George Julius Rosger

1890 - 1928  (37 years)

• Name	George Julius Rosger
  Born	10 Jun 1890	Draper Township, Muskoka District, Ontario   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Crime	13 Mar 1928	Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada
  	murdered
  Interesting	murder, crime, misfortune
  Misfortune	murdered
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-63440
  Died	13 Mar 1928	Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada   [1, 3]
  Buried	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I63440	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

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

  
  

• Photos

  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

  [S865] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley - St. Peters Lutheran Linwood Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. George J./ Rosger/ 1890-1928 [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 21138 (1890), George Julius Rosger. George Julius s/o Julus Rosger farmer, b. 10 Jun 1890 Draper [S2707] Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1947. George Rosger d. 13/13/1928 The Pas, aged 42 [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

  Crime - murdered - 13 Mar 1928 - Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Died - 13 Mar 1928 - Weir River, , Manitoba, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth