Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameAlbert Lawrence ROHRER 
470, Albert Lawrence Rohrer,743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer,404, Albert Lawrence Rohrer-Male-29 February 1856 – 18 October 1951-•-L6RD-Y36
470, Albert Lawrence Rohrer,743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer,404, Albert Lawrence Rohrer-Male-29 February 1856 – 18 October 1951-•-L6RD-Y36BirthFeb 29, 1856, Farmersville, Montgomery County, Ohio470, Albert Lawrence Rohrer
DeathOct 18, 1951, Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey470, Albert Lawrence Rohrer,743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer
BurialHillside Cemetery (South Weare), Deering Center Road, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire470, Albert Lawrence Rohrer
OccupationAdvisory engineer of the General Electric Company743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer
FatherAaron ROHRER (1824-1868)
Mother“Granny” Elizabeth OZIAS (1824-1910)
Spouses
1“Carrie” Caroline Laura GOULD 470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Carrie Laura H. Gould-Female-6 October 1862 – 22 December 1919-•-9VNH-H96
470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Carrie Laura H. Gould-Female-6 October 1862 – 22 December 1919-•-9VNH-H96BirthOct 6, 1862, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Carrie Laura H. Gould-Female-6 October 1862 – 22 December 1919-•-9VNH-H96
DeathDec 22, 1919, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Carrie Laura H. Gould-Female-6 October 1862 – 22 December 1919-•-9VNH-H96
BurialHillside Cemetery (South Weare), Deering Center Road, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Carrie Laura H. Gould-Female-6 October 1862 – 22 December 1919-•-9VNH-H96
MarriageApr 7, 1881, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts470, Caroline Laura “Carrie” Gould Rohrer,404, Albert Lawrence Rohrer-Male-29 February 1856 – 18 October 1951-•-L6RD-Y36
ChildrenMiriam (1892-1987)
Obituary Online notes for Albert Lawrence ROHRER
MAPLEWOOD, N. J., Oct. 18– Albert Lawrence Rohrer, retired advisory engineer of the General Electric Company, died today in his home here at the age of 95.
He had recruited and supervised the training of engineering personnel for the company from 1892 to 1914. To do this, Mr. Rohrer visited seventy United States colleges and universities and carried on correspondence in England, France, Germany, Sweden, China, Japan and South American countries. In that period, 3,000 college graduates were brought to the General Electric Company.
Mr. Rohrer was electrical superintendent of the Schenectady (N. Y.). Works from 1892 to 1923 and advisory engineer from 1923 to 1926, when he retired.
Born in Farmersville, Ohio, the son of Aaron and Elizabeth Rohrer, he studied at Ohio State University.
He entered the employ of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, a predecessor of the General Electric Company, in 1884.
Mr. Rohrer was a former president of the Schenectady Board of Education and a former treasurer of the Schenectady Free Public Library.
He was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ohio Society of New York and Phi Gamma Delta.
He had served as president of the board of the Schenectady Unitarian Church.
He held the fifth class Order of Chia Ho of China.
A daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bryan Shelby, survives. ALBERT L. ROHRER
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/10/19/archives/albert-rohrer-95-recruited-for-ge-advisory-engineer-who-brought.html 743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer
He had recruited and supervised the training of engineering personnel for the company from 1892 to 1914. To do this, Mr. Rohrer visited seventy United States colleges and universities and carried on correspondence in England, France, Germany, Sweden, China, Japan and South American countries. In that period, 3,000 college graduates were brought to the General Electric Company.
Mr. Rohrer was electrical superintendent of the Schenectady (N. Y.). Works from 1892 to 1923 and advisory engineer from 1923 to 1926, when he retired.
Born in Farmersville, Ohio, the son of Aaron and Elizabeth Rohrer, he studied at Ohio State University.
He entered the employ of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, a predecessor of the General Electric Company, in 1884.
Mr. Rohrer was a former president of the Schenectady Board of Education and a former treasurer of the Schenectady Free Public Library.
He was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ohio Society of New York and Phi Gamma Delta.
He had served as president of the board of the Schenectady Unitarian Church.
He held the fifth class Order of Chia Ho of China.
A daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bryan Shelby, survives. ALBERT L. ROHRER
https://www.nytimes.com/1951/10/19/archives/albert-rohrer-95-recruited-for-ge-advisory-engineer-who-brought.html 743, Albert Lawrence Rohrer