funeral adminstered by Ebbuts Funeral Directors, 89 High Street, Croydon, Surrey, England; buried in common grave (unmarked)
From "A Dictionary of English Surnames", Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press, 1997:
Roger, Rogers, Rogger, Rodger, Rodgers: Rogerus marescalcus 1066 DB (Ess); Rogerius, Rogerus 1086 DB; Richard Roger 1263 ArchC iv; William Rogger 1286 SRSx; Henry Rogeres 1327 SRWo. OFr Roger, Rogier, OG Ro(d)ger 'fame-spear'. The name was introduced from Normandy where OG Rodger was introduced from Normandy where OG Rodger was reinforced by the cognate ON Hroogeirr. In England it was very popular, with pet-forms Hodge and Dodge and their derivatives, but it was not so productive of direct diminutives as Richard and Robert, only Roget and Rogerum having been noted: Robert Rogeroun 1327 SRSf. Rogers is the common form, with Rodgers in Scotland.