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Alfred Boomer

Family: son of John Boomer
Bom 1831, June 22
Died: 1904, Jan 27
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on County Council: 1859
Occupation: Conveyancer, clerk of the Division Court
Origin: Esquesing, near Hornby
Migration date: c1850, "early manhood"
Spouse: Jane McClelland
Children: Margaret Adeline; Clara; Edith; Mrs M. Grimm; Addie (m. James Campbell Rutherford); Mrs. Musselman
Landholdings: part conc 11, lot 9 (1861)
Politics: Liberal
Religion: Methodist
Notes:
  • "an energetic Prohibitionist"
  • Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the Division Court
  • "through the efforts of himself and family the church at Linwood was largely sustained. Mr Boomer was one of the oldest members, being looked upon as the father of the church here, and he was widely known all over the western peninsula, having attended several sessions of the Hamilton Conference as delegate from the Linwood circuit" (obit)
  • According to the Linwood Tweedsmuir, Boomer was a business man of the village who named streets after members of his family: e.g. Alfred and Adelaide
  • The original Boomer family home was outside the village of St Clements. "The Boomers were English, and the home was designed in the manor style, with five bedrooms and a library. Mr Boomer was Justice of the Peace, often holding court at his house" (Maple Leaf Journal)
Businesses and Organizations:
  • Linwood Wesleyan Methodist Church
Sources: obituary Wellesley Maple Leaf 4/2/1904; Linwood Tweedsmuir; Maple Leaf Journal

This information is excerpted from: "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," researched and complied by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster. (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. It is reproduced by permission of Dr. Bloomfield.  The full text of the book can be seen here.