Eh Hem: What?

[Steve Whitlock]

(10-02-2014 04:40 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote:  

(10-02-2014 04:25 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 01:04 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.

There is a living Booth male (with a change of heart), but I wont discuss that much at this time. Hopefully his dna may at least have autosomal matches revealed in the not too distant future on the History Channel.

Also, I don't know about male grandsons or granddaughters of John Baptist Booth, but his daughters were all married, and his son, John Baptist Booth Jr, b: abt May 1880, d: 16 Aug 1953 in Australia.

I have some brief news clips that show Maude was the first to die, in 1947, followed by John Baptist Booth Jr in 1953 and Alice Edith (Booth) Lewis in 1957. I haven't found a clipping for Eliza Christiana "Christine" (Booth) Wynne, but she was still alive in 1950 when her husband, Robert Arthur Wynne died and a child is named, but I can't make out the name, but it seems to be __th, possibly Ruth. And some of his siblings are named, but little information is provided. A Family Tree claims they had a son, Robert Vivian Wynne. I would want some verification for that.

Eliza Christiana Booth

in the England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976

Name: Eliza Christiana Booth
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1877
Birth Place: London, England
Father's name: John Baptist Booth
Mother's name: Eliza Kate Fly Montandon
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Eliza C Booth

in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name: Eliza C Booth
Spouse Name: Robert A Wynne
Marriage Date: 1912
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Woollahra, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Number: 8195
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Christine Wynne

in the Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001
[6 Jan 1950]
Name: Christine Wynne
Gender: Female
Spouse: Robert Arthur Wynne
Publication Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Robert Arthur Wynne
Birth unknown
Death 6 Jan 1950
Burial
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
Matraville, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia
Plot Western Garden Walls, Wall E, Position 49
Memorial ID 174335485 · View Source
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Robert Vivian Wynne
1913–1994
Birth 11 JAN 1913 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death 30 JUN 1994 • Burleigh Waters, Queensland, Australia
[NOTE: Son of Robert Arthur Wynne and Eliza C. Booth]
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John Booth

in the 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: John Booth
Age: 1/12
Birth Date: May Abt 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Street: Hoffman Street
House Number: 717
Dwelling Number: 260
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's name: John B. Booth
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Eliza Booth
Mother's Birthplace: England
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
John B. Booth 30 [John Baptist Booth Sr]
Eliza Booth 24 [Eliza Kate (Montandon) Booth]
Maude Booth 4 [Maude Emily Adelaide (Booth) Sutherland-Turton b: England]
Eliza E. Booth 3 [Eliza Christiana “Christine” (Booth) Wynne b: England, m: Robert Arthur Wynne]
Alice Booth 1 [Alice Edith (Booth) Lewis, b: England, m: Thomas Lewis]
John Booth 1/12 [John Baptist Booth Jr]
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I have more records for Richard Booth and his son, John Baptist Booth Sr, as well as those mentioned above, but wont inundate you with them here, unless you want to see more sources `.

For now it would seem there may be a possibility for autosomal matches for the Booths we are researching to some surnames in Australia.