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Rudolph Roschman and Family

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Group photo of Rudolph Roschman with his family on the front lawn of their home at 908 King Street west, Kitchener. Rudolph is centre (with beard) in second row, his wife, Mary is to the left.
Seated on the ground in front, left to right: Ruona Roschman (married Rev. Henry Heinrichs); Phyllis Bellinger Schnarr (married Robert Schnarr); Doris Bellinger.
Second row, left to right: Yadah Roschman Hill (married Edward Hill), with her son, Leonard; Lolly Schnarr (nee Stroh), wife of George Schnarr; Mary Rothermel (Stroh, first marriage), wife of Rudolph, Roschman, her second marriage; Rudolph Roschman; Alfred Bellinger, husband of Alena Roschman, with their daughter Jane (later married Wayne Doering).
Third row standing, left to right: Edward Hill, husband of Yadah Roschman; George Schnarr, father of Rudolf Schnarr; Rudolf Schnarr, husband of Hazel (Hallowell); Carita Roschman, twin sister of Yadah; Alfred Hasen, husband of Beata Roschman; Beata Roschman Hasen; Vera Roschman, wife of Fred; Alena Roschman Bellinger, wife of Alfred Bellinger; Fred Roschman; Connie Spence Roschman, wife of Eugene Roschman; Eugene Roschman.

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The Roschman and Brother Button Company started in 1878 as Roschman and Bowman, founded by Richard Roschman and Daniel Bowman. Rudolph Roschman immigrated to Canada from Germany in 1881, working as a labourer in the factory, becoming a book-keeper and in 1884 a partner and the company name changed to Roschman and Brother. The factory was located at 25 Queen (later Regina) Street south. Changes in the button industry led to the closing of the factory in the mid 1940s. Rudolph died in 1951.

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