania

Sources

  1. “The Binkley Family w/ Bloyer, Cheeseman, Cromwell, Morgan, Rittenour, Roland, Shaffer, Whisler”, compiled by Jonathan A Binkley, self-published 1984, Toledo, Ohio, 117 pages. Roland section pages 85 to 97.
  2. "History of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the Anniversary Proceedings of the Sesquicentennial, June 5-12, 1898", page 290.
  3. "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families Vol 2" compiled by Morton K Montgomery, 1019 pages, published by J H Beers & Co. Chicago 1909.
  4. Find A Grave: Memorial #91228243
  5. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPX-92P : 11 November 2020), Francis Roland in entry for George Gehman, 1860.
  6. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL2-HH5 : 4 January 2021), Francis Roland, 1870.




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