Roth Heritage

Peter Roth

Earliest known Roth ancestor. He and his wife Christine (Schlosser) lived in the Alsace-Lorraine region of Germany. With the various wars France and Germany have traded ownership of this region several times; it is now a part of France.

Peter and Christine (Schlosser) Roth

The picture survives but I have not found additional documentation. Decendents recall them as having four children: Emil, Henry, Emma, and Lena.

Louis Roth

Louis (aka Lewis) Roth immigrated to the US in 1871; his relationship to Peter Roth is unclear but family members who immigrated later referred to him as Uncle. He settled in Sharon, Wisconsin, married Ernastina ("Tina"), farmed, and produced six children; their family appears in the US censuses of 1880, 1900, and 1910. In the 1920 census only Tina and a few children are in the household, so Louis apparently died between 1910 and 1920.

Bertha Roth with her "Aunt" Tina

Emil Roth

Emil first emigrated to the US in 1897, settled in Sharon, and married Sophia Faubel; they appear in the 1900 census of Sharon as Emil and Sophia Rodh:

Sophia died in childbirth on Aug 25, 1900; their son Robert P. survived.

Sometime after this Emil left his son in the care of the Louis Roth family and returned to Germany. He subsequently returned with "Lina Voller". Her name is recorded as Karolina Voeller on her confirmation record of 1882, but she was commonly known as Lena. She was also referred to as Caroline and her surname got spelled as both Voeller and Voller. On March 15, 1903 Emil and Lena arrived in New York on the ship La Lorraine and are recorded as passengers #15 and 16 on the ship's manifest. (view image) This record also shows that Emil is planning to visit his Uncle Christ. Schlosser in Detroit, Michigan.

In the 1900 census the family of Christian Schlosser was living near Detroit in Chesterfield township, Macomb county, Michigan:

Since Christian was identified as Emil's uncle, he must have been a brother of Christine Schlosser, the wife of Peter Roth. On Mar 21, 1903 Emil and Lena were married in New Baltimore, MI; Fred Schlosser and Amelia Schlosser were witnesses to this marriage.

After their marriage Emil and Lena traveled on to Sharon, Wisconsin. My mother told me that when Emil returned to Sharon his uncle refused to return Emil's son to him. Census data for 1910 shows Robert in the household of Louis and Tina Roth:

Emil and Lena settled in the Sharon area, farmed, and raised five children. Their family appears in the 1910 census for Darien township, Walworth county, Wisconsin:

In 1914 they became naturalized citizens of the United States.

They next appear in the 1920 census for Sharon township, Walworth county, Wisconsin:

And in the 1930 census for Sharon township, Walworth county, Wisconsin:

In 1930 their daughter Lena was living in the household of Harold O'Brien who was the family doctor. This kind man had previously taken in Emma and Bertha and enabled them to get both a High School education and teaching credentials; Emma and Bertha were both teaching school in 1930. He subsequently assisted Lena to become a nurse. Census data for Darien township, Walworth county, Wisconsin shows:

In 1940 Emil and Lena retired from farming and moved to Salem, Wisconsin where their daughters lived. They remained in Salem for the rest of their lives. Lena died Feb 3, 1948; Emil died the following year on Jan 15, 1949.

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