Notes:

Gravestone in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'Mary Ann Fixott beloved wife of Peter Bosdet died June 10, 1907 age 70'

Extract from Oct. 5, 1982 "Echoes from the Past" by Marshall J. Bourinot in "The Reporter". Viewed and transcribed from the Nova Scotia Public Archives Collection, Halifax.

"Hotels and boarding houses operated livery stables back in earlier days, when horse-drawn carriages would meet ships at ports and the Northside of Isle Madame and Arichat. The "Seaview Hotel" at Arichat operated by the Bosdet family, had a horse-drawn stage coach meet out going and incoming ships serving both the South and North sides of Isle Madame."

Directory of Canada & Newfoundland 1898 Arichat, Hotelkeeper - Mrs Peter Bosdet

Estate of Thomas Bosdet - Last Will and Testament (made 15 Jan 1863)

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Bosdet of Little Arichat in the County of Richmond and Province of Nova Scotia merchant being sound of mind and memory do make this my last will and Testament this fifteenth day of January in the year Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and sixty three.
In the first place my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my executor hereinafter named from and out of my personal property as may be least prejudiced to the whole, and as soon as possible after my decease, and as to the remainder of my estate both real and personal, I give, devise and and bequeath as follows~
First, I give and devise to my Godson and Nephew Charles Henry Bosdet son of my brother Peter Bosdet, the sum of one hundred pounds Halifax currency, the same to be placed at interest till he attain the age of fourteen years, there the principal and interest to be applied towards his education for a profession or any other business he shall feel inclined to follow also my gold watch and chain, my microscope, my telescope, my violin and one of my silver spoons.
Secondly, I give and devise to my nephew Peter Cline Bosdet son of my brother Peter Bosdet the sum of fifty pounds Halifax currency the same to be placed at interest till he attains the age of fourteen years there the principal and interest to be applied towards his education for a profession or any other business he shall feel inclined to follow, also my silver watch and one silver spoon.
Thirdly, I give and devise to my sister in law Maryann Bosdet wife of my brother Peter Bosdet all my furniture.
Fourthly, I give and devise to my brother Peter Bosdet all the remainder of my estate both real and personal, book accounts, debts, or sums as may be due at the time of my decease.
Fifthly and lastly, I do nominate and appoint my said brother Peter Bosdet my executor to this my last will and testament, Hereby revoking all other wills by me made;
Witness my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid
(signed) Thomas Bosdet

Birth:
1901 Census Arichat

13/4/1901 42-45
Bosdet Mary A Head W 24 June 1836 64 Hotel Proprietor
Finlayson Duncan Boarder S 12 Sept 1868 32 Lawyer
Bourinot Jane Boarder S 20 Sept 1877 23

Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
District Name: RICHMOND
District Number: 39
Sub-district Name: Arichat
Sub-district Number: a
Schedule: 1
Reference: RG31 , Statistics Canada
Microfilm Reel Number: T-6455
Finding Aid Number: 31-40

Mary married Pierre Bosdet 31 Mar 1856, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pierre (son of Jean Philippe Bosdet and Susan Giffard) was born 19 Feb 1815, St. Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands; died 20 May 1894, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 23 May 1894, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Carlos H. Bosdet
• Name: Everlor H. Bosdet

Notes:

Gravestone St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

In memory of Peter Bosdet a native of Jersey who died at Arichat C.B.May 20, 1984 aged 80. Also in memory of his son who died at Pueblo, Mexico Mar 25, 1893 age 36 years.

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

The St John's Anglican Church with the Bosdet window was built in 1895 to replace the original built in 1827. The window must have been ordered by Mary Ann (Fixott) Bosdet between the death of Cline and Helen in 1905, and Mary Ann's passing in 1907.

POWER OF ATTORNEY - CHARLES H. BOSDET

Power of Attorney Chas. H. Bosdet To Peter C. Bosdet Dated 24 Oct. 1884, Recorded 13 Nov 1884

Know all men by these presents that I Charles H. Bosdet of Guadalajara, Mexico have made, constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and appoint Peter Cline Bosdet of Arichat County of Richmond Province of Nova Scotia Dominion of Canada a true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead and in my behalf and to any use to ask, demand, ___ for recover and receive of Peter Bosdet of Arichat merchant, and all other person and persons whomsoever in the Province of Nova Scotia, all such sum and sums of money, debts and demands whatsoever which now are due and owing unto me the said Charles H. Bosdet by and from the said Peter Bosdet or any other person whomsoever.....

Graduated from McGill as an electrical engineer, aged about 21. Hired by Bell Telephone Co. & sent to Mexico to install communication between Mexico City & Puebla. Also did similar work between Mexico City and Guadalahara, and between Mexico City and Guanajuato (was working on this latter project when he died).
Imported paraffin from US to Mexico to replace tallow candles. Imported (or invented) bread slicing & wrapping equipment (Ref. Taylor, a friend of CHB's). Invented (?) tortilla-making machine (heated iron slab on which corn meal was laid and pressed. Owned a large block of shares in Pachuca Mine in Pachuca Hidalgo, company which was later taken over by the Mexico Corp.

Died after being gored by a bull while pretending to be a bull-fighter (friends owned bull)

Grandma Sarah thought Susana's father was from Manchester and her mother was Mexican.

Charles married Susan Millar 09 Jun 1883, Sagrario Metropolitano,Puebla De Zaragoza,Puebla,Mexico. Susan was born 1865, Mexico. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Elizabeth Fixott Bosdet

Notes:

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

Given as Mary Ann Smith Bosdet in Baptism Registers?

Notes:

Gravestone St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

In Memoriam

Entered into rest Aug 21, 1905, Peter Cline Bosdet second son of Peter Bosdet 1863-1905

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

Peter Cline Bosdet was a General Merchant in Arichat. The family home, on Bosdet Point, is still in good condition. It has been owned by various perople who had thought to make a tourist home of it and it has been modernised, with a swimming pool, but the tourist business did not thrive.

On October 31, 1905, shortly after Peter Cline Bosdet died, his daughter Helen Cline Bosdet was under 7, and his son Peter Cline Bosdet was under 2 years of age. Guardianship of the two children fell to Roy Ballam.

In 1891 Census, Peter Cline Bosdet, 29, was a General Merchant in West Arichat, with an year-round average of 14 employees.

West Arichat ~ Richmond County ~ Nova Scotia 1891 Census of Canada Province of Nova Scotia District No. 41, Richmond, Sub-District No. 77 Taken by Aime Terrio, April 6, 1891 - May 8, 1891

In 1901 Census, Peter Cline Bosdet household consisted of :

Name Age Birthdate Birthplace
Peter Cline Bosdet, General merchant 39 10 June 1861
Beatrice Helen (Ballam) Bosdet 29 3 Nov 1872 Arichat
Helen Cline Bosdet 2 19 Dec 1898 West Arichat

HISTORY OF WEST ARICHAT 1911

including Martinique,
Port Royal, St. Mary's,
and Janvrin's Harbour
by S.R. LeBlanc

Of the two hundred or more families in the parish, all but a dozen or so families belong to the Roman Catholic Church. These others belong either to the Presbyterian or Church of England and every other Sunday,they have services in the late P.C. Bosdet's residence -- being held by the resident Church of England minister of Arichat.

Soon after, a Jerseyman, Mr. Peter Bosdet, started a fishing and grocery business at Bosdet's Point which, at his death, was left to one of his sons, Peter Cline. The latter successfully managed it until three years ago when he suddenly died leaving his property to two young children under the direction of Mr. C.P. Lelacheur. The business is beautifully located to the best accommodation of the fishermen and opposite the government wharf. Besides managing P.C. Bosdet's business, Mr. Lelacheur holds the office of Customs and the Telephone Office.

living in West Arichat 1891 where he ran a general fish and dry goodsstore.

Province/Territory: Nova Scotia
District Name: RICHMOND
District Number: 39
Sub-district Name: Arichat (West/Ouest)
Sub-district Number: b
Schedule: 1
Reference: RG31 , Statistics Canada
Microfilm Reel Number: T-6455
Finding Aid Number: 31-40

Bapt 7 7 1861 in Little Arichat Baptism Registers ?

Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
about Peter Bosdett
Name: Peter Bosdett
Event: Living
Province: Nova Scotia
County: Richmond
Place: West Arichat, Arichat Township
Comments: Way office, storekeeper.
Source: Nova Scotia Directory for 1871, The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, 1984.
Volume/Page: 251

Source Information:

Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry.

Peter married Helen Beatrice Ballam 09 Feb 1898, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. Helen (daughter of William Griffin Ballam and Susan) was born 3 Nov 1872, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 27 Jul 1905, West Arichat, Richmond, Canada; was buried 30 Jul 1905, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fish buyer in Arichat. (Diary of D.R. Boyle November 20, 1885 - January 23, 1886]

Was a farmer in the Highland district in the British Columbia Voters List for 1898

Not in Census 1901 for Highland District

Notes:

Gravestone St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

Stanley G. V. Bosdet died Nov 15, 1898 aged 33 Years. Erected by his affectionate mother.

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

A small booklet: St. John's Church of Isle Madame History 1928-1978 written by M. J. Bourinot

"One of the parishioners, the late Stanley Bosdet, operated a stage coach connecting with boat service at the Grandique Ferry. Both he and his mother, the late Mary Ann Bosdet, operated the Seaside Hotel."

Other Events:

• Name: Florence Hoit Bosdet

Notes:

Gravestone St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

Florence H. Bosdet aged 16 years & 11 Mos. died Aug 14, 1883. Erected by her sorrowing parents

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

Death Notice of Florence Hoyt Bosdet

"At West Arichat, C.B. on the 14th, of diptheria, Florence Hoyt, only daughter of Peter and Mary Ann Bosdet, aged 17 years, she is much and deservedly regetted [sic - poor quality copy]. "

Death notice in the North Sydney Herald, Aug 22, 1883. Viewed and transcribed from the Nova Scotia Public Archives Collection, Halifax.

Private Baptism

Notes:

Father registered death as the Registrar also.

Stained glass window in St Johns Anglican Church, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:

'To the glory of god, and in loving memory of Mary E., Ernest V., George, Thomas, Florence H., Charles H., Peter, Stanley, Cline and Helen Bosdet'

Died of Dysentery 1871-1873 Civil Death Records, Parish of West Arichat, Richmond County, N.S.

Note: Microfilmed at Public Archives of Nova Scotia by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb 10, 1981. Film Emulsion #1460 119 173. Transcribed by Arlene A. MacDonald, March 2004, from microfilm held at Beaton Institute, Sydney, N.S.

Other Events:

• Birth: 1894, Canada
• Name:
• Name:
• Name:

Enrique — Angela Virginia Quiros. [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 Marion E Bourinot 25 Aug 1915, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marion (daughter of Bertram Bourinot and Caroline Carr) was born 30 Sep 1895, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 11 Aug 1917, Cochise, Bisbee, Arizona, USA; was buried Aft 11 Aug 1917, Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Sara Davis (daughter of Davis) [Group Sheet]

Jose — Maria De Le Luz Aranda De Bosdet. [Group Sheet]

Jose married Luisa Carsolio (daughter of Miguel Carsolio Bello and Vicenta Carrara De Carsolio) [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name:

Helen — Earl Franklin Hendren. (son of Thomas Hendren and Mae Brimacombe) [Group Sheet]

Griffith — Margaret McNee. [Group Sheet]

Carlos — Josefina Gonzalez. [Group Sheet]

Carlos — Josefina Gonzalez. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Patricia Margaret Jane Wallace (daughter of Harry Wallace) [Group Sheet]

Charles married Rhoda Lee Schultz (daughter of Harry Schultz and Esther) [Group Sheet]

John married Elizabeth Catherine Ralfs 09 Sep 1946. [Group Sheet]

George married Mildred Blanche Francis [Group Sheet]

John — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Peter — Mary Madeleine Landry. (daughter of Raymond Alzear Landry and Anna Louise Boudreau) [Group Sheet]