1. The Roggermans came from Rugen Island in the northern coast of Germany.

2. Ralph Raymond Roggerman was a sailor on the Great Lakes when he married Adeline Getty in 1909.

3. Although the rest of his family used the name Roggerman, George chose to drop the second "r" and went by the name Roggeman.

4. Ervin "Rocky" Roggerman worked in Yellowstone National Park.

5. We don't know why the Roggermans and Gettys ended up in Monroe County, Michigan.

6. Addie (Getty) Roggerman, wife of Ralph Raymond Roggerman was killed in a car accident in 1929.