Alfred Currie Roos

1883 - 1949  (66 years)

• Name	Alfred Currie Roos
  Born	20 Oct 1883	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Family Photograph	L-R Jacob Roos, Catherine Currie Roos, Robert J Roos, Annie Beamer Roos, Alfred Currie Roos. Nancy Corrin originally shared this Ancestry Pubic Member Tree
  		Roos,Jacob-CatherineCurrie-AncestryPublicMemberTree.jpg
  Name	Alf Roos
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Woolen Warper
  Occupation	1909	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	clerk
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Shipping, Woolen Mill
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-92741P
  Died	30 Dec 1949  [3, 5]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I92741	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Catherine Currie,   b. 21 Apr 1848, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1933, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1881	Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F24105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katie Ellen Thomson,   b. 2 Nov 1882, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1958  (Age 75 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1909	Grand Valley, East Luther Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Catherine "Betty" Roos,   b. 14 Jun 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 2006, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F221811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred Currie Roos:The Roos family lived in the Hespeler area. Alf went to school in a small rural school on Pine Bush Rd. near Hespeler. He completed grade 10. Alf worked at The R Forbes Company, from the age of 14years until he was 46 first as a woolen warper and then a superintendent. The company was sold to Dominion Woolens & Worsted who eventually replaced all the management with their own staff. Alf then searched for a small company to purchase and in 1929 he bought a rundown fuel company in Galt which he then named the Roos Coal Company. He owned this company until he sold it to his son Robert Peter Roos in 1949 just before his death. He was a self taught man who learned book keeping and business management himself. He would read a lot. Alf was also very civic minded and was involved in the amateur lacrosse association for many years although he did not play the sport himself. He was the President of the local club for several years and in 1927 was president of the Ontario Amateur Lacrosse Association. He was also on the Hespeler Town Council in the year that he died. Alfred Currie Roos died Dec.30 1949 of cancer. Email Nancy Corrin 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 2. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 16. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . ROOS/ in loving memory of Alfred Currie ROOS/ Oct. 20, 1883 - Dec. 30. 1949/ his wife Katie Ellen THOMSON/ Nov. 2, 1882 - May 28, 1958/ at rest/ [back] ROOS/ Elizabeth Catherine ROOS/ June 14, 1911 - Sept. 18, 2006/ beloved wife of/ Norman Duncan McLEOD/ July 30, 1906 - July 11, 1978/ [A] Mother [B] McLEOD/ Norman Duncan/ 1906-1978/ [C] Father [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 38. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147310850/alfred-currie-roos. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Alfred Currie Roos Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 26 Oct 1909 Event Place: Grand Valley, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 26 Birth Year (Estimated): 1883 Occ: clerk - Hespeler Father's Name: Jacob Roos Mother's Name: Catherine Currie Spouse's Name: Katie Ellen Thomson Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1883 Res: Grand Valley Spouse's Father's Name: Peter Thomson Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth East

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Oct 1883 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Warper - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - clerk - 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Oct 1909 - Grand Valley, East Luther Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shipping, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth