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Author: B_Stapper
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My family of Rolf's also came from the Osnabruck area of Germany and many were in the
blacksmith trade, as was your GGrandfather, Charles W. Rolf and his father George Rolf.
Do you know any of the other given names of your GGGrandfather, George Rolf? I saw on the
1900 census that George Rolf immigrated in 1856. but there is no listing of a George Rolf
in the 1860 OH, Hamilton Co. census. My family of Rolfs immigrated between 1850 and 1860
and includes a son, born 1839, named Henry, who is a blacksmith. I find no listing of
Henry after 1860 and I wonder if Henry could have been George Henry. Any thoughts? Do
you have any other tidbits of information about George (church, denomination, etc.)? How
do you know he was born in Osnabruck?
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