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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: mollymandysb on Monday 09 February 15 16:50 GMT (UK)
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hi I am researching my great grand's maternal side of the family. so far I know his mom was Martha booth born in marton (whitegates) Cheshire in 1849, she married Thomas hooley dec 1877 but died sept 1878, my great grand dad Wesley was born 18th august 1878. her mom was mary booth born 1825 whitegates. I think her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth.
I have a picture of the booth family showing mary booth, Malcolm booth, ruth booth. amos booth and annie etchells. the centre two being mr and mrs booth. it would appear that Martha was given a leather bound volume of the pilgrims progress for her 21st birthday, but I don't think she could read. did the family belong to a particular religious family.
also I found mary working as head house keeper at rake hall, stoak. are there any household details left. this would fit in with what my mother used to tell us that there was a hall with a photograph of the family.,
can t seem to find much about the rest of the family on either of the family history sites.
any help much appreciated
thanks
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Is this Martha in 1851?
Chester Lane Marton
John Gillett 36 Salt maker
Ann Gillett 35
John Gillett 9
Wm Gillett 7
Saml Gillett 4
Mary Gillett 2
Martha Booth Visitor 2
107/2166/24/13
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so far I know his mom was Martha booth born in marton (whitegates) Cheshire in 1849, she married Thomas hooley dec 1877 but died sept 1878, her mom was mary booth born 1825 whitegates. I think her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth.
Her marriage to Thomas Hooley does not give a fathers name ::)
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Martha Booth
Christening
03 Mar 1850
Whitegate, Cheshire, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name: Mary Booth
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Mary Booth
Christening Date 17 Apr 1825
Christening Place WHITEGATE,CHESHIRE,ENGLAND
Father's Name Thos. Booth
Mother's Name Elizth.
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Sarah Booth
Christening 19 Jul 1827
Whitegate, Cheshire, England
Father's Name Thomas Booth
Mother's Name Elizabeth
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Martha Booth
Christening 19 May 1830
Whitegate, Cheshire, England
Father's Name: Thomas Booth
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
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Thomas Booth
Marriage
15 Dec 1823
Whitegate, Cheshire
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Maddock
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hi everyone
thanks for that information. yes I knew Martha did not have any father named on her marriage cert, although she did have wm gillott as her witness. on 1861 census she is still with the gillotts and they have her down as neice. john was married to anne nee maddock so that now fits in. not actually a blood relative but a member of the family that took the child in.
still no joy in finding out who the members of the family are on the photograph that I have. showing Malcolm and ruth who look older than mary and amos booth.
the booths seem to be a popular name in the Cheshire area with quite biblical names and was wondering if they belonged to a certain religion.
thanks again for your help
molly
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putting everything together last night realised that thomas and elizabeth married just before the before the birth of mary. my mind was still on the photograph of the booths that i hold showing mary who is about 13/15. so still do not know who malcolm, ruth or amos is. malcolm and ruth are older than mary but amos is younger. the one thing i did notice is that a witness at thomas and elizabeth marriage was a member of the harvey family and a member of the harvey family were a witness at martha's wedding.
molly
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Hi Molly,
I don't think the Harvey family were related to your Booth family.
Looking at some unrelated marriage records for around the same time frame shows that they witnessed a number of weddings. :(
I think they were parish officials/church wardens.
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thanks for that.
molly
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Hi Molly
I picked up your posting on the internet and it has finally prompted me to join RootsChat.
My wifes tree is interlinked with yours. Her ancestor was Marthas sister Mary.
Both seem to have had illegitimate children. Marys was Thomas born 1845 who seems to have been brought up by his grandparents-he is on their census returns for 1851/61 and names his father on his marriage as Thomas -his grandfathers name.I have visited the house where Thomas Booth and his wife Elizabeth lived since at least 1841(Hares Clough)which has now been incorporated into a larger property along with the 2 adjacent cottages-I have some photographs.Mary doesn't seem to have married and is on various censuses between 1851-1881 as a servant or housekeeper. Stoak Hall where she was last recorded still exists and is now a pub.
Elizabeth(formerly Maddock)seems to be on a number of census returns at Beauty Bank which is adjacent to Hares Clough although there are slight inconsistencies with her age.
The final entry is at the age of 101 in 1881.There was also a burial of Elizabeth Booth aged 103 in Whitegate with (strangely) an obituary in a Dundee newspaper which I have yet to obtain
Hope this is of some use
Leander
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hi
thank you for picking that up, my e mail is stephball@live.co.uk, wow that fantastic. I thought it said rake hall but ovbviously stoak hall. Martha was house keeper there at one time, so both the sisters worked there. I have a book, leather bound, which was given to Martha's daughter another Martha on her twenty first birthday, so I have kept it well wrapped up. do you have any recollections of a farm in kinnerton in the fifties, I am saying this because as children we used to visit and I have found a photograph of some booths but can't tie them in with our booths., they are Malcolm booth, ruth booth etc.
would love to hear from you, I live now (although born in upton, chester) Worcestershire
steph
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Hi,
I am currently in charge of a large album of letters dating from 1689 and mainly between members of the Booth, Proby, Cautley, Garrow and Crawfurd families. I am thinking of having them published and wonder if there would be any interest among members of the Booth family. There are 23 letters from the Booths to other family members . I have transcribed all of them, but they are Word docs and I haven't been able to upload any of them. Raymond Crawfurd
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hi
do you know which booths these are. my great great grannie was martha booth who lived in cheshire, she married wesley hooley. i do for some reason have a very old photo of booth familys, with a ruth booth and malcom booth but could not fit them in, they were in my mothers bits and pieces, so must be something to do with our family.
regards steph mye mail is stephball@live.co.uk
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Don't know if you have this census, but it seems to have the people you name in photograph.
1901 - Civil parish Hattersley, Cheshire
Amos Booth 47 Head, farmer, Rowsley, Cheshire (Romily?)
Janes Hotson Booth 38 Wife, Manchester, Lancashire
Ruth Cameron Booth 10 Daughter, Hattersley, Cheshire
Malcolm Booth 8 Son, "
Mary Booth 5 Daughter, "
Amos Booth 2 Son, "
Esther Mary Booth 57 Sister, Rowsley, Cheshire
Annie Etchells 22 Niece, Hyde, Cheshire
Plus servants
Edit - or maybe coincidence
Cas
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hi
yes i have that information and the photo i have has all those names in, but just cant fit them into my booth family. although i have not done a lot on that side of the family for a long time, got bogged down with another line. i know when i was a child we used to visit a family who lived on a farm in kinnerton, none of my relatives know anything about this, i do i remember the cows coming back for milking, the pigs etc and the farmers kitchen where there was always baking going on. this would have been in the 1950. i suppose i ought to look at the elctoral registers for later times to see if i can find any booths living in a farm. i did ask my step dad [after my mother had passed away] why do we always wait until family members have passed on to start family history, and he said oh they were relatives of your mothers. so perhaps i will start researching that side again. i set up a partridge family tree group, which is my dads line and have got so many of our relatives on that side, also did dna. so we have gathered so much information, newspaper cuttings, pictures. regards stephanie