Husband: Jacob BOOMHOWER (1)
Birthdate: abt. Jul - Sep-1794 (2, 3)
Birthplace: probably Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., NY
Death date: 23-May-1888 (4)
Place of death: probably Dunham, Missisquoi Co., QC
Burial:
Father: Jacob BOOMHOWER (1)
Mother: Hannah Maria GLOEKNER (5)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 1-Feb-1813 (6)
Marriage place: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC

Wife: Orra SCHOOLCRAFT (6)
Birthdate: abt. 1792 (2, 3)
Birthplace: probably Cambridge, Washington Co., NY
Death date: 17-Dec-1876 (7)
Place of death: Swanton, Franklin Co., VT
Burial:
Father: Martin SCHOOLCRAFT (8)
Mother: unknown
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Abraham (9)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21-Jul-1813 (9, 10)
Birthplace: Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 22-Aug-1872 (10)
Place of death: St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Burial:
Marriage date: 1-Jan-1844 (21)
Marriage place: St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Jane COLLINS

Child No. 2: Matilda L. (1)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22-May-1815 (11)
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 27-Nov-1902 (11)
Place of death: Swanton, Franklin Co., VT
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: None found.

Child No. 3: Lovina A. (2, 12)
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt. 10-Dec-1819 (12)
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 19-Apr-1886 (12)
Place of death: St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Burial:
Marriage date: [1] 20-Jan-1848 (22) [2] bet. 1852 - 1860 (23)
Marriage place: [1] Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT [2]
Spouse's name: [1] Enos P. SISCO [2] Stephen POPPLE

Child No. 4: Mary (2)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21-Oct-1821 (13)
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 13-Jun-1903 (14)
Place of death: Bedford, Missisquoi Co., QC
Burial:
Marriage date: 25-Sep-1852 (24)
Marriage place: St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Spouse's name: George HALCROW

Child No. 5: Clark B. (15)
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt. 04-May-1822 (15)
Birthplace: Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 16-Jun-1901 (15)
Place of death: Hyde Park, Lamoille Co., VT
Burial:
Marriage date: [1] 12-Mar-1850 (25) [2] 8-Oct-1872 (26)
Marriage place: [1] Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC [2] St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Spouse's name: [1] Sarah Amelia ORCUTT [2] Elizabeth C. CONNER

Child No. 6: Lester L. (16)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10-Jun-1825 (14, 17)
Birthplace: Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date: 20-Mar-1920 (14)
Place of death: Killingly, CT
Burial:
Marriage date: 1-Jan-1851 (27)
Marriage place: St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT
Spouse's name: Nancy Malinda COLLINS

Child No. 7: Clara (18)
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt. 1826 (18)
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 9-Dec-1868 (28)
Marriage place: Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT
Spouse's name: William W. FITTS

Child No. 8: Elizabeth (2)
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt. 1831 (2)
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 28-Nov-1860 (29)
Marriage place: Swanton, Franklin Co., VT
Spouse's name: Benjamin F. POPPLE

Child No. 9: Delia (19, 20)
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt. 1833
Birthplace: probably Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: None found.
 
 
Documentation:
(1) Quebec, Probate Records, Holographic Will: No. 340, 23rd February 1841, Probate of the last Will and Testament of Jacob Boomhower Sr.
(2) Federal Population Schedule, 18-Sep-1850, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT, dw. 461
(3) Federal Population Schedule, 13-Jul-1860, Swanton, Franklin Co., VT, dw. 151
(4) Quebec, Frelighsburg Methodist Church Records, burial.
(5) Quebec, Notarial Records, Notary Dugas: No. 2081 23rd February 1849 Last Will and Testament of Hannah M. Kilkner widow Jacob Boomhower.
(6) Quebec, Philipsburg Anglican Church Records, marriage.
(7) Vermont Death Record, Swanton.
(8) David J. Ellis - probable from various circumstantial evidence of SCHOOLCRAFT families in Stanbridge QC. "The SCHOOLCRAFT Families of Schoharie, NY and Missisquoi County, QC" self published 2003 by David J. Ellis.
(9) Quebec Eastern Townships Research Centre, Dunham United Church fonds, UC033/008/001a [Stewards Book for the Dunham Methodist Circuit] Birth record.
(10) Vermont, St. Albans, Brooks cemetery, listing.
(11) Vermont, Swanton, Church St. Cemetery, listing.
(12) Vermont Death Record, St. Albans.
(13) Quebec, Census, 1901: Bedford, Missisquoi Co., pp. 02.29
(14) David J. Ellis - unconfirmed date and location obtained from another researcher. Believed to be from a death record.
(15) Vermont Death Record, Hyde Park.
(16) Federal Population Schedule, 18-Sep-1850, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT, dw. 367 - living with brother Abraham and his family and with sister Matilda
(17) Vermont Birth Record, Eden. Birth of Jessie Boomhower on 8-May-1874 states father birthplace.
(18) Vermont Marriage Record, Burlington.
(19) Federal Population Schedule, 18-Sep-1850, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT, dw. 496 - with probable brother Lester.
(20) David J. Ellis - probable. Delia is with Lester in 1850 and is not Lester's spouse and her being a child of Jacob and Orra is consistent with early census records from Stanbridge QC and Georgia VT.
(21) Vermont Marriage Record, St. Albans.
(22) Vermont Marriage Record, Burlington.
(23) Federal Population Schedule, 13-Jul-1860, Swanton, Franklin Co., VT, dw. 152
(24) Vermont Marriage Record, St. Albans.
(25) Quebec, Stanbridge Baptist Church Records, marriage.
(26) Vermont Marriage Record, St. Albans.
(27) Vermont Marriage Record, St. Albans.
(28) Vermont Marriage Record, Burlington.
(29) Vermont Marriage Record, Swanton.

Notes:
Jacob and Orra can be found in census records as follows:
1825 pp. 809.02, Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC.
1831 pp. 1253.28 Range 6, Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC, Canada.
1840 pp. 232.19, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT.
1850 dw. 461, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT.
1860 dw. 151, Swanton, Franklin Co., VT.
1870 dw. 146, Eden, Lamoille Co., VT.
1870 dw. 99, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT.
1881 dw. 51, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., QC.