Jacob A. "Jack" Knoepfli

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• Name: J. A. Knoepfli
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211920

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Services Set For Calgary Hotel Man

NELSON, B.C. (CP)-Funeral services were to be held at Calgary Wednesday for Jacob A. Knoepfli, 74, who died in Kootenay Lake General Hospital here Monday.

Mr. Knoepfle built the York Hotel in Calgary was its owner and manager along with the St. Regis, also in Calgary, until he sold his hotel interests in 1946.

Born in Berne, Switzerland, he came to Canada at the age of two with his parents, settling in Ontario. At 17 he went to Calgary following year began homesteading in the Didsbury district. He was a member of the Calgary Lions Club and a life member of the Calgary board of trade. He lived in Victoria before to Balfour, on nearby Kootenay Lake, in 1949.

Besides his wife, survivors are one son, Allen, in Edmonton; two daughters, Miss Enid Knoepfli and Mrs. Leslie Boulton, both in Okotoks, Alta., and six grandchildren. Newfoundland was England's first colony..

Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wed, Aug 12, 1959 Page 6

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Ex-Calgarian, 74, Dies In Nelson, B.C.

Nelson, B.C.--Funeral services will be held at Calgary Wednesday for Jacob A. Knoepfli, 74, who died in Kootenay Lake general hospital here Monday. Mr. Knoepfil built the York Hotel in Calgary and was its owner and manager along with the St. Regis, also in Calgary, until he sold his hotel interests in 1946. Born in Berne, Switzerland, he came to Canada at the age of two with his parents, settling in Ontario. At 17 he went to Calgary and the following year began homesteading in the Didsbury district. He was a member of the Calgary Lions Club and a life member of the Calgary Board of Trade. He lived in Victoria before moving to Balfour, on nearby Kootenay Lake, in 1949.

The Calgary Herald, August 11, 1959, page 1

Jacob — Nina Cressman. Nina (daughter of John C. Cressman and Mary Horlacher) was born 18 Jan 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1931, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]