Caesar Roose

Although there were a few people named 'Mr Roose' in the Auckland area in 1913 (descendants of a Cornish family who arrived in 1859),[1] this image resembles later images of Caesar Roose junior and is also used in a Hamilton Libraries article

Caesar Roose (1886–1967) was a New Zealand ship owner and operator, flax and timber miller, businessman, entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist. He was born in Mercer, Waikato, New Zealand in 1886.[2]

  1. ^ "Port of Auckland". NEW ZEALANDER. 19 March 1859. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ Thomas, Jeanette. "Caesar Roose". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.