Johann Jacob "Jacob" Roos

1773 - 1849  (75 years)

• Name	Johann Jacob "Jacob" Roos
  Born	2 Dec 1773	Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251841541
  Name	Jacob Roos  [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35140
  Died	12 Nov 1849	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I35140	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaretha Walch,   b. 28 Feb 1778, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 5 Oct 1848, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Jacob Roos,   b. 16 Jun 1808, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 27 Nov 1867, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 59 years)   2. Kathrina "Catherine" Roos,   b. 4 Dec 1815, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 18 May 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   3. George Roos,   b. 13 May 1818, Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 3 Sep 1893, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   4. Karl "Charles" Roos,   b. 14 Nov 1824, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 20 Jan 1909, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F24071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A family of numerous descendants was that of Mr. Jacob Roos, from Alsace, a cooper, who worked in John Erb's mills and who acquired considerable property which descended to his sons, many of whom are still in our midst. Among the most prominent settlers who came here about 1832 were Adam Ferrie, Jr., and Samuel Liebschuetz; the former a Scotchman and youngest son of the Hon. Adam Ferrie, of Montreal, then head of a large wholesale house; the latter was a shrewd German Jew. Both started a store here and both did a thriving business. Mr. Adam Ferrie, Junior, commenced in the dwelling house of Jacob Roos, cooper, but soon built a new store and a large warehouse, at present owned by our worthy ex-Reeve Mr. William Schlueter, who converted the warehouse into that well known establishment called "Business Corner,'' Mr. Liebschuetz erected the store now owned and occupied by Mr. Uttick the tobacconist. Mr. Liebschuetz's business increasing rapidly, he built another store combined with a tavern; but not finding sufficient room in Preston for his energies and ambition, he traded his property in Preston against a mill property, now known as German Mills, but for many years known as Jewsburg, so named after its founder who was a Jew. This was the first grist-mill that was bought and enlarged. Fifth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1917

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Charles Roos d. 20 Jan 1909 Galt, b. Nov.1824 Alsace, occ. shoe merchant, s/o Jacob Roos (b. Alsace) cause: general debility (3 months)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Dec 1773 - Dettwiller, Alsace Lorraine, France Died - 12 Nov 1849 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth