Charles Merritt Bostwick (1833 - 1919)

Family Tree: New World - Part 156
Son of: Jared Bostwick (1794) and Mary Merritt (1808) GBFA
Born: 25/6/1833 in Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada GBFA
Baptized: 26/1/1834 GBFA
Died: 24/5/1919 SSDI
Buried: in Fernhill Cemetery, St John, New Brunswick, Canada GBFA
Married: Mary (1836) GBFA
Children: Charles Merritt (1870) , Elizabeth (1872) , Guy O'Donnell (1879) GBFA

Went to St John and entered a mercantile establishment as a clerk. Opened his own wholesale grocery business in Water Street. He also became an extensive lumber dealer and real estate owner. He also owned Dufferin Hotel in St John.

Listed as a provision merchant of St John in the 1871 Directory for New Brunswick.
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