Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Jacob A. "Jack" Knoepfli

Male 1884 - 1959  (74 years)


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  • Name Jacob A. "Jack" Knoepfli 
    Born 14 Aug 1884  Urnasch, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138029885 
    Name J. A. Knoepfli 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-211920 
    Died 10 Aug 1959  Nelson, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I211920  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2024 

    Family Nina Cressman,   b. 18 Jan 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1931, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F63981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [S2508] Ancestry Public Member Trees.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Aug 1959 - Nelson, , British Columbia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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