Junius Brutus BOOTH, Snr.

1796 - 1852  (56 years)

• Name	Junius Brutus BOOTH
  Suffix	Snr.
  Birth	1 May 1796	St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	At Eton as a Classical Scholar.
  Occupation	Renowned actor in America / Stage Manager
  Burial	2 Feb 1852	Family Plot, Greenmount Cem, Baltimore, Maryland, USA   [1]
  Death	30 Nov 1852	near Lousville on Mississippi Riverboat "J.S.Chenoweth"   [1]
  Person ID	I986	Fitzgerald-Wells Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard BOOTH,   b. 1763, England d. 29 Dec 1839 (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jane Elizabeth GAME,   b. About 1759, St Giles, Croydon, London, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marie Christine Adelaide Agatha DELANNOY,   b. 1792, Brussels, Belgium, Europe d. 9 Mar 1858, Baltimore USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1815	Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Divorce	18 Apr 1851
  Children	1. Emilie BOOTH,   b. 1815, London England d. 1815, London England (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   2. Richard Junius BOOTH,   b. 21 Jan 1819, London England  [Birth]
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann HOLMES,   b. 27 Jun 1802, Lambeth, London, England d. 22 Oct 1885, New York, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1851	Baltimore, Maryland, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Junius Brutus BOOTH, Jnr,   b. 22 Dec 1821, Charelston, Sth Carolina, USA d. 16 Sep 1883, Manchester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)  [Birth]   2. Rosalie Ann BOOTH,   b. 5 Jul 1823, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 15 Jan 1889, New York, New York, USA (Age 65 years)  [Birth]   3. Henry Byron BOOTH,   b. 1825, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. Jan 1837, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Age 12 years)  [Birth]   4. Mary Ann BOOTH,   b. 1827, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 1833 (Age 6 years)  [Birth]   5. Frederick BOOTH,   b. 1829, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 1833 (Age 4 years)  [Birth]   6. Elizabeth BOOTH,   b. 1831, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 1833 (Age 2 years)  [Birth] + 7. Edwin Thomas BOOTH,   b. 13 Nov 1833, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 7 Jun 1893, New York, New York, USA (Age 59 years)  [Birth] + 8. Asia Frigga BOOTH,   b. 19 Nov 1835, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 16 May 1888, England (Age 52 years)  [Birth]   9. John Wilkes BOOTH,   b. 10 May 1838, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 26 Apr 1865, Shot in a Tobacco Barn at Bowling Green, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years)  [Birth] + 10. Joseph Adrian BOOTH,   b. 1840, Belair, Harford County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. 22 Feb 1902 (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2019

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Stanley Kimmel, "The Mad Booths of Maryland" 2nd Ed, (New York: Dover Publications 1969).