George Roos Quirmbach

  General Information:

George's son, George Roos Quirmbach Junior, referred to his father as "The Kaiser".

George's year of birth is noted as 1868 in his obituary, but the Quirmbach family Bible (started by Charles and Catherine Quirmbach when they married in 1856) states that he was born in 1869. The date given in the family Bible is the one used in this archive.

  Research Information:

George was a member of the Knights of Maccabees..who and what they were is as follows:

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Knights of the Maccabees;

The Knights of the Maccabees was a fraternal organization formed in 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada.

A related but separate organization "Maccabees of the World" was also established, the two merging under the title "The Knights of the Maccabees of the World" (KOTMOTW) later shortened to the "Maccabees" in 1914.

Most active in the U.S. state of Michigan, the group's fraternal aspects took a backseat to providing low-cost insurance to members. In the society's early years, it also provided other final-expense related benefits such as society cemeteries. By 1920 the ladies' auxiliary, Ladies of the Maccabees, alone claimed more than 200,000 members. In 1941 the group gained control of the Michigan Union Life Association, furthering its transformation from a benefit society into a modern, legal-reserve insurance company. In 1962, the group changed its name again, this time to the Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Company. In the 1990s the organization was demutualized and sold to the Royal Insurance Group and now operates under the name Royal Macabees.

George married Emily Coulter on 10 Oct 1905 in Trinity Episcopal Church, Brockville, Ontario. (Emily Coulter was born in May 1874 in Brockville, , Ontario, Canada and died about 1937 in Brockville, , Ontario, Canada.)