Born on 29 April 1797, in Maxdorf, Gablonz, Bohemia, Austrian Empire, son of Wenzel Rößler and Maria Anna Fischer. Catholic. He was a shoemaker (Schühmacher). He lived in Johannesberg. He married Anna Theresia Tischer on 22 February 1819 in Maxdorf. They had one son: Josef Rössler, in 1822.