Peter Bogart (1834 - 1895)

Born 30 Jan 1834 in Newmarket, Whitchurch, York, Upper Canada

Husband of Roscellana (Hilborn) Bogart — married 27 Sep 1859 in Simcoe, Canada West

Died 13 May 1895 at age 61 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

PETER BOGART (1834-1895) was a son of Martin and Elizabeth Bogart, the latter a native of New Brunswick. Martin Bogart was a son of Martin, who came with his wife to County York from the State of Pennsylvania, in 1800. He settled at Newmarket, County York, but soon thereafter went to King township west, where he secured 600 acres of fine land, Concessions 5 and 6. The land taken up by his grandfather was known as the Bogart settlement.

Peter's father, Martin Bogart, also settled in King township. His children (Peter's siblings), all born in County York, included:

• Martin Bogart,
• Jesse Bogart,
• Ferdinand Bogart,
• Peter Bogart,
• Mary Ann Bogart (who married Richard Rowen),
• George Bogart and
• Elias Bogart.

Peter Bogart was reared in King township, and was educated in the grammar and normal schools at Newmarket. After farming for some years he moved to Barrie for ten years, and then to Toronto in 1886, where he lived until his death in 1895. He served as justice of the peace in King township west from 1865 to 1895.

Peter Bogart married Roxey Hilborn; their children included:

• Zelma Bogart (1862 - 21 Oct 1918); ^[1]
• Bertha Bogart (b. ~1864), who married U. P. Tarbox, of Toronto, and has one son, Hugh B. Tarbox;
• Mary Elizabeth Bogart (b. ~1869); and
• Grace Bogart (b. ~1871).

The 1881 census showed the household living in Barrie, Ontario, and including:

• Peter Bogart M 47y Ontario
• Roxey Bogart F 43y Ontario
• Zelma Bogart F 18y Ontario
• Bertha Bogart F 16y Ontario
• Mary E. Bogart F 12y Ontario
• Grace Bogart F 10y Ontario

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7R-F3F : 11 December 2014), Zelma Bogart, 21 Oct 1918; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, 006166, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,693.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFZ-95G : 30 June 2017), Zelma Bogart in household of Peter Bogart, Barrie, Simcoe North, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13251, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,887.
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of York, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907, p. 505
• Find a Grave

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138403086/peter-bogart: accessed 30 December 2022), memorial page for Peter Bogart (30 Jan 1834–13 May 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138403086, citing Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).