HI Keith Images sent off list the burial register for both burials. Fanny BOOTH died just a few years after John William in 1907 and was buried in the same grave in Castleford Cemetery. Sharon Buchanan vicechair@pontefractfhs.org.uk www.pontefractfhs.org.uk -------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Booth" <kbcad@xtra.co.nz> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:17 AM To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Subject: [WRY] Booth Family of Glasshoughton > Researching the family of John William Booth (1865-1901?) of > Glasshoughton. John W. was my great grand uncle. > He married Fanny Taylor (1864-??) in Dec. 1887, Pontefract District, and > they had two sons, John (1888-??) and William (Willie) > (1892-??). > In the 1901 Census the family were living at Rock Hill, Glasshoughton. > John W. was a Colliery Byworker, aged 35. > Fanny was aged 37, John 12 and Willie 8. > In the 1911 Census I can find no trace of John W. or Fanny. I believe > John, aged 22, was in the Navy, an Able Seaman stationed > at Devonport. Willie, aged 18, was living with his grandmother, Mary > Hopwood, (previously Booth, nee Burn) and his step grandfather, Eli > Hopwood, in Glasshoughton. Willie was employed as a Coal miner above > ground. > > Oh, for a 1921 Census!!!! > > I have a John William Booth dying in 1901 Pontefract District and I > believe this to be my John W. (Mine accident??) > > Would like to know what happened to Fanny (I presume she re-married, as > she was left with a 12 and an 8 year old), and the boys. > > There is an old Family story that a Captain John Booth came down from > Scotland in the 1920's to visit my grandfather in Pontefract. > This may have been the John Booth who was in the Navy in 1911? > > All help much appreciated. > > Keith Booth, New Zealand. > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message