Caroline (Dyer) Boomer (1810 - 1881)

Born 17 Jul 1810 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Boomer — married 28 Feb 1832 in Danville, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Caroline Dyer was born on 17 Jul 1810 at Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of single woman Catherine Dyer. When she was about six years old, on 28 November 1816, her mother married John Goss and she was raised by them. She died 29 December 1881.

Caroline Dyer married John Boomer on 28 Feb 1832.

Their Children:

• Edna Elizabeth b 10 Dec 1832 at Danville d 18 Mar 1833 at Danville (ME)
• Rebecca Bell b 21 Dec 1833 m _______ Stillman Clough of Lowell MA
• Joel Stephen b 17 Apr 1835 at Danville, m Eliza Patterson b in Bowdoin ME m(2) 19 Jul 1874, Mrs Rose Ellen (Spaulding) Morse
• William H. "Billy" b 10 Feb 1849, compositor and linotype operator and author of The Goss Family Chronicles. He married (1) ______________ m(2) Addie Doughty of Auburn (ME).
• Rosalie Maria died 6 Jul 1863 [VR 2-92 Danville ME]^[1]

Notes

There is no documentary evidence that John Goss was her father, and the lapse of that much time between her conception -- October 1809 to November 1816 -- and her mother's marriage suggest it is unlikely, although not impossible. The record of The Bowmer/Boomer family calls her Caroline Dyer, not Caroline Goss. Perhaps DNA from descendants could provide proof, but the paper trail does no support it.

Sources

1. ↑ David C. Young, David, "Royal River Valley Families (Old Yarmouth, Cumberland Co., Maine Families)," 1997 (http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/cumberland/nyarmouth/settlers/fileblc.txt : accessed 16 January 2022).

See Also:

• Boomer, William H, The Goss family : an historical romance (Lewiston, Androscoggin, Me. : W.H. Boomer, Journal Office, 1886).

Acknowledgements

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