Research done by Carl Finkle, a board member and past president of the King Township Historical Society, who has been researching the Rolling family for the last 15 years.

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Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Death Records, Ontario Marriage Records, Ontario Birth Records

Elman C. Campbell Museum, Newmarket: documents and pictures.

Era Banner, Aurora

Era, Newmarket

Federal Census Returns - 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911

King City Cemetery Records

King Township Archives: documents and pictures.

King Township Library: Tweedsumir Histories for Kettleby, King City, Laskay, Schomberg, Snowball, and Temperanceville by the Women's Institute and other historical papers.

King Township Museum: documents and pictures.

Toronto Star, Toronto

Township of King: Assessment and Collector Rolls

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