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North Boulder Valley and Boulder Cemeteries
Boulder, Jefferson, Montana

Surnames: Boe, McGowan, Romerio, Wickham These are links to pictures of tombstones of descendants of Patrick Wickham (1839-1922) and his wife Margaret Doyle (1839-1918). Patrick was born in County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Patrick W. Wickham and Cecelia Pryor. His family emigrated to the United States in several installments in the 1850's, Patrick came over with his father and two younger siblings in 1858. His family settled in Council Bluffs, Iowa, spending the rest of their lives there. Patrick left Iowa to go west after his marriage, spending a short time in Colorado before coming to Boulder Valley, Montana about 1865 where he bought a farm and lived the rest of his life. These pictures are offsite at FindAGrave.com. Related Items: Account of the Wickham family's lives in Montana. Short items concerning the family in Montana newspapers 1884-1945. An account of Patrick and Margaret's oldest son John T.'s 76th birthday and his obituary. Biographies of Patrick's brothers James and Owen P. Wickham. Obituaries for Patrick's parents, Patrick and Cecelia (Pryor) Wickham, sister Mary (Wickham) Hughes and several of his nieces and nephews. The will of Patrick's mother, Cecelia (Pryor) Wickham.
North Boulder Valley Cemetery (aka Boulder Valley Cemetery, Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery)
	Wickham, Patrick (1839 - 1922) Patrick was the fourth born of Patrik W. and Cecilia (Pryor) Wickham's six children who emigrated to the United States. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland and came to the US in 1858. His wife Margaret Doyle is also buried in this cemetery.
	(Wickham) Welsh, Cecelia (1864 - 1901) Cecelia was the third of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham's eleven children. She married Thomas Welsh of Scotland in 1899. They lived in Anaconda, and had only been married 15 months when she died.
	Wickham, Mary "Molly" (1869 - 1926) Molly was the daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham, the sixth of their eleven children. She did not marry.
	Wickham, Francis E. "Frank" (1871 - 1952) Frank was the son of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham, the seventh of their eleven children. He was a farmer in Boulder Valley, it does not appear that he married.
	Wickham, Ellen (1876 - 1885) Ellen was the daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham, the ninth of their eleven children. She died on Jan. 21, 1885 at the age of nine of diptheria.
	Wickham, Josephine (1878 - 1885) Josephine was the tenth born of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham's eleven children. She died on Jan. 25, 1885 at the age of seven of diptheria, four days after her older sister Ellen.
	(Wickham) McGowan, Anna (1866 - 1903) Annie was the fourth born of Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham's eleven children. She married Frank McGowan of Ireland in 1888. They had eight children, Annie died shortly after the birth of their youngest child.
	McGowan, George F. (1889 - 1930) George was the eldest of Frank and Annie (Wickham) McGowan's eight children.
	McGowan, James J. (1892 - 1968) James was the third born of Frank and Annie (Wickham) McGowan's eight children. He married Margaret Dundas in 1926, they had several children.
	McGowan, Patrick H. (1894 - 1944) Patrick was the fourth born of Frank and Annie (Wickham) McGowan's eight children. It does not appear that he married.
Boulder Cemetery
	Wickham, John T. (1862 - 1945) John was the first born Patrick and Margaret (Doyle) Wickham's eleven children. He married Ida Stivers in 1900, they had two children - Francis M. and Margaret (married Norman E. Boe). See his obituary.
	(Stivers) Wickham, Ida W. (1876 - 1945) Ida Stivers was born in Idaho but moved with her mother and step-father to Montana as a small child. She married John T. Wickham in 1900, and died about five months before him in 1945.
	Wickham, Francis M. "Red" (1903 - 1960) Francis "Red" was the first born of John T. and Ida (Stivers) Wickham's two children. He did not marry.
	(Wickham) Boe, Margaret Ellen (1904 - 1981) Margaret was the second of John T. and Ida (Stivers) Wickham's two children. She married Norman E. Boe in 1930. They had seven children.
	Boe, Norman Elvin (1908 - 1990) Norman was the son of Neptune and Emma Boe. He was born in North Dakota. He married Margaret Wickham in 1930. He was a farmer, and was for 5 years under sheriff of Jefferson County.
	Boe, Neptune E. (1872 - 1966) Neptune was the father of Norman E. Boe. He was born in Norway, and came to the United States around 1895. He appears to have first settled in North Dakota, working as a blacksmith. At some point between 1900 and 1908 he moved to North Dakota where he had a farm. He married Emma about 1907, Norman was their only child. Emma had three children from a previous marriage.
	(Boe) Romerio, Norma Jean (1932 - 1997) Norma was the eldest of Norman and Margaret (Wickham) Boe's seven children.
	Romerio, Timothy J. (1955 - 1977) Son of Norma J. (Boe) Romerio.
	Romerio, Baby Girl (1966 - 1966) Daughter of Norma J. (Boe) Romerio.

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