Jane Elizabeth GAME

Family/Spouse: Richard BOOTH. Richard (son of John BOOTH and Elizabeth WILKES) was born in 1763 in England; died on 29 Dec 1839; was buried in Baltimore, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: At Eton as a Classical Scholar.
• Occupation: Renowned actor in America / Stage Manager

Notes:

1. At Eton, Junius showed a remarkable aptitude for learning anything to which he put his mind. He was an accomplished linguist speaking fluent French, Spanish, Italian, German & Flemish, he also wrote poetry, painted in oils and was something of a sculptor.
2. He also exhibited a talent for female seduction and was in trouble re an illegitimate child to an Elizabeth Walters about 1813.
3. He joined the navy but was induced by his father, who strongly favored the Americans, to give up his plan of a navy career as he was about to be ordered to fight against the Americans in the 1812 War of Independence.
4. In 1813 at the age of 17 he made his London Theatre debut.
5. In 1814 on a tour of Holland & Belgium, he met Agatha De/annoy in Brussels, she was the daughter of one of his landladies, they married in 1815 and Agatha bore him two children, a son Richard and a daughter who died in infancy.
6. After a successful stage career in England he deserted her and migrated to Norfolk, Virginia on the ship "Two Brothers" with pregnant Mary Anne Holmes, arriving on 30 June 1821.
7. He was the most well known actor in early 19th century America. He and Mary Anne had ten children, six of whom survived. From 1822 they lived in a comfortable log cabin on a large farm he purchased near Belair, Harford County, Maryland (23 miles from Baltimore). The farm was in a beautifully secluded tract of woodland.
8. Agatha divorced him in 1851 after she found out about Mary Anne and their children. He married Mary Anne Holmes a few weeks later.
9. He toured America widely and returned to England for short periods in 1825126 and 1836137.
10. He attempted suicide at one stage.
11. In 1852 he died from fever after suffering from a bad cold whilst on a trip on a riverboat up the Mississippi.

Junius married Marie Christine Adelaide Agatha DELANNOY on 8 May 1815 in Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England, and was divorced on 18 Apr 1851. Marie was born in 1792 in Brussels, Belgium, Europe; died on 9 Mar 1858 in Baltimore USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Junius married Mary Ann HOLMES on 10 May 1851 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Mary was born on 27 Jun 1802 in Lambeth, London, England; died on 22 Oct 1885 in New York, USA; was buried in 1885 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James MITCHELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher of Languages

Richard married Sarah P WARE on 31 Dec 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Tragedian, Actor, Theatre Manager / Owner

Notes:

1. Undistinguished actor and competent theatre manager (in Boston).
2. Four of his children pursued stage careers: Blanche De Bar, Marion, Junius Brutus & Sidney Barton.

Junius married Clementine DE BAR in 1844 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and was divorced in 1854. Clementine was born in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harriet MACE. Harriet died in 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Junius married Marian Agnes Land ROOKES in 1867 in New York, New York, USA. Marian was born on 4 Oct 1943 in Sydney, NSW, Australia; died on 2 Jan 1010; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Manchester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Famous Shakespearean Actor / Theatre Manager

Notes:

Finest internationally known American tragedian of the 19th century.

Edwin married Mary DEVLIN on 7 Jul 1860. Mary was born on 19 May 1840 in England; died on 21 Feb 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Mount Auburn Cem, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edwin married Mary MC VICKER on 7 Jun 1869. Mary was born in Sep 1848; died on 13 Nov 1881 in New York, New York, USA; was buried in Chicargo, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Authoress

Notes:

Occupation:
She wrote "The Elder and the Younger Booth" (1882).

Family/Spouse: John Sleeper CLARK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 14 Apr 1865; Actor & Assassin of Abraham Lincoln 14/4/1865.

Notes:

1. Noted Shakespearean actor, but of wild and erratic behavior.
2. Advocate of slavery and the Confederacy.

John married Martha Lizola MILLS on 9 Jan 1859. Martha was born on 11 Sep 1837 in Aboard Ship, Duke Co, Ma; died on 9 Nov 1887 in Canterbury, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cora Estelle MITCHELL. Cora was born about 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Actress

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Actress

Marion married Byron DOUGLAS in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Actor / Physician / Cinematography Prop.

Notes:

1. He was son of the actor and stage manager, Junius Brutus Booth (I995), grandson of Junius Brutus Booth (I986), the most well-known actor in early American history, nephew of the great Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and of America's most famous scoundrel, John Wilkes Booth the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. He was a failed actor and physician who murdered his wife and then committed suicide in a hotel room by the English seaside in 1912.
2. At an early age he deserted the classroom for the stage dressing room. After minor experiences playing juvenile roles he appeared with several well-known stars. In 1882 he followed the course taken by him in his youth and left the stage to study medicine. He was not successful as a physician, however, after 10 years he resumed his musical career in stock companies of the US and England.
Later he toured the manufacturing centres of great Britain with his own company, but the venture was not profitable and he purchased a motion-picture theatre at Brightlingsea, there he and his wife occupied rooms in a cheap lodging house. On December 6th July 1912 they were found dead from the
wound's of a revolver in Junius' hand. Reports stated that his last failures and involvement's in a lawsuit may have been responsible for his actions.
3. Newspaper extracts in family file include:
-Inquest verdict was "willful murder and suicide, while insane".
-"thought to be taking drugs".
-"very excitable"
-"much worried because his show had failed to pay ".
-A note found said "f have given my wife a sleeping draught to ease her pain. AsI cannot live without her, f will give myself another" (was his wife suffering some illness and so he put an end to her pain and then committed suicide??)
-Her cause of death was a gunshot wound to the brain and then he shot himself.
3. His address at their marriage was 2 Beaumont St. West Kensington. Her address at marriage was 2 Park St. Richmond indicating that they married in her Parish Church.
4. His will gives "of Manchester in the State of Massachusetts" but Manchester is not in Boston but lies on the Atlantic coast northeast of Boston between Salem and Gloucester. Jonathan Myers's cousin in Boston sent him the birth details of Junius which gives 7 Florence St. Boston as his birthplace. LDS has his brother Sidney as born in Manchester, Massachusetts.
5. He left his effects of £150 to his brother Sidney Barton Booth who renounced it and it went to his brother in law Richard Bond Turner, glassware merchant who was a creditor. She left her effects of £650 to his wife, Minnie Turner. Minnie Turner was the sister of Florence. Administration dated London 2814 and 2614 respectively.
Her DOD given as 6/12/1912 and his as 7/12/1912.
7. Witnesses to his will written 26/11/1894 were Ralph St. Menard, John H. Langdon & Charles H. Pattee.

Junius married Folrence Elizabeth Maria Edviga NOAH on 16 Jun 1894 in RC Chapel, Richmond, Surrey, England. Folrence (daughter of Robert Phillips NOAH and Maria SOLOMON) was born in May 1959 in New York, New York, USA; died on 6 Dec 1912 in 19 Tower St, Brightlingsea, Essex, England; was buried in 1912 in Probably Brightlingsea, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Actor

Notes:

Named as the beneficiary of Junius Brutus Booth (I949) will, but renounced inheritance.