Robert Henry and Ida Bessie are my maternal Great Grandparents.
Robert Henry Bohart:
B: 29 May 1868, Platte City, Missouri, USA
M: 04 June 1998 in Bozeman, Montana, USA to Ida Bessie Hill
D: 24 Sept 1951; in Vancouver, BC.
Father: Peter Henry Bohart
Mother: Nancy Olivia (Fanny) Libby
Ida Bessie Hill:
B: 1870 Camborne, Cornwall, UK
D: 1930 in Chilliwack, BC, CA
Father: Thomas Hill
Mother: Mary Pollard
This is the homestead the Boharts’ lived in at Sand Creek across the river from Wardner, BC. From left to Right are Robert Henry, Ada Bessie, Seth, Hazel and Robert Hilber. Missing from the photo is Thomas Henry Bohart as he was attending school in Bozeman, Montana. Wardner is located south east of Cranbrook, BC, on the Kootenay River.
Robert Henry moved to Sand Creek, BC, in 1895. In 1896 he brought his wife and 3 children to live in the above homestead. Robert Bohart ran a weekly stage from Fort Steele to Tobacco Plains connecting with the Tobacco Plains and Kalispel Stage. In 1899 he became a Canadian citizen by local naturalization. In 1897 he applied to the Gold Commissioner of East Kootenay for a license to sell liquor by retail at his premises known as the "Bohart Hotel", the first of 3 hotels he owned in Canada. He later moved from Fort Steele to Wardner, BC where his sons ran the ranch and he operated his 2nd hotel, "Wardner Hotel"; this hotel was destroyed by fire. He built his 3rd hotel "Wardner Hotel"; which was sold about 1918. Robert then moved to Chilliwack where he had a transfer business. In 1944 he moved to Vancouver to live with his son Henry and family until his death in 1952.
Children of Robert and Ada Bohart:
Thomas Henry Bohart: My maternal Grandfather
B: 20 Dec 1890 in Bozeman, Montana, USA
M: 29 Aug 1912 in Bozeman, Montana, USA to Pearl Davison
D: 29 Dec 1974 in White Rock, BC, CA
Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, BC, CA
Hazel Geraldine Bohart:
B: 20 Dec 1893 in Bozeman, Montana, USA
M: Hugh Edmond Stevens
D: 10 May 1916 in Nakusp, BC, CA
Seth Harris Bohart:
B: 12 Nov 1896 in Bozeman, Montana, USA
D: 13 Nov 1951 in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho
Robert Hilber Bohart:
B: 12 Nov 1897 in Tobacco Forks, Montana, USA
M: 12 Nov 1919 in Wenatchee, WA, USA to Millie M Simmons
D: 02 Jun 1996 in Wenatchee, WA, USA
Mary Olivia Bohart and unnamed Bohart: died as infants.
Thomas, Hazel and Harris were born in Bozeman, Montana; Hilber was
born in Tobacco Plains on one of the trips to Kalispel. Thomas Bohart is
standing at the rear center, beside him is Hazel and Harris with Hilber
in front. Thomas was sent to live with an uncle in Bozeman, Montana so
he could attend school. This photo was taken about 1903. Thomas met
Pearl while attending school in Bozeman.
From left to right: Pearl Bohart, Alice, Harry, Thomas Bohart, Robert Bohart, Helen holding Philip, Harold; in the front are: Jewel, Darrel, and Audrey (my Mom). This picture would have been taken about 1935/36. Robert would have been living in Chilliwack at the time.
Robert Henry Bohart
Four Generations of Boharts:
Robert Henry, Thomas Henry, Harold and David
This information was sent to my Mother, Frances Audrey Bohart Woodruff over a number of years before her death in 2003. Corrections for Robert Hilber Bohart courtesy of Joyce Minton. Many thanks.
This page was updated April 9, 2007