Résumé

Architect / Assistant Manager, M.G. West Company, San Francisco, CA, c. 1917-1920. In 1917, West had its office at 353 Market Street in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 08/13/2025.) In 1920, M.G. West Company sold bank and office equipment, lifting jacks, as well as Diebold safes and vaults. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 1610.)

Principal, Albert F. Roller, Architect, San Francisco, CA. Roller's practice operated in both Northern and Southern California.

Professional Activities

Member, Architect and Engineer, Consulting and Advisory Editors board, 1932. Roller served with J. Harry Blohme, Lewis P. Hobart, Timothy L. Pflueger, Elmer Grey, Clarence A. Tantau, John J. Donovan, John Bakewell, Jr., William Lee Woollett, Thomas J. Kent, Edwin L. Snyder, J. Stewart Fairweather, John W. Gregg, Emerson Knight, Charles H. Cheney, W. Adrian, Julian C. Mesic, H.J. Brunnier, and L.H. Nishkian.

Relocation

Roller was born in CA.

On 06/05/1917, Roller resided at 689 4th Avenue in San Francisco with his wife and child. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 08/13/2025.)

Roller and his wife Clara resided at 1780 Hayes Street in San Francisco, CA, in 1920. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 1356.)

Roller lived with his wife at 325 Hillsborough Boulevard in San Mateo, CA, on 04/26/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 08/13/2025.)

The architect died in San Francisco, CA, at the age of 90.

Parents

Roller's mother's maiden name was Vonstraffer.

Biographical Notes

As per his World War II draft registration card, Roller was Caucasian with a light complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He stood 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighed 195 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 08/13/2025.)

SSN: 563-52-4898.