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    Silas Boam

    Male 1846 - 1916  (70 years)


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    • Name Silas Boam 
      Born 9 Jan 1846  Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Address:
      St peter 
      Emigration Abt 1865  Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Census 1870  Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Address:
      St Mary's Ward 
      Occupation 1870  Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Machinist 
      Address:
      71 Locomotive 
      Occupation 1872 
      Machinist 
      Residence 1872  Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      Address:
      61 Merrick 
      Occupation 1874  Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
      Coffee Roaster 
      Address:
      79 Ray 
      Emigration Abt 1878  Toronto, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Occupation 1 Jan 1878  Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
      Provisions Dealer 
      Address:
      505 Queen Street West 
      Occupation 1880  Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
      Machinist 
      Address:
      20 Mason 
      Occupation 1881  Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
      Machinist 
      Address:
      12 Bouck Ave 
      Emigration Abt 1884  Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Occupation Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Physician 
      Occupation 1 Mar 1885  Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
      Doctor 
      Residence 25 Jun 1901  Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
      Address:
      421 Kansas Avenue 
      Died 15 Nov 1916  Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Est 1875  (Age 57 years) 
      Mother Sarah Bullock,   b. 1820, Derby Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897, Derby Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
      Married 20 Oct 1839  Derby Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
      Address:
      St Werburgh 
      Census 1841  Derby Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
      Address:
      Normanton Road 
      • George Boam and Mary Bullock are with them
      Census 1851  Derby (St Peter) Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
      Address:
      36 Bradshaw Street 
      Census 1861  Derby Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Address:
      35 Grove Street 
      Census 1871  Derby Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Address:
      1 Sitwell Street 
      Family ID F350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

      Family 2 Charlotte Priscilla Gaskin,   b. 1853, Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
      Married 28 Oct 1879  Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Address:
      Riverside Methodist Episcopal Church 
      Census 1880  Buffalo, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Census 1 Mar 1885  Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Census 1895  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Gertrude Elizabeth Boam,   b. 6 Sep 1881, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1899, Topeka, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
      +2. Benjamin Knolton Boam,   b. 21 Sep 1882, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
       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 
      1. [S1] IGI.

      2. [S201] Hamilton City Directory 1870, page 363, 1870.

      3. [S217] Hamilton City Directory 1872.

      4. [S200] Hamilton City Directory 1874, page 30, 1874.

      5. [S129] Might & Taylor Toronto Directory 1878, Page 169.

      6. [S174] Buffalo City Directory 1880.

      7. [S175] Buffalo City Directory 1881.

      8. [S202] 1885 Kansas State census.

      9. [S128] Application for Practice Certificate, 25 Jun 1901.

      10. [S124] Topeka State Journal.

      11. [S14] GRO Index, Derby 19 503, Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839.

      12. [S3] 1841 Census, HO107/199/19 f 37 p25.

      13. [S4] 1851 census, HO107/ 2143 f292 page 10.

      14. [S115] Ontario Canada Marriages 1857-1924.