Roland William Graf b. 17 Jul 1936 Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States of America d. 9 Aug 2020 Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States of America: Our Family History

Roland William Graf

1936 - 2020 (84 years)

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Name	Roland William Graf [4]
Residence	1935 [4]
Birth	17 Jul 1936	Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States of America [4, 5]
Gender	Male
Married	Rosiere, WI [2]
Married	Rosiere, Wisconsin [8]
Residence	Union Grove [8]
Residence	Union Grove, Wisconsin, USA [10]
Residence	1940	Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA [4]
Residence	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
Residence	1950	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA [11]
Residence	Abt 1959	Berlin [9]
_MILT	25 Jan 1960 [3]
Residence	2009	Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA [10]
Residence	1975-2020	Union Grove, Wisconsin, USA [10]
Death	9 Aug 2020	Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States of America [5]
Burial	Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States of America [5]
Person ID	I292004012872	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Rolland Martin Graf, b. 8 Dec 1912, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA d. 7 Dec 1981, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 68 years)
Mother	Dorothy Lucille Sippy, b. 28 Jul 1914, Melstone, Musselshell, Montana, USA d. 19 Jan 1975, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI (Age 60 years)
Marriage	21 Dec 1933	Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, USA
Family ID	F7233	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Clare Anne Gilson
Marriage	22 Aug 1959	Ros-iere [9, 12]
Family ID	F6989	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.
[S1004021869] Publication Date: 10/ Aug/ 2020; Publication Place: Union Grove, Wisconsin, USA; URL: https://www.miller-reesman.com/obituary/rolland-graf.
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[S965665967] Year: 1940; Census Place: Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: m-t0627-04464; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 9-9.
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[S989924380] Leader-Telegram; Publication Date: 7 Dec 1981; Publication Place: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/360043627/?article=9e8cff86-4b04-4719-bcf3-b65c85b8ab96&focus=0.7479906,0.052130837,0.86220366,0.20064767&xid=3355.
[S989924380] The Journal Times; Publication Date: 12 Aug 2020; Publication Place: Racine, Wisconsin, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/675445054/?article=a84ea77e-7a4a-439c-b522-814de506adf6&focus=0.0208938,0.042527877,0.34512582,0.5535393&xid=3355.
[S1045193291] Green Bay Press-Gazette; Publication Date: 22/ Aug/ 1959; Publication Place: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/188874428/?article=570fb6f9-7f17-489e-becb-438ff9580eab&focus=0.022776632,0.4350191,0.14861654,0.7617327&xid=3398.
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.