Lawyer
Centurion, 1869–1888
Born 24 April 1816 in Osnabrück, Germany
Died 5 March 1888 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Stephen P. Nash and Charles Tracy
Elected 1 May 1869 at age fifty-three
Archivist’s Note: Uncle of Alfred Roelker
Century Memorial
We shall miss the genial presence of Bernard Roelker, a gentle-hearted, cultivated and companionable man, with whom intercourse was so agreeable that he could be properly selected as typical of a membership which is the Century’s pride and boast.
Henry E. Howland
1889 Century Association Reports
