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Tony Booth & John Wilkes Booth

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 21:04
by Blue70
I was reading on RC about Tony Booth and daughter Cherie Blair being related to John Wilkes Booth surely this is not true?

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.ph ... 361444#new

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Booth

Looking at Ancestry Tony's alleged ancestor died aged 5 years old in 1803:-

London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 about Algernon Sidney Booth

Name: Algernon Sidney Booth
Burial Date: 2 Jun 1803
Parish: St John the Baptist, Clerkenwell
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington
Record Type: Burial
Register Type: Parish Register


Blue

Re: Tony Booth & John Wilkes Booth

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 17:43
by MaryA
I'm often quite sceptical about entries on wikipedia, often think somebody jumps on something and posts what they think rather than the truth.

I'm moving this over to "Liverpool" rather than Off Topic, as it starts there, and hope some legitimate research shows up.