Charles John "Charlie" Roggerman or Roggermann (left) who was born February 1855 in Germany on Rügen Island is the earliest ancestor of this family we have been able to find...so far.

He emigrated to America in 1881 or 82 and eventually made his way to Monroe County, Michigan. In November, 1884, he married Louisa S. Rehmann in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan. Louisa was born in New Jersey and we suspect that is where Charles originally met her after arriving from Germany. From 1885 to 1890, they had four children; Leonard, Hulda (Fitzpatrick), Ralph and George. For some unknown reason, George chose to spell his name without the second "r" as Roggeman.

Charles died at the age of 86 in 1941 of burns he suffered when he apparently fell asleep while smoking while sitting in a living room chair. He was living with his son, Leonard, in Dundee, Michigan at the time.

Listed below by generation are the direct i.e. share DNA, descendants of Charles John Roggerman. Since the author of this website, Ralph Heiden, is the grandson of one of Charles' children, Ralph Raymond (right), this branch is covered in greater detail. However, we are also gathering information on Ralph's three siblings, Leonard, Hulda and George.
 

The people listed below only represent a small sample of the total family as it exists now in the 21st century. If you have names of individuals that should be shown on the lists in these later generations, please provide the full name of the person, the decade of his or her birth and the parents' names. If they are still living their name alone will be added to the lists with no inclusion of other specific dates or data.

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