He emigrated to the United States in 1881, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he met and married Mathilda Marie Cassebohm, who was from the island of Helgoland, Germany. The couple moved to San Francisco, California, then Victoria, British Columbia and finally to Vancouver, British Columbia, where Gustav opened, in 1886, the city's first book bindery. Although Gustav, his wife and his children are no longer living, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are thriving, some of them still in the Vancouver area. The Roedde descendants maintain an active interest in the house, and often participate in public events. The binding and printing company that Mr. Roedde founded over a hundred years ago continues to operate as G.A. Roedde Printers, and provides custom print jobs to establishments throughout the lower mainland, including historic Roedde House itself.
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