Sarah Harriet Roller

Sarah Harriet Roller

• Father: John Roller
• Mother: Lizzie Boesiger

• Sarah Harriet Roller was born on 21 September 1883 in Holland, Erie County, New York.
• She married Robert Howard Melcher, son of Lewis Monroe Melcher and Alice Lake, circa 1905 in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York.
• Robert Howard Melcher and Sarah Harriet Roller appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania, enumerated next to Sarah's parents. Other members of the household included Dorothy A. Melcher. Also in the household was daughter Florence (age 2.)
• Robert Howard Melcher registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in McKean County, Pennsylvania, while living with his wife Sara in Port Allegany, and employed there as a farmer by W. M. Burleson.
• Robert Howard Melcher and Sarah Harriet Roller appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in LIberty Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Dorothy A. Melcher. Also in the household was son Howard R. (age 8.)
• Robert Howard Melcher and Sarah Harriet Roller appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1354 Pierce Avenue. Also in the household were sons Howard (age 18) and Harold (7.)
• Sarah Harriet Roller appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 4024 Hyde Park Boulevard. Also in the household were son Harold (age 17), and one male lodger.
• Sarah Harriet Roller died on 3 July 1955 at age 71 in Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, at Mount St. Mary's Hospital.
• She was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
• The following appeared on 5 July 1955 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah H. Melcher, 71, of 2929 Lockport Rd., a resident of this city for the last 30 years, will be held tomorrow in Port Allegany, Pa. She died Sunday (July 3, 1955) in Mt. St. Mary's Hospital.
       At the time of her death, Mrs. Melcher, widow of Robert Melcher, lived with her son, Harold Melcher. She was a native of Holland, N. Y.
       In addition to her son here, she is survived by another son, Howard Melcher, Parkersburg, W. Va., and a daughter, Mrs. John K. Hoffman, Lewiston. Two sisters, Mrs. Jess Burrows, Port Allegany, and Mrs. James Newland, Bradford, Pa., 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
       Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Port Allegany.

• Last Edited: 24 Nov 2014