Robert Naylor Rogers

1829 - 1904  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Naylor Rogers
  Born	1829	Bandon, Cork, Munster, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	R. N. Rogers
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Bank Agent
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1867	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	agent commercial bank
  		Rogers,RobertNaylor-000-BankAdvert-WaterlooChronile.JPG Waterloo Chronicle 30 Jan 1868, p. 2
  Occupation	1870	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	manager Merchant's Bank corner of Duke and Foundry
  Occupation	1876	Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada
  	bank manager
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-154668
  Died	6 May 1904	Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I154668	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Rogers
  Family ID	F38664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Glendora Cook,   b. 1839, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1919, Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1855
  Children	1. Edward O. B. Rogers,   b. 1858, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hiram William Naylor Rogers,   b. 14 Jan 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1924, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Anna Maria Honora Rogers,   b. 29 May 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1943, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   4. Robert Harrington Rogers,   b. 24 Dec 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Duke Street. A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Sometime later Dr. H. S. Lackner [Henry George Lackner] acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930 ______________________ The Commercial Bank of Canada is about opening an agency at Berlin, Robert N., Rogers, Esq. so favorable known in Hamilton when he has been long engaged in the Commercial Bank there, will have the management of the business. It is not true that the bank has resolved to call in the buff notes and issue new ones. Dumfries Reformer 21 Apr 1858 _________________ Biography of Robert Naylor Rogers Robert Naylor Rogers, banker, son of Captain Robert Naylor Rogers, senior, and Elizabeth, nee Coleman, was born at Bandon, County of Cork, Ireland, May 16, 1832. He comes from an old military family, related to Sir Walter Raleigh, who lived in the days of "Queen Bess." Members of the family built portions of Fort Gibraltar, and one of the streets there, called "Rogers' Ramp," was named from this family. A great uncle on the grandmother's side, Major Wilkes, invented red hot shot, at Gibraltar, where it was first used when the fortress was besieged. Captain Rogers was Lieutenant 2nd battalion 30th Regiment foot, at the battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, and our subject has the silver medal struck for his father, who was one of the survivors of that memorable battle. Captain Dennis, who was wounded at the battle of Queenston Heights, October 13, 1813, was a first cousin of Captain Rogers. The latter went into the military service when only fourteen years of age, and was not quite seventeen when the battle of Waterloo occurred. In 1851 he brought his family to Canada, being still in the service, and was stationed awhile at Fort Malden, on the Detroit River, where he was drowned in 1854. His body was never found. Our subject was educated partly in England and partly in Ireland, finishing at Eaton College, Galway, in his native country; became a clerk in a bank at Toronto in 1852; was in a similar institution at Hamilton from 1854 to 1858: then managed a bank at Berlin for fourteen years, and since November, 1876, has had the management of the Chatham branch of the Merchants' Bank of Canada the oldest chartered bank in Chatham is manager of the Federal Bank of Canada, same place in all twenty-two years a manager of such institutions. Few men in the province have held such a position longer than Mr. Rogers, and still fewer, probably, have shown more prudence and better business capacities. In his management he has shown a friendly spirit towards the people, and a disposition to foster local industries, and has thus made the bank very popular. Mr. Rogers is a Freemason, and was Treasurer of the Lodge at Berlin during all the time he was there, and has been Treasurer of the lodge at Chatham from the date of his settling here. His religious connection is with Christ (Episcopal) Church, and his life is consistent with his Christian profession. July 11, 1855, Miss Amelia Cook, daughter of Hiram Cook, many years a lumber merchant at Garden Island, near Kingston, became the wife of Mr. Rogers, and they have four children; Hiram William Naylor, Edward O., Anna Maria, and Robert Harrington. The eldest son, first named, is teller in the Merchants' Bank, Chatham; the others are single, and securing their education. The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men, Ontario, Volume 1. _________________________ Sometimes the life of a 19th-century bank manager was interesting Author of the article: John Rhodes Publishing date:Aug 03, 2020 Could the life of a 19th-century bank manager be interesting? I think so, but depending, of course, on what happened in his life. I think the life of R. N Rogers had some intriguing turns to it. Robert Naylor Rogers Jr. was born at County Cork, Ireland, in 1829 and later came to Canada with his family, but I do not know the exact year. His father, Robert Naylor Rogers Sr., was a career British Army officer who was stationed at Fort Malden, on the Detroit River, in 1854. I do not know the exact circumstances of the senior Rogers' death but I do know that he was said to have drowned and the body was never recovered. Young Robert trained in the banking business and by 1876 he was managing the Merchants Bank at the northeast junction of King and Fifth streets, Chatham. This building stood until the latter 1960s. He moved around a bit and in the 1880s he was manager of the Federal Bank which was located on the north side of King Street, about halfway between Fourth and Fifth streets. This bank was set back a bit from the street and its site is now occupied by the Weinburg Block. R. N. Rogers had a daughter named Amelia Maria Honan Rogers (May 29, 1862 \endash Sept. 11, 1943) who married a career soldier known as Captain Thomas Gordon Dennis Boles ,who was born at Devon, England in 1848. He was a member of the Leicestershire Regiment and saw service in India. By 1881, Captain Boles was living in Chatham and had become adjutant with the 24th Kent Regiment and it was at about this time that he met and married Amelia. There was a 14-year difference in their ages. In June of 1885 the Riel Rebellion broke out in what is now Saskatchewan and Captain Boles was determined to become involved in spite of the fact that he had a 23-year-old wife and a two-year-old daughter (Amelia Frances Inez Boles Hodgins, 1883-1961). I, at first, thought he would have joined the army but for reasons not known to me, he instead, signed on with the Northwest Mounted Police (RCMP) for service as a scout and saw action at Duck Lake, March 26, 1885, when 12 Mounties were killed in action. Captain Boles remained in the west for some time and at one point had acted as a guard for the imprisoned Riel, but I do not think he was there for the execution. By 1892, Boles was back in Chatham and living on Wellington Street West. The street numbers are mixed, 313 and 367, old numbering system. The Directories published during the remainder of his life identify him as a "Gentleman" which meant that he was retired and probably living on an Army pension. Boles died at Chatham on Aug. 25, 1919 and reposes in Old Ward H, Maple Leaf Cemetery Meanwhile, late in the life and career of R.N. Rogers, there was an interesting incident, which took place in October of 1892. By this point Rogers was managing the Chatham branch of the Standard Bank of Canada and one bright autumn morning one of his tellers announced that $7,900 had been stolen. Since there had not been a break-in, it was thought to have been an inside job. Fingers were instantly pointed at an employee named Angus Pennefather, who was arrested and put on trial for embezzlement. The Crown constructed a wonderful explanation of trickery and planning that Pennfather had executed in order to steal the money right out from under the nose of his employer, but he ran into a problem with the jury. The Crown Attorney could not prove that Pennefather did as he was accused and he was found to be innocent. After the trial, the Pennefather family moved from Chatham to avoid the embarrassment and gossip. Robert Naylor Rogers died at Chatham in 1904 and reposes in Maple Leaf Cemetery. "Sometimes The Life Of A 19Th-Century Bank Manager Was Interesting | Chatham This Week". 2022. Chathamthisweek.Com. https://www.chathamthisweek.com/opinion/columnists/sometimes-the-life-of-a-19th-century-bank-manager-was-interesting.

  
  

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  [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 1 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153621509.

  
  

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  Born - 1829 - Bandon, Cork, Munster, Ireland Occupation - Bank Agent - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - agent commercial bank - 1867 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - manager Merchant's Bank corner of Duke and Foundry - 1870 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - bank manager - 1876 - Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 6 May 1904 - Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth