Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
George Julius Rosger

George Julius Rosger

Male 1890 - 1928  (37 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name George Julius Rosger 
    Born 10 Jun 1890  Draper Township, Muskoka District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Crime 13 Mar 1928  Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    murdered 
    Interesting murder, crime, misfortune 
    Misfortune murdered 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-63440 
    Died 13 Mar 1928  Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I63440  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Julius Ernst Rosger,   b. 1858, Mosheim, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1945  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Dorothea Gilbert,   b. 1868, Draper Township, Muskoka District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 9 May 1888  Draper Township, Muskoka District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F16822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    George Julius Rosger
    George Julius Rosger
    submitted to Find A Grave by Kevin Rosger

  • Notes 
    • GEORGE JULIUS ROSGER DIES OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS AT THE PAS

      Death Being Investigated

      The remains of George Julius Rosger, who died at The Pas, Manitoba, on Tuesday, March 13, of gun shot wounds, which it is believed were inflicted through foul play, arrived at Linwood last week from whence the funeral. took place on. Saturday, March 24, from the C.P.R. depot to the. Lutheran Church where services were conducted by Rev. P. R. G. Pfeiffer, after which interment took Place in the Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Rosger was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius E. Rosger, of Linwood, and was born in Muskoka 38 years ago. Particulars regarding his death are at present somewhat but he died somewhere in the Hudson Bay district where for the past three years he had been a trapper, and hunter in the wilds of Northern Manitoba and prior to that he had been trapping and hunting in Northern Ontario. He was not married. He was a member of Lodge No. 461, I.O.O.F., Matheson. The members of Linwood Lodge, No. 359, I.O.O.F., took charge of the remains when they arrived at the C.P.R. station from Manitoba, the pallbearers being James Beggs, Oscar Lanz, Jos. Ament, Robt White, Arthur Peebles and John W. Burnett Flowers were sent by the family, John Heinbuch and Arthur Hawk.. Besides his father and mother, heis survived by four sisters, Miss Hilda Rosger, of Linwood; Mrs. Leslie Wright, of Dorking; Miss Annie Rosger, of Detroit, and Mrs. George Johnston, of Winnipeg, and four brothers, namely: Wesley, of Linwood; Ernest, of Detroit; Clarence, of Winnipeg, and Fred, of Langrath, Manitoba. Much sympathy is felt for the aged parents and the brothers and sisters. It is understood that the Mounted Police are investigating the cause of Rosger's death as foul play is suspected.

      _____________________

      George Rosger was actually murdered at "Air Hole River" now called "Weir River" Manitoba, although his residence was The Pas, MB. He was killed on his trapping line just off the Nelson River, his body was returned for burial in Linwood.

      Kevin Rosger

  • Sources 
    1. [S865] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - St. Peters Lutheran Linwood Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society.
      George J./ Rosger/ 1890-1928

    2. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 21138 (1890), George Julius Rosger.
      George Julius s/o Julus Rosger farmer, b. 10 Jun 1890 Draper

    3. [S2707] Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1947.
      George Rosger d. 13/13/1928 The Pas, aged 42

    4. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 7339 (1888), Rosger-Gilbert.
      Julius Ernst Rosger, 27, farmer of Tp. MacCauley, bl. Mosheim, Germany, s/o Frederick Rosger & Wilhelmine Rosger, married Maria Dorothea Gilbert, 19, res. Draper b. Draper, d/o George & Catharine Gilbert, married 9 May 1888 Draper

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCrime - murdered - 13 Mar 1928 - Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Mar 1928 - Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth