Interesting discussion. I am always interested in Booth surname discussions since my husband's family are Booths from South Carolina and Alabama (before JWB's family was in America). I am a bit surprised, though, that no research has done on his family! Wish I could find our Booth's origin.
I just pulled up his record on familysearch and his pedigree chart stops with his grandfather Richard Booth. But those trees are only as good as the research. I did find a couple of records of his father and his first wife; according to the records her name was Marie Christine Adalaide Booth. Darn it, now I'm curious, but I still have the kitchen to clean