There are over 700 Rollisons and related families in the family tree. You can view the tree via the Quick Access button opposite.
We have only recently come to realise that a significant part of our heritage lies in the West Midlands - Staffordshire/Worcestershire/Warwickshire. Stourbridge is a particular focal point. There appear to be a large number of relatives in this area that we did not know about, largely as the result of most of the associated records being written as Rollason not Rollison.
Variants: Rollinson, Rolison Rolinson, Rolason, Rollason, Rollandson,Rowlandson, Rowlanson,Rollingson
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Roulandson, which was dated 1332,in the Subsidy Tax rolls of Cumberland. Random examples of the recordings include John Rollingson in the Lancashire Wills record for the year 1596, whilst Stephen Rolloson married Christain Morrison at St. Dunstan in the East, Stepney, on September 8th 1713
Rollason Surname Distribution
The table below is provided by Geneanet and uses its number of indexed records as proxy to the location of surname populations.
As you can see Rollason is a surname very much associated with the West Midlands
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We can now say that, that for this branch of the Rollasons the roots are clearly the West Midlands, more specifically in the Black Country. They have remained very loyal to the this area through the generations, Dudley, Stourbridge, Sedgley and Upper and Lower Gornal are signifcant in this respect.
The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands covering the metropolitan
boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and a bit of Walsall. It became industrialised as one of the birthplaces of the Industrial revolution . It had coal mines, coking iron foundaries, glass factories all producing the black soot polution that gave the area its name around 1840
ADDITIONAL INFO +UPDATES
Around 1914 Grandfather changed his name to Rollison from Rollason. With this established it quickly becomes clear that there are a large number of Rollasons who were/are not aware of each others existence.The main base for Rollasons is the Stourbridge area of the ~West Midlands We have connections with about 150 Rollasons