b.1835 d.1882
Married - Catherine Schnarr
John Roos, son of John Roos of Preston, had an early connection with the Town of Waterloo. He is listed as being a stage coach driver operating on the line that connected Preston, Berlin and Waterloo. During this work he met Catherine Schnarr, daughter of Waterloo hotel owner, Hartmann Schnarr and they were married c1857. Now that he was a married man, it was time to settle down. It appears that father-in-law Hartmann Schnarr sold the hotel to Roos, probably on rather lenient terms. The Gazeteer of ____ advertised the Traveller’s Home Hotel at corner of King N and Dupont and operated by Roos. As well Roos Hall, above hotel on second floor was advertised as a venue for concerts theatricals and other companies and could accommodate 500 people. In the early 1870s he sold the hotel and was appointed Market Clerk. This was probably when the market moved to the new Town Hall built in 1874.
Sources:
1. Ellis Little, Early Waterloo Hotels, unpublished.
John Roos Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of John Roos from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. To see the original document, please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1835-1882
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Roos, John ; Schnarr, Catherine ; Roos, Catherine
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.172
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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