Person:Junius Booth (1)

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Junius Brutus Booth
m. 23 Sep 1795
  1. Junius Brutus Booth1796 - 1852
  2. Algernon Sidney Booth1798 - 1833
  3. Jane Booth1800 - 1852
  4. Lucius Cassius Booth1800 -
m. 8 May 1815
  1. Amelia Booth1815 -
  2. Richard Junius Booth1819 - 1868
m. 1821
  1. Junius Brutus Booth, Jr1821 - 1883
  2. Rosalie Ann Booth1823 - 1888
  3. Henry Byron Booth1825 - 1836
  4. Mary Ann Booth1827 - 1833
  5. Frederick Booth1829 - 1833
  6. Elizabeth Booth1831 - 1833
  7. Edwin Thomas Booth1833 - 1893
  8. Asia Sydney Booth1835 - 1888
  9. John WIlkes Booth1838 - 1865
  10. Dr. Joseph Adrian Booth1840 - 1902
Facts and Events
Name[1] Junius Brutus Booth
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 1 May 1796 St. Pancras, Middlesex, England
Marriage 8 May 1815 St. George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England(his 1st wife)
to Marie Christine Adelaide Delannoy
Marriage 1821 England(his 2nd wife)
to Mary Ann Holmes
Census[5] 1830 Harford County, Maryland, United States
Census[6] 1850 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death[2][4] 30 Nov 1852 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Burial[2] Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Reference Number? Q684358?

Junius Brutus Booth


The chief rival of Edmund Kean on the English stage, he abandoned his wife and son and eloped to the U.S. with Mary Ann Holmes, a young flower girl.


Harford County, Maryland, 1830 census:[5]

Booth, Junius B.
Males
under 5 = 1
5-9 = 1
30-39 = 1
60-69 = 1
Females
under 5 = 1
5-9 = 1
20-29 = 2
"Aliens not naturalized" = 3

Baltimore, Maryland, 1850 census:[6]

Booth, Julius B. 52 yrs "Tragedian" b. England
      Mary 40 yrs b. England
      Julius B. Jr. 25 yrs "Tragedian" b. South Carolina
      Rebecca [Rosalie] 23 yrs b. Maryland
      Ed. T. 16 yrs b. Maryland
      Sidney [f] 14 yrs b. Maryland
      James K. [John W.] 12 yrs b. Maryland
      John E. [Joseph A.] 10 yrs b. Maryland
Hollins, Nancy [BLACK] 30 yrs b. Maryland
[Numerous enumerator's errors!]
References
  1. Kauffman, Michael W. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies. (New York: Random House, 2004)
    p.81.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave.
  3. Stephen, Leslie, ed, and Sidney, ed Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. (London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900)
    Vol. 2, p. 848.
  4. Baltimore Sun. (Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States)
    p. 2., 11 Dec 1852.

    "Notice.--The remains of the late Junius Brutus Booth will be removed from his late residence, No. 62 N. Exeter street, on this (Saturday) afternoon, at half-past two o'clock."

  5. 5.0 5.1 Harford, Maryland, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 344.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 133A, dwelling/family 521/624.