From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 738. City of La Crosse X. BOMA, grocer and general merchant; was born in Baden, Germany, in 1844; son of Christian Boma; came to America in 1868, and settled on a farm in the town of Shelby, La Crosse Co., where he resided seven years, since which time he has been in the city and in his present business. He was married in La Crosse, in 1875, to Miss M. Koller, daughter of Michael Koller, and has two children - Dora and Emil. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]