Leonard L. Roggerman born February 26, 1885 in Monroe, MI. He was the first child of Charles and Louisa (Raymond or Rehman) Roggerman.

His first wife's name was Mary Libstaff and they were married in Rea, Monroe County, Michigan on September 18, 1915. She was born November 4, 1878 in Dundee and died there on November 1, 1934 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 55. They had no children.

At the age of 53 in 1938, Leonard married his second wife, Sarah R. Lincoln who was born February 21, 1875 in Villa Grove, Illinois. In 1943, she left Dundee to live in Chandler, Arizona with a daughter from a previous marriage. She died there in 1948 at the age of 73.

On August 27, 1949, Leonard married his third wife, Mary Irene (Lidster) Taylor. She was born on May 6, 1895 in Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County. They lived at 229 South Avenue in Toledo until her death on August 30, 1962 at the age of 67.

Leonard died in September 14, 1966 in Toledo, Ohio. He was 81 years of age.
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Charles (55) was listed as living in Dundee Township with his wife, Louisa (45) with their son, Leonard (25). At that time, their daughter, Hulda Fitzpatrick (23) was also living with them along with her daughter, Signoa I. (1)

Note: George might have been living as a boarder at this time. He got married to Floss Getty in 1911.

Leonard (34) and his wife, Mary (36) were living at 112 Pearl Street in Dundee. They had a boarder named Morris Ceps (24). Leonard was listed as working in a foundry.

Still at 112 Pearl Street, only Leonard (44) and Mary (46) are living at the address. Leonard is working as a floor sander.

Working as a house painter, Leonard (54) and Mary (56) were living at 650 Pearl Street. Leonard's father, Charles John Roggerman (85) was also living in the house.

Note: Charles would die in this house of burns sustained in a smoking accident on March 15, 1941.

 

Roggerman or Roggeman or Roggermann? In U.S. Census forms, the name is listed as either Roggerman or Roggeman. With the exception of Charles Roggerman's (right) youngest child, George who chose to use the name Roggeman without the "r", the rest of the family regularly used Roggerman.

In some German records it is spelled Roggermann and that is how it appears on the headstone for Charles, the ancestor who came from Germany although he used Roggerman during his life in America... from what we can tell.