Fred,
The short answer to your question is that William Rollman was Roman Catholic
(RC). Thank you for you interest.
Bis dann,
Vince Rollman
That makes a big difference in Oldenburg. The original Duchy was just
about 100% Protestant while the addition of Southern Oldenburg (the
Niederstift of the Prince Bishopric of Münster) in 1803 added an area
which was just about 100% RC to the Archduchy. So we can often
determine via the religion of people from which part of Oldenburg they
came.
Werner looked into the current telephone books and only found some
Rollmanns in the Protestant north. But that is today. I would
certainly check in the archives of Vechta if they have any Rollmann
either from that county or from Cloppenburg. Personally I've never
heard the name down there but that means nothing. You still need to
look there.
Fred