The name Roder has several alternative spellings -- most notably Roeder and Rader. The name means "wheel maker." Most Roders seem to originate in Germany, many from what is known as the Hessen region.


Martha Margaretha Roder
Born about 1660 - 1680 in Germany
Died in Erfurt, Germany.

Maria Martha Louisa von Gerstenberg
Born about 1680 - 1705 in Germany, daughter of Franz Adolf von Gerstenberg

Sigismund Ignatius Wincopp
Born 1733 in Erfurt, Germany, son of Maria Martha Louisa von Gerstenberg and Wilhelm Heinrich Wincop.
Married Maria Christina Schroeder on November 27, 1755. Died in 1781 in Erfurt, Germany.

Peter Adolf Winkopp
Born January 17, 1759 in Erfurt, Germany, son of Sigismund Ignatius Wincopp and Maria Christina Schroeder. Married Barbara Schmitt after 1788. Died October 26, 1813 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

Adolf Winkopp
Born 1802 in Aschaffenburg, Germany, son of Peter Adolf Winkopp and Barbara Schmitt.
Married Maria Susannah Schreck on April 30, 1841 in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany.
Died January 17, 1865 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Franz Josef Alfred Winkopp
Born February 3, 1846 in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, son of Maria Susannah Schreck and Adolf Winkopp. Emigrated to the USA in 1868.
Married Caroline Blumlein about 1886 in New York. Died January 18, 1919 in Brooklyn, NY.

Walter Winkopp
Born August 8, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, son of Caroline Blumlein and Franz Josef Alfred Winkopp.
Married Helen May "Maude" Catoggio on February 25, 1918 in New York, New York.
Died July 8, 1978 in Orlando, Florida.

Walter Michael Windsor
Born September 22, 1918 in New York, New York, son of Walter Winkopp and Helen May "Maude" Catoggio. Married Mary Garnett Johnson on November 29, 1947 in Danville, Virginia.
Died February 29, 2008 in Duluth, Georgia.