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Families

past and present

Families

Booth of Braithwell

Children of Robert Booth:

• Ellen c.28 MAR 1647 Braithwell
• Samuel b.19 SEP 1654 c.03 OCT 1654 Braithwell

Children of Benjamin Booth:

• Ann c.25 MAY 1731 Braithwell
• Ann c.28 FEB 1732 Braithwell
• Robert c.17 NOV 1734 Braithwell
• Henry c.27 AUG 1737 Braithwell

Children of Richard Booth:

• William c.02 SEP 1768 Braithwell
• John c.28 APR 1771 Braithwell
• Ann c.24 JUL 1774 Braithwell
• Sarah b.15 NOV 1777 c.20 NOV 1777 Braithwell
• Mary b.27 FEB 1782 c.01 MAR 1782 Braithwell
• Elisabeth (1784)
• Elisabeth b.25 JUN 1786 c.28 JUN 1786 Braithwell

Helena Booth m. DANIEL ARMITAGE 26 DEC 1715 Braithwell

Benjamin Booth, iron moulder was born 1842 Bramley, in 1881 he was living at 3 Melton St Hunslet, Yorkshire with 2 children and his mother:
Emma E. b.1870 age 11 born Bramley
Freddy b.1877 age 4 born Bramley
Mary BOOTH b.1809 Mother, age 72 born Bramley

Booth of Wickersley

William Booth, labourer of Wickersley, married Martha Axe, 2 July, 1733 at Rotherham, Children:

• Elizabeth c.05 MAY 1734 Wickersley
• William c.25 JUN 1738 Wickersley
• Ann c.03 MAY 1742 Wickersley
• Lydia c.09 DEC 1744 Wickersley
• Richard c.05 NOV 1746 Wickersley

Frederick Booth was born at Attercliffe in 1878, the son of Godson, Corn Miller and Emma Booth. He married Gertrude Lilian Plant, daughter of Thomas and Esther. They had six children:

• Edith (Tessa), born 22/7/1899. m1. Jack Bell (brother of Gladys husband Robert), m2. Albert, m3. Bert Penistone abt 1970. Daughter Dorothy born 20/2/1923, married Jack and had 3 children(born in 1950s).
• Dora, born 30/9/1901. Married Tommy Johnson abt 1937. No children
• Gladys Emma, born 1/9/1904. Married Robert Bell Spring 1928. One daughter, three sons, five grandchildren.
• Florence Kathleen (Kitty) born 4/9/1906. Married Frank Foster Roberts in 1945. No children
• Harold (Scamp) born 21/10/1913. Married Marjorie Allen abt 1936/7. No children. Died April 1973
• Frederick Alan (Sonny) born 2/4/1909. Married Dora Winifred Allen 20/4/1946. One married daughter (living) and grandson (b.1987). Sonny died January, 1971.

Pear Tree Cottage, Wickersley, in the 1920s. The home of Gertrude and Frederick Booth. It is understood that previous generations of the family lived here. The cottage was later occupied by Kitty and Dora Booth.

Kitty never left the family home, even after she married. Dora moved to Stockport after her marriage, but returned to Pear Tree after the death of her husband.

Sonny owned and ran a butchers shop along with his wife at No 2 Green Lane, Wickersley, he later sold the business and built and lived in a bungalow on Northfield Lane.

Tessa lived in Thurcroft and Wickersley, eventually settling in wickersley with her last husband Bertwin Penistone on Wood Lane.

(Left to right): George Yeardley, Daisy Yeardley (Nee Kennen), Beatrice Johnson (Nee Plant), Robert Bell
Front Row: Kitty Roberts (Nee Booth), Bessie Kennen?, Gladys Bell (Nee Booth), Dora Johnson (Nee Booth)

Gladys lived all her married life in Thurcroft where her husband Robert worked down Thurcroft pit, some of the family still live in Thurcroft.

Florence K. Booth receving a Music Certificate in 1921.

Obituary of Gertrude Lilian Booth

Gertrude Booth, daughters and grand daughter

Wedding of Harold Booth and Marjorie Allen 1936



Wedding of Dora and Tommy Johnson about 1937


Read about the wedding in 1928 of Gladys Booth and Robert Bell

Geoffrey and Audrey, children of Gladys and Robert Bell, 1935

Read about the 1945 wedding of Florence Kathleen Booth and Frank Foster Roberts


Wedding of F.A.Booth & Dora Allen,1946

Pear Tree Cottage, 1 Northfield Lane in 1968 before it was demolished to make way for the new Wickersley roundabout.

Death of F. A. Booth 1971

Harold 'Scamp Booth' died 1973

Gladys, Tessa, Kitty and Dora Booth in 1990 at Wood Lane, Wickersley - the home of Tessa. The occasion Tessa's 90th birthday

Most of the family still live in and around Wickersley.
A great great great grand daughter of Gertrude and Frederick Booth!

A great great grand daughter of Gertrude and Frederick