Hugo Bernard Roelker, 18421921 (aged 78 years)

Name
Hugo Bernard /Roelker/
Given names
Hugo Bernard
Surname
Roelker
Birth
Occupation
mechanical engineer
Birth of a sister
Emigration
1860 (aged 17 years)
Death of a father
Marriage
Death of a mother
Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
Death
Burial
April 21, 1921 (3 days after death)
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageSeptember 25, 1832
3 years
elder sister
6 years
elder brother
18411910
Birth: September 23, 1841 33 29 Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany
Death: September 28, 1910Washington, DC
-4 years
elder brother
18371915
Birth: May 1837 29 25 Germany
Death: December 22, 1915New York, NY
6 years
himself
18421921
Birth: September 19, 1842 34 30 Osnabruck, Germany
Death: April 18, 1921Port Orange, FL
4 years
younger sister
18461928
Birth: about 1846 37 33
Death: July 8, 1928Brooklyn, New York
Family with Amelia Virginia Lefman
himself
18421921
Birth: September 19, 1842 34 30 Osnabruck, Germany
Death: April 18, 1921Port Orange, FL
wife
18521926
Birth: September 28, 1852 43 36 Hoboken, NJ
Death: May 24, 1926Manhattan Beach, NY
Marriage MarriageFebruary 26, 1874
Shared note

Transactions of the Soc.of Mech. Engineers

Hugo B. Roelker, who died in Port Orange, Fla., on April 18, 1921,
was born in Osnabruck, Germany, on September 19, 1843 (sic). After
obtaining his early education in a technical school, he served his
apprenticeship in a machine shop and later worked in the employ of
an instrument maker. He then became employed as mechanical draftsman
in an engineer's and architect's office. At the age of eighteen he
came to this country and after a year's experience with the language
and method of working, secured a position as draftsman with the DeLamater
Iron Works, New York City. He rose rapidly, becoming chief draftsman,
assistant superintendent and, in 1883, superintendent.

Mr. Roelker enjoyed the acquaintance and confidence of many of the
leading engineers of the country in developing and supervising the
work which they had done at the DeLamater Iron Works. He saw several
vessels of the Monitor type built there, including the largest of
them, the Dictator. These works also fathered the screw propeller,
which Captain John Ericcson, the technical genius of the firm, brought
to this country. Many of the large industries of the day started
in Mr. Roelker's office, — sugar mills, air compressors, ice machines,
etc. The first self-propelled torpedoes, torpedo boats, destroyers
and submarine boats were all de

Note

Florence Hadley Heynen quotes Clara Louise Heynen as saying that Hugo and Minnie became engaged under the big tree surrounded by a seat at Woodside (Queens, NY)