Jacob Roos^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1813 - 1898  (85 years)

• Name	Jacob Roos
  Born	1813	Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France   [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Cooper
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cooper
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1876	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	cooper
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Cooper
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134271
  Died	24 Aug 1898	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10, 11]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11]
  Person ID	I134271	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Roos,   b. 1777, , Germany ,   d. Bef 6 Jun 1870  (Age < 93 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth,   b. 6 Nov 1783, , Germany ,   d. 6 Jun 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F230776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Johanna Carolina "Caroline" Boehmer,   b. 29 Apr 1819, Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ,   d. 9 Dec 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1836  [8]
  Children	1. John J. C. Roos,   b. 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 63 years)   2. Catherine Roos,   b. 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   3. August Roos,   b. CALC 2 Sep 1844, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1872  (Age ~ 28 years)   4. Edward Roos,   b. 1846, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Roos,   b. 1849, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Leah Roos,   b. 1849, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Magdalena "Lena" Roos,   b. 1850, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Magdalene Roos,   b. 1852, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Jacob Roos,   b. 28 Sep 1852, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)   10. Margaret Roos,   b. 31 Jul 1854, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1928, Gaylord, Otsego, Michigan, USA  (Age 74 years)   11. Charles Roos,   b. 1858, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Caroline Roos,   b. 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Cyrus Roos,   b. 1864, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F33190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Walsh,   b. 1827, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	17 Sep 1876	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F8714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Roos, an Alsatian, worked at his trade of Cooper in a shop John Erb operated in connection with his grist mill at Preston from the early thirties until 1845 when he came to New Hope and opened a cooper shop at the extreme west end of the Hamlet, on the south side of the front road to Galt, in a building which many will remember as the "Log Cabin". Here Mr. Roos made both types of barrels, the flour barrels for some of the mills around, and tight barrels for some of the numerous distilleries then to be found hereabouts. Richard Gowling worked for him making loose barrels from 1866 till 1887 and his son, Nelson, worked with him in 1866 and 1867 and another son, Richard Gowling Jr., in 1867. Mr. Roos taught the coopering to Conrad Sachs, whose brother, John, was married to a daughter of Mr. Roos. My first record of Conrad is July 19th, 1854, the last, 1862, when he appears to have gone to Buffalo where some of his descendents still reside. As my record comes from Hespeler's books it looks as if Conrad first learned the trade with Mr. Roos and then went to work in Hespeler's Cooperage. Mr. Roos Sr. taught both trades to his son, Jacob Roos, who appears to have taken over the shop about 1871 and he continued to operate it until he died in 1907. He made chiefly flour barrels which he delivered with a one-horse waggon fitted with a rack which held 65 barrels. Old timers will remember seeing these loads of barrels passing along Queen Street on the way to Kribs' Mill. Another son, Edward Roos, learned Coopering with his father and apparently upon completion of his apprenticeship which must have included the tight barrel making he went in 1871 (when young Jake took over the shop) to work for Mr. Hespeler where he remained till 1876. Mr. Ed. Sachs, born 1868, nephew of Edward Roos, told me his Uncle Ed. was in charge of the shop for Hespeler. Mr. Hespeler's Cooper Shop was in the stone building, which with additions made subsequently, is now The Hydro-Electric Power Station. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Barbara Erb Born: Waterloo Res: Waterloo Age: 23 Father: Peter Born: 1838 Spouse: John H. Roos Age: 23 born: Preston Res: Hespeler Born: 1838 Father: Jacob Mother: Carolien Bohmes married 2 Jul 1861 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Dec 1875. Died 9 Dec 1875 In Hespeler, Caroline Roos, nee Boehmer, wife of Jakob Roos, died after a one year illness of dropsy at the age of 56 years, 7 months, 10 days. She had 8 children die before her. She leaves behind a husband, 9 children and 14 grandchildren. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010988-77. Jacob Roos, 24, occ. Cooper, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Hespeler, S/O Jacob & Caroline Married Maria Albrecht, 25, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, D/O Frederic & Maria, Witn Charles Wilson & Lena Roos Both Of Hespeler, 19 June 1877 In Waterloo Twp. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010994-77. Charles Wilson, 27, occ. Laborer, b. Canada, res. Galt, S/O William & Laura (?) Married Lena Roos, 24, b. Canada, res. Hespeler, D/O Jacob & Caroline, Witn Charles Roos Of Hespeler & Maggie Roos Of Preston, 29 August 1877 In Waterloo Twp. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Jacob Roos cooper of Waterloo Twp., b. Dettweiter Elsas Prussia Age: 62 born abt 1814 father: John Roos mother: Elizabeth Roos married Elisabeth Hirschnviller Age:: 46 born abt 1830 b. Elsas Prussia father: John Walch mother: Barbara Walch married 17 Sep 1876 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Hespeler [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 23. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 71. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Jacob Roos Gender:Male Age:84 Birth Date:abt 1814 Birth Place:Alsace Death Date:24 Aug 1898 Death Place:Waterloo Twp Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Religion:Lutheran Cause of Death:Old Age [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210781904. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . [South] Jacob ROOS/ died Aug. 24, 1898/ ROOS/ [East] In memory of/ August/ son of/ Jacob & Caroline/ ROOS/ who died/ Nov. 18, 1872/ aged 28 yrs. 2 mos./ & 16 days/ [North] Caroline/ beloved wife of/ Jacob ROOS/ who died Dec. 9, 1875/ aged/ 56 yrs. 7 mos. & 12 days/

  
  

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  Born - 1813 - Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Occupation - Cooper - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cooper - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cooper - 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Sep 1876 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cooper - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Aug 1898 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth