Rolstad Family History
- Rolstad Name Meaning
- Norwegian: habitational name from ten farms mainly in the southeast of the country, so named from Old Norse Róaldsstaðir, from the personal name Róaldr (meaning ‘fame’, ‘honor’ + valdr ‘ruler’, ‘king’) + staðir ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 8,142 Historical Documents with Rolstad on Ancestry
- 3,302 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,262 Census and Voter Lists
- 182 Military Records
- 299 Immigration Records
- 3,097 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Rolstad census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Rolstad census records
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