people:bosworth:george_morris_1858

George Morris Bosworth

  • b- Jan 27, 1858 , Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
  • d- July 26, 1925 , London England
  • First President, and Chairman of the Board of Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
  • Had an appendix operation just before he died, he had gone to England, from Montreal, June 3, 1925 on business.
  • He joined CPR in 1882.
  • Became a Canadian citizen in 1910 (library & archives Canada)
  • buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal Quebec
  • Mount Bosworth in BC named after this man

Lucy Ross Medbury

  • b- Sept 11, 1868 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • d- June 15, 1902 at her home in Montreal, Quebec, from Pneumonia
  • m- Jan 4, 1887, Atlas, Genesee, Michigan, USA
  • daughter of Lewis O. Medbury, member of the Masons, in Detroit,and Mary Eugenia Clark
  • Medbury family were from New Berlin, NY

Augusta Alleyne (Allene) Louise Birchall

  • b- Jan 21, 1883 in Toronto, ON
  • d- 1983
  • m - 1905
  • Daughter of William Dorsett Birchall of Montreal
  • 1921 wife shown as Allene, b- ON, age 38
  • Both living at Ritz Carleton Hotel in Montreal
  • and Harriet Ida Beebe
  • They had 3 servants in the Hotel!

Ruth Bosworth (Daughter)

  • b- Apr 20, 1887 in Michigan USA (death cert says born 1880)
  • d- Sept 17, 1965 in Montreal Quebec, age 77
  • she married Douglas Beresford Seely, Apr 21, 1910 in Montreal
  • b- June 30, 1882 in St. John NB
  • d- May 23, 1947, St. Andrews, NB
  • Ruth had 3 daughters:
  • Ruth Medbury Seely
    • b- May 24, 1912 in Montreal
    • d- 2006
  • 2 unknown

Samuel Medbury Bosworth (Son)

  • b- July 6, 1889 in Toronto, ON
  • d- Jan 17, 1927 in Surrey, England
  • Like his father he died in England,
  • Feb 2, 1927, buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
  • He enlisted in WWI, May 20, 1915 in Montreal, Quebec
  • Occupation listed as Maufacturer
  • rank- Lieutenant Colonel
  • 1925 shown as a Shipping Agent
  • from his will, living at 3 Dover-Mansions Canterbury Rd.,Brixton, Surrey,
  • Probate- London Sept 3, to Phyllis Aylward Bosworth, single woman.
  • Effects- 313 pounds, 16s, 6d
  • Phyllis married a Sears, and she died in 1966, not sure how she is related.
  • 1901 George Bosworth family living in Hochelega Quebec?

William C. B. Bosworth

  • b-NY
  • d-
  • bookkeeper
  • In 1880 living on Hamilton st., Ogdensburg NY

Elizabeth Linton

  • b-NB
  • d-
  • Last modified: 2016/11/04 19:39
  • by agent76