Needlebar.com has a chart showing serial numbers against years. Serial numbers between 1,500,001 and 1,619,904 for Frister and Rossman were made from 1915 to 1920. I'm guessing in the latter part of that period by your serial number.
Roman Frister was born in 1928.
Michael Rossman's birth name is Michael Dale Rossman.
Roman Frister was a Jewish Survivor of the holocaust where he was forced to watch his parents die by the horrid Nazis.
I was given a Fister Rossman Model 35 for my 21st birthday by my parents in 1972. I believe it cost them a lot of money in those times. I still have it and use it regularly....its a good old faithful workhorse. I have made wedding dresses and loose covers for chairs and chestrfield plus numerous sets of curtains in its lifetime.
Mike Rossman was born in 1955.
Illyria Rossman is 5' 7".
Jacquie Rossman is 5' 3".
Henryk Rossman died in 1937.
Douglas A. Rossman was born in 1936.
Henryk Rossman was born in 1896.
Claude Rossman died on 1928-01-16.