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 Ralph Raymond Roggerman
was born February 14, 1888 in Dundee Township,
Monroe County, Michigan. He
was the third child of
Charles
and Louisa (Rehman) Roggerman.
 On March 23, 1909, he
married
Adeline Estella "Addie" Getty in Lucas
County, Ohio. At the time, his occupation was given
as "sailor" on the marriage certificate. He was
working on a ship that traveled the Great Lakes.
In the 1910 census,
Ralph and Addie are listed as living with her
parents,
Ervin and Lena (Oliver) Getty in Ridgeway
Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. That was located
about 10 miles west of Dundee and south of the town
of Britton.
 Tragedy
struck the family on November 25, 1929. Addie was
riding in a car in Lenawee County being driven by
her eldest son, Ervin who was 19 years old.
According to the newspaper report, a stray horse ran
out in from of them causing the car to roll over in
the ditch after striking the animal. Addie was taken
to Bixby Hospital in Adrian, Michigan where she was
pronounced dead at 4:00 a.m. on November 26. She was
38 years old and was buried in Ridgeway Cemetery a
few days later. Ervin suffered a broken left arm and
cuts and bruises in the accident.
 In the 1930 census,
Ralph was listed as a lodger at 218 Monroe Street in
Dundee living with 72 year old Hattie Koecher and
his youngest child, Kenneth Roggerman, Sr. who would
have been 5 years old at the time.
Ralph worked at the
Monroe Auto Equipment plant in Monroe during the
1940s and 1950s until his retirement in 1957.
 On
March 17, 1951 at the age of 63, he married
Edith C Daykin in Angola, Indiana. She and her daughter,
Dorothy who would have been 13 at the time came to
reside with Ralph at 218 Monroe Street which he had
purchased by then. He would live there the rest of
his life except for a brief period at a nursing home
in Frenchtown Township shortly before his death in
1982.
Ralph Raymond Roggerman died
on March 19, 1982 at the age of 94 in Mercy Memorial
Hospital in Monroe. He is buried at Ridgeway
Cemetery in Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County,
Michigan. Edith who was born February 13, 1909
passed away on July 30, 1991 at the age of 82. She
is also buried at Ridgeway Cemetery.
At the time of his death, Ralph Roggerman had 15
grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and several
great, great grandchildren.
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Ralph and Addie were
living in Dundee Township with their 3 children and
working a 14 acre farm as a tenant. They had 3
horses and no cows and a telephone. |
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On January 10, 1921, a fire in the Commerce Department
building, Washington, DC, resulted in the destruction of
most of the 1890 census. |
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Ralph Roggerman (14) was listed as a farm laborer who was
living with the George Packard family in Dundee Township.
The rest of his family, Charley (45), Louisa (35), Huldah
(13) and George (10) were living on a different farm nearby.
Louisa's parents are shown as being from New Jersey. |
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At this time, Ralph (22) and his wife, Addie (19), were living with
Addie's father, Ervin Getty (39) in Lenawee County, Michigan.
Their first child, Ervin (<1), was born in January of that year. |
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Living in Dundee Township next door to his father, Charley
(64) were Ralph (31), Addie (28) and children Ervin (9),
Bernice (7), Mildred (5) and Lewis (1). |
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Ralph (42) is listed as living on a rented farm on M-50 west
of Dundee. His young children, Mildred (15), Lewis B. (11)
and Kenneth (4) are living with him. His daughter, Bernice
(18) and her husband, James Pickens, are also living on the
farm. Jim, who was born in Ohio in 1908 was shown as a
packer at an iron foundry. |
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218 Monroe Street (M-50) in Dundee, Michigan. Ralph (52) is
living with his son, Kenneth, Sr. (14). Also living in the
house is Hattie Roeker listed as a lodger. Ralph is noted as
being an oiler and having competed the 7th grade in school. |
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At this time, Ralph (62) was still living on Monroe Street.
He was listed as working on shock absorbers at Monroe Auto
Equipment. Edith Daykin (41) and divorced was living there
as a housekeeper with her daughter Dorothy (12). Ralph and
Edith would marry later. |
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The wife of 
Ralph and Addie had 19 grandchildren.