New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
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08-25-2019, 01:22 AM
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RE: New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
(06-21-2019 07:22 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:(06-21-2019 02:58 AM)Steve Wrote: [quote='Steve Whitlock' pid='77471' dateline='1561070511'] After taking another look for Virginia Florenz (Asburn) McCrea I found a marriage record for her in 1980 to Thomas John Smercak. Thomas John Smercak in the Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 Name: Thomas John Smercak Gender: Male Residence State: California Spouse: Virginia Florenz McCrea Spouse Residence State: California Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1980 Marriage County: Clark Officiant Type: Civil celebrant Recorded Date: 6 Jan 1981 Recorded County: Clark Book: 6120 Page: 89957 Instrument number: 89957 *************************** Virginia subsequently passed away in 1997: Virginia Florenz Smercak in the Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012 Name: Virginia Florenz Smercak Birth Date: 2 Jul 1919 Birth Place: New York Death Date: 28 Jan 1997 Death Place: Clark, Nevada, USA ********************************* Virginia F Smercak BillionGraves Index Name Virginia F Smercak Event Type Burial Event Place Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States Cemetery Palm Eastern Latitude 36.052635 Longitude -115.113939 Birth Date 02 Jul 1919 Death Date 28 Jan 1997 Affiliate Create Date 2015-05-25 00:40:45 Affiliate Image Identifier 14193353 Citing this Record "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDK-BL4W : 9 November 2015), Virginia F Smercak, died 28 Jan 1997; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Palm Eastern, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. ************************************************** I have been in touch with Mr Smercak, who advised me Virginia was the end of that line as far as John W. Booth and Louisa Jane (Price) Payne-Booth are concerned. She had no siblings or children of her own, other than a half-brother, McCager Payne, whose father was Zebediah Payne. With no living descendants of Virginia there is no chance for getting some dna to help figure out exactly who her great grandfather really was, without an exhumation. |
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08-29-2019, 07:46 PM
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RE: New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
I'm new to the forum here, but certainly not new to the assassination. I appreciate the sharing of the link for the news story! I found it entertaining to read. If you study art or anatomy at all, you will be quick to notice that the human face is not a mirror image from side to side. And, aside from the fact that the two pictures are of mustachioed men, there are no real similarities. The chin/jawline is different, the lower lip is different, the eyes and brow lines are different, the bridge of the nose is different. There is virtually no similarity between the two. As a dentist, I deal with people's faces every day. Look at the length of the upper lip between the two, and notice that Booth appears to have a longer upper lip than John St. Helen. The upper lip gets longer as we age, not shorter. And, not to disparage TV programs, but rarely is anything of substance revealed on them. The real discoveries come from thorough and often mundane research. We'll see where the discussion heads from here!
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05-02-2020, 11:00 AM
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RE: New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
(08-25-2019 01:22 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:(06-21-2019 07:22 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:(06-21-2019 02:58 AM)Steve Wrote: [quote='Steve Whitlock' pid='77471' dateline='1561070511'] Here are some photos of Virginia Florenz (Asburn) McCrea-Smercak, her parents and maternal grandparents, and her uncles. The Bonney family were Vaudevillians, which is likely how Juanita Bonney and Charles W. Asburn Jr (aka Charles Levine/Lavine stage name) met for their very short marriage. In the "King of Marvin Gardens" movie photo Charles Lavine is lying on the bed with his grandson, Bruce Dern seated by him and other grandson, Jack Nicholson, standing. I don't know who the other man in the photo is off the top of my head. |
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06-21-2024, 04:06 PM
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RE: New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
I'm hoping to resurrect this thread somewhat as I'm trying to make sense of all the great work the Steves have done regarding the Leadville John Wilkes Booth who died in 1916. In July, the family and I are taking a road trip to Colorado and I was going to try to visit Leadville and find this JWB's grave while I am there. But I'm having trouble parsing all of the information in this thread together. Just who do we believe the Leadville John Wilkes Booth was?
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06-22-2024, 12:59 PM
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RE: New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon
(06-21-2024 04:06 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote: Just who do we believe the Leadville John Wilkes Booth was? David George ? My theory is David George didn't die in Enid, OK. After an over zealous mortician tried to overwhelm David with formaldehyde fumes from a nearby furniture store and refinishing business, David managed to escape and hid in a barn that was used for making moonshine. Revenue agents staked out the farm hoping to capture George a/k/a John Wiles Booth. They surrounded the barn and tried to set fire to it (same old routine). The stored moonshine in the barn caught fire and blew up the barn. He somehow managed to escape and spent his final years in Leadville. Naturally this reminds me of a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuCOTxTiFI So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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