Silas Boam

1846 - 1916  (70 years)

• Name	Silas Boam
  Born	9 Jan 1846	Derby, England
  	The registered birth date is January 9 1846. However there is a great deal of evidence that he was actuallly born between Dec 20 and Dec 25 1845. For example his gravestone, and his 1901 practice certificate application. In those days parents were not bound to give birth information unless requested by the Registrar, but if they were so requested,some were not truthful about the date of birth, as they had to pay a fine if the registration was more than 6 weeks after the birth. Some parents thought baptism was a legal alternative. This birth was not registered until February 20th 1846 which was past the 42 day time limit for registering a birth in late December. January 9th is precisely 42 days before February 20th so by registering that date the parents just avoided being fined.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	8 Feb 1846	Derby   [1]
  	Address: St peter
  Emigration	Abt 1865	Derby, England
  Census	1870	Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: St Mary's Ward
  Occupation	1870	Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Machinist
  	Address: 71 Locomotive
  Occupation	1872
  	Machinist
  Residence	1872	Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 61 Merrick
  Occupation	1874	Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Coffee Roaster
  	Address: 79 Ray
  Emigration	Abt 1878	Toronto, Canada
  Occupation	1 Jan 1878	Toronto   [5]
  	Provisions Dealer
  	Address: 505 Queen Street West
  Occupation	1880	Buffalo, New York State   [6]
  	Machinist
  	Address: 20 Mason
  Occupation	1881	Buffalo, New York State   [7]
  	Machinist
  	Address: 12 Bouck Ave
  Emigration	Abt 1884	Buffalo, New York State
  Occupation	Buffalo, New York State
  	Physician
  Occupation	1 Mar 1885	Topeka, Kansas   [8]
  	Doctor
  Residence	25 Jun 1901	Topeka, Kansas   [9]
  	Address: 421 Kansas Avenue
  Died	15 Nov 1916	Topeka, Kansas   [10]
  	Cause: heart trouble
  	Address: 1407 West Tenth Avenue
  Notes	Was he qualified? According to his obituaries, Silas Boam studied medicine after arriving in the United States . Yet on his 1901 application for a Kansas State practice certificate, he declared that he had studied at the college of Physicians and Surgeons, Birmingham England from 1868 to 1872, and at Buffalo University of Medicine from 1881 to 1883. However we know from Ontario marriage, birth and census records that he was resident in Hamilton in from 1868 to 1871, where he worked as a machinist and later as a provision dealer. He was in Buffalo in 1879-1883 but working as a machinist. There is no record of him at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine. The earliest record of him practicing medicine is the 1885 census for Topeka Kansas.
  Person ID	I990	Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Boam,   b. 1818, Derby ,   d. Est 1875  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sarah Bullock,   b. 1820, Derby ,   d. 1897, Derby  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1839	Derby   [1, 11]
  	Address: St Werburgh
  Census	1841	Derby   [12]
  	Address: Normanton Road
  	George Boam and Mary Bullock are with them
  Census	1851	Derby (St Peter)   [13]
  	Address: 36 Bradshaw Street
  Census	1861	Derby
  	Address: 35 Grove Street
  Census	1871	Derby
  	Address: 1 Sitwell Street
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annie Church,   b. 1843, Berkshire ,   d. 22 Jan 1870, Wentworth County, Ontario  (Age 27 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1868	Wentworth County, Ontario   [14]
  Children	1. Annie Gertrude Boam,   b. 10 Jan 1870, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	5 May 2008
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte Priscilla Gaskin,   b. 1853, Derby, England ,   d. 1900, Topeka, Kansas  (Age 47 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1879	Buffalo, New York State   [1]
  	Address: Riverside Methodist Episcopal Church
  Census	1880	Buffalo, New York State
  Census	1 Mar 1885	Topeka, Kansas
  Census	1895	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Gertrude Elizabeth Boam,   b. 6 Sep 1881, New York State ,   d. 18 Apr 1899, Topeka, Kansas  (Age 17 years) + 2. Benjamin Knolton Boam,   b. 21 Sep 1882, New York State   3. Pearl May Boam,   b. 1887,   d. 6 Apr 1969  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2008
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] IGI. [S201] Hamilton City Directory 1870, page 363, 1870. [S217] Hamilton City Directory 1872. [S200] Hamilton City Directory 1874, page 30, 1874. [S129] Might & Taylor Toronto Directory 1878, Page 169. [S174] Buffalo City Directory 1880. [S175] Buffalo City Directory 1881. [S202] 1885 Kansas State census. [S128] Application for Practice Certificate, 25 Jun 1901. [S124] Topeka State Journal. [S14] GRO Index, Derby 19 503, Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839. [S3] 1841 Census, HO107/199/19 f 37 p25. [S4] 1851 census, HO107/ 2143 f292 page 10. [S115] Ontario Canada Marriages 1857-1924.