George Roos b. 15 Sep 1833 Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Jun 1898 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States: Waterloo Region Generations

1833 - 1898 (64 years)

Name	George Roos
Born	15 Sep 1833	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1]
Gender	Male
FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118513267
Eby ID Number	Waterloo-128604
Died	6 Jun 1898	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Buried	Forest Lawn, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Person ID	I128604	Generations
Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

Father	Jacob Roos, b. 16 Jun 1808, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France , d. 27 Nov 1867, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States (Age 59 years)
Mother	Regina, b. 26 Aug 1812, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Jul 1869 (Age 56 years)
Family ID	F35455	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

George Roos, once a prominent brewer in this city, died at the family home, No. 143 Linwood Avenue, early this morning. He was 65 years old.

Mr. Roos was born in Preston, Ont.; September 15, 1833, and came to Buffalo with his parents a year later. His father started a brewery and in 1868, when the father died, Mr. Roos assumed control of the business. He married Miss Julia Thiebolt of this city on November 6, 1854. In 1885 Mr.Roos sold the brewery at Pratt Street near Broadway to the Roos Co-Operative Brewery Company. His sons had the controlling interest in this company. In connection with the brewery ran a sales stable. His stables were on the brewery grounds. When he sold out he transferred his stables to East Buffalo. Last summer he retired from business altogether. He is survived by his widow, Julia Roos. two sons, George W. of Buffalo, and Adolph Roos of Meadville, Pa. and three daughters, Mrs. Ehrensberger and Mrs. Charles Buehl of this city and Mrs. Max Mayer of Orlean. He will be buried from the family home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Koehler of the English Lutheran Church at Tupper and Ellicott streets will officiate.

The Buffalo Enquirer, Buffalo, New York Mon, Jun 6, 1898 Page 2

[S211] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church Register of H. W. Peterson 1833-1835.
Georg, geb. den 15 Sept. 1833, get. den 3 Nov. 1833, by Revd. H W Peterson; parentes, Jacob Roos und Frau Regina Bergtold; testes, Tauf-Pathen Georg Bergtold, Jacob Marzalff, Catharine Roos, Catharina Bernhard.