Résumé

Principal, Frederick L. Roehrig, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1892- . In 1892, he gave a post office address in the "California Bank Building, Los Angeles city," to Los Angeles County voter registration officials.

Professional Activties

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter, Los Angeles, CA.

Relocation

Frederick Louis Roehrig was born in Le Roy, NY, a town about 27 miles southwest of Rochester. It appears that his family relocated to PA by about 1865 and then to Ithaca, NY, by 1875, where Frederick's father, Frederick L.O. Roehrig, Sr., was a Professor of Languages. According to the 1875 NY State Census, the Roehrigs lived in a frame dwelling in Ithaca, worth approximately $2,500.

Frederick L.O. Roehrig, Jr., lived for much of his adult life in Pasadena, CA, town perfect for a young architect, as it was growing rapidly with many affluent and cultivated newcomers, many eager to build "artistic" dwellings. He resided here by at least 1886, and was listed as living at 501 South Oakland Avenue in Pasadena, CA, between 1894 and 1896. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1896; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 22; FHL Roll Number: 976931, accessed 08/01/2022.)

The architect and his family dwelled at 501 Oakland Avenue, in a neighborhood just southeast of Pasadena's central business district, in 1920. The household included his wife Gavina, and their children R. Pauline and R. Stewart. The Roehrigs owned their own house free and clear of a mortgage. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_117; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 533, accessed 06/18/2024.)

Roehrig, his wife and daughter resided in a rented house at 1136 North Hill Avenue in Pasadena in 1930. The house had a rent of $65 per month according to the 1930 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1212; FHL microfilm: 2339903, accessed 08/01/2022.)

Roehrig died in Los Angeles County, CA, at the age of 90.

Parents

His mother was Caroline Smith (born , who was 17 years younger than her husband.

Frederick Louis Otto Roehrig, Sr., (was as an eminent linguist who spent much of his career at Cornell University. A paper by Elena Barreiro summarized his career: "Professor Frederick Louis Otto Roehrig, a specialist in modern and ancient languages, left us a legacy of important documentary materials. Roehrig was a talented person: he held both a Ph.D. in philology and a medical degree and practiced otolaryngology.2 His linguistic works include books and articles on Sanskrit, ancient and modern Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Turkish, Malayan, Finnish, German, Irish, and French. In addition, he undertook research on a variety of North American languages, immersing himself in various tribal communities. Roehrig not only created vocabularies of Inuit, Dakota, and numerous Athabaskan and Salish languages, but also championed the cause of linguistic research in those languages. He passionately argued that 'on this continent, researches in philology, ethnology, and history should have for their main object the languages and nations of America.' (Roehrig 1874: 16.)" (See Elena Barreiro, Simon Fraser University.ca, "Frederick Roehrig: A Forgotten Name in Salish Linguistics," accessed 08/01/2022.)

He had a younger brother, George E. Roehrig (born 1865 in PA).

Spouse

He wed Mary Gavina Hungerford (born 10/29/1863 in Ithaca, NY-d. 09/04/1945 in Concord, CA). She went by her middle name and was a five years younger than her husband. Her mother was Sarah M. Livermore (born 1838 in NY-d. 08/20/1924 in Los Angeles County, CA), her father, Austin Newell Hungerford (born 10/1835 in Ithaca, NY-d. 05/08/1914 in Berkeley, CA). Sarah and Austin married c. 1863.

Austin worked as a real estate agent in 1900, and lived with his wife, daughter, Anna Hungerford King (born 02/1868 in NY), son-in-law Joseph C. King (born c. 01/1868 in NY) and two servants, Charles C. Pierson (born c. 01/1842 in Denmark) and Alice H. Turner (born 04/1885 in CA), in Sausalito, CA, at that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Sausalito, Marin, California; Roll: 93; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1240093, accessed 08/01/2022.)

Children

He and Gavina had five children. They included Gavina H. Roehrig Robinson (born 08/25/1887 in CA-d. 08/25/1962 in Orange County, CA), Harold Livermore Roehrig (born 09/22/1889 in Pasadena, CA-d. 07/14/1919 in Philadelphia, PA), Regnalta Pauline Roehrig (she went by her middle name, born 08/03/1891 in Pasadena, CA-d. 01/24/1938 in Azusa, CA), Frederick Austin Roehrig (born 03/08/1894 in CA-d. 12/08/1981 in Kings County, CA) and Russell Stewart Roehrig (born 02/02/1899 in Pasadena, CA-d. 12/16/1968 in San Diego County, CA).

In 1930, Pauline resided with her parents at 1136 North Hill Avenue in Pasadena. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1212; FHL microfilm: 2339903, accessed 08/01/2022.)

Biographical Notes

As per 1896 Los Angeles County voter records, Roehrig stood 5-feet, 7-and-1/2-inches tall, and had blue eyes and brown hair at age 38. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1896; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 22; FHL Roll Number: 976931, accessed 08/01/2022.) Voter records of 1892, however, pegged his height at 5-feet, 10-inches tall. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1892; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 20; FHL Roll Number: 976929, accessed 08/01/2022.)