Gregory married Marlaina Anne Weisl [Group Sheet]

Charles married Patricia Margaret Jane Wallace [Group Sheet]

Kenneth — Catherine. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Charles L Boerst
• Name: Charles Louis Bosdet
• Name: Jose Carlos Luis Bosdet

Notes:

Born in Pachuka, Mexico and went to school in Arichat.

His first wife, Marianne was reputedly very beautiful, she died not long after getting married of an internal infection. Charles was very dispondent at this tragedy and he decided to go to war and end it all. So he paid his own way to Halifax, Nova Scotia and joined the Canadian Army. After about six months at the front he was wounded and spent the next six months in hospital in England. At this time he took the opportunity to visit the family homestead on Jersey. He returned to Mexico and worked for a mining company in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.

Retired in 1936 and moved to Victoria, B.C.

Known as one of the best metallurgists in Mexico. Travelled to Nova Scotia at age 12 for education - stayed with his uncle Bosdet in Arichat until his Grandmother died, at which time all the grandchildren received $5,000. Developed refinements to flotation process which he never patented but were adopted by many mines in Mexico.

Charles Bosdet was heart-broken over the loss of Marion. He decided life was not worth living without her and decided to go to war with the high probability of getting killed. He travelled to Canada and joined the Canadian Army in Halifax in 27 September 1917. He was a siege artillery gunner (No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery) at the front for 6 months, when a shell killed the rest of his 5 man crew. The blast wrecked his ankle and so he ended up in hospital in England for 6 months. Later, when he returned to Mexico, he worked for the Fresnillo Mining Company, Zacatecas.

Grandma Sarah was only 16 when she married Grandad. She was apparently attending a boarding school in Mexico City, when she eloped by slipping out of school to the Bosdet household. She apparently met Charles at a dance sometime before the elopement.

On the 29th July 1915 he arrived in New York on the Monterey (from Veracruz Llave, Veracruz, Mexico) on his way to Arichat. His height was 5'8 with brown eyes and hair. He mentioned on the immigration records he had been in the US (New York) in 1914.

Monterey
Built by W. Cramp & Sons Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1901. 4,702 gross tons; 341 (bp) feet long; 47 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots.
Built for New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co., and . New York-Vera Cruz-Progreso-Havana via Ward Line service. during January of NaN.

On the 4th October 1907 arrived from Halifax (left on 1st October) on the SS Silvia. He was a Clerk aged 21 and confirms his father as Charles Bosdet. New York was his final destination where he was visiting?N E Holwell at 168 ?Hanover Street Berkley. It also mentions he was in New York in 1902.

SS Silvia.bmp - The SS Silvia passing through the Narrows,
arriving St. John's, on her way from Halifax and New York.

Part of the Red Cross Line owned by the Bowring Company.

Reproduced courtesy of A. C. Hunter Library

Silvia
Hapag
Bauwerft : gebaut 1901 bei der Flensburger Schiffsbaugesellschaft
Baunummer: A-Dampfern
Bruttoregistertonnen (BRT): 6506
Nettoregistertonnen (NRT):
Tragfaehigkeit (tdw):
Laenge / Breite: 128m
Maschine:
PS / Knoten / Schrauben: 11 Knoten
Passagiere: 1356; 58 Kajüte + 1038 Zwischendeck
Besatzung :

Mining operator in Mexico

Age at death 55y 11m 3d

Died:
Call Number: 1942-09-613895 / Roll b13177 is Result # 3
(Deaths (1872-1982))

Vital Event Death Registration

Name: Charles Lewis Bosdet

Event Date: 1942 11 22 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 55
Gender: male
Event Place: Saanich

Reg. Number: 1942-09-613895
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13177
GSU Microfilm Number: 1953637

Charles married Sara Davis [Group Sheet]