Thanks to Maureen - I checked out the Castleford Burials as recommended. Not only did I find Fanny Booth, (died 1907) but also her husband John William Booth, who pre-deceased her by 6 years, (died 1901) and a (previously unknown to me) infant son, Jim, who died one week after his father. As proof, they are all buried in the same grave. There seemed to be a lot of infants dying Aug-Sep 1901 - was there a 'flu epidemic around Cas at the time? Regards, Keith Booth, New Zealand. ----- Original Message ----- From: <west-riding-request@rootsweb.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:01 PM Subject: WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. query re Ayrtons (ANN DAVIS) > 2. Booth Family of Glasshoughton (Keith Booth) > 3. Re: Booth Family of Glasshoughton (Maureenpontefhs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:08 +0000 (GMT) > From: ANN DAVIS <a.p.davis@btinternet.com> > Subject: [WRY] query re Ayrtons > To: "west-riding@rootsweb.com" <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1328875328.92689.YahooMailNeo@web87202.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Thank you to Kathy who gave me two addresses in Halifax and Mike who gave > me a lot of leads. > > > Ann Davis > Reading > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:17:11 +1300 > From: "Keith Booth" <kbcad@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [WRY] Booth Family of Glasshoughton > To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <18A2CC1249BD4A9F95F182D1CA70A9D4@D6HD3S1S> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:41:34 -0500 (EST) > From: Maureenpontefhs <maureenpontefhs@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [WRY] Booth Family of Glasshoughton > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CEB67DCDE01CE5-1474-19FF@webmail-m161.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > hello Keith, > > > you could try the Wakefield area Cemetery/Crematorium website: > > > I found what looks like your Fanny > > > http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/BereavementServices/GenealogySearches/BurialRegisterspre1986/default.htm?forenames=fanny&surname=taylor&match=exact&action=search > > > good luck, you may like to check other names on here, such a very useful > site > > > best wishes, > Maureen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Booth <kbcad@xtra.co.nz> > To: WEST-RIDING <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 1:17 > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the WEST-RIDING list administrator, send an email to > WEST-RIDING-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the WEST-RIDING mailing list, send an email to > WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19 > ******************************************