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[L Verge]

(10-02-2014 03:40 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  

(10-02-2014 03:25 PM)John E. Wrote:  I wonder if he'll recant his claim tonight. Probably not, but he certainly ruffled the wrong feathers.

He admitted his mistake on Twitter today. I have to say that is very refreshing to see as most people with bad identifications cling to them forever.

https://twitter.com/JoshHagerNC/status/5...8644608000

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(10-02-2014 12:04 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Warren, you awakened my sleeping brain. There was another Booth child that I did not take into consideration - the "legal" son from his first marriage to Adelaide. The young man's name was Richard (after his grandfather), but I don't remember whether he married after he came to the U.S. Dave Taylor, or someone, please fill in my gaps.

Laurie,

Richard Junius Booth did marry Sarah P. Ware in 1849. He had at least one son by her, John Baptist Booth. There were also three other young Booths living with them in the 1850 census, but they are probably Sarah's children from a previous marriage. Richard and Sarah moved back to England and they both died there within a month of each other in 1868. The son, John Baptist Booth, had at least four children all of whom immigrated to Australia after his death. One of his daughters died there in 1972 and apparently her descendants are still around, down under. However, from what I have found, it doesn't look like any of Richard Junius Booth's descendants still have the Booth name.

Junius Booth, Jr. actually had four boys by his third wife, Agnes, but two of them died as children. The other two, Junius III and Sydney Barton, married but Junius III murdered his wife and then committed suicide without any heirs. Sydney Barton appears to have had at least one daughter, but I haven't done any significant research on him.

In conclusion, it is highly doubtful that any Booth family descendant would have the Booth name. The last male Booth was Sydney Barton Booth who died in 1937.

Thanks for this, Dave. I must admit that trying to figure out my own family tree is hard enough. I tend to ignore everyone else's. At least you corroborated my thought that there were few lines, if any, that carried the Booth name.

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A surname that is tied to the current movement to disinter Edwin to test for DNA is "Hulme." The ones pushing that are here in the states, but the Surratt Society has at least one Australian member named Hulme. I have never ventured into asking if there is a relationship, but do you know if the name ties into the Booth heritage?