BURIAL Forest Home Cemetery Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Husband of Sophia (nee Kunkel); father of Louise, Edward, Albert, Mathilda, Bernard, Adolph, Lina and Theodore.
Bernard L. Roos immigrated to the United States along with his family in 1867. By 1869 they were living in Chicago and he was the principal of the German United Evangelical Zion School (later First German High School). Various later records also list him as a music teacher and composer
Children Louise Roos Burtar 1850–1924
Mathilda Roos Schoen 1852–1941
Albert C Roos 1854–1945
Adolph Roos 1858–1932
Lena Roos Schink 1860–1898
Theodore Roos 1863–1925
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRSY-VNY : 9 March 2018), Bernhard Ludwig Roos, ; citing Trippstadt, Bayern, Germany; FHL microfilm 489,213.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119160162
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 January 2019), memorial page for Bernhard L. Roos (8 Feb 1825–1893), Find A Grave Memorial no. 119160162, citing Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Dave H (contributor 47580547) .
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