Hunter, Thomas
Harriett Jane ( ) Hunter (1867-1907)
Thomas Hunter, of Nicola, leased stables in Princeton in May 1905. He planned to “conduct an up-to-date livery and feed business.” Since the stables were situated at Hotel Jackson, it is possible that he took over the Princeton Feed Stables. Whether A. Budd was still operating the stables at that time is unknown.
He was living with his wife and children at Nicola in 1891.
According to the Similkameen Star (May 10, 1950), in an obituary for Albert “Al” Johnston, Thomas Hunter owned a sawmill (1902) where the Elks Hall stood in 1950. The first advertisement for “Hunters’ Saw and Planing Mill” appeared in the newspaper on April 14, 1900. The mill was located 3 miles from Princeton.
In November 1904, he was the supervisor of the work of laying a telephone line from Nicola to Penticton. Six months later, he leased the stables in Princeton and began operating “Hunter’s Feed and Livery” in Princeton.
Thomas Hunter sold his livery business to Neil Huston in January 1907. Perhaps his wife was ill. She died on March 9, 1907.
Huston changed the name of the livery to Princeton Feed Stables.
1891 Census of Canada; Death registration (Harriet Hunter) (BC Archives); Similkameen Star, April 14, 1900, page 3; November 5, 1904, page 1; May 6, 1905; May 13, 1905, page 3; January 19, 1907, page 1; May 10, 1950, page 1