Mim (Simpson) Booth

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Mim (Simpson) Booth was born in England.

Biography

Birth

Miriam Gladys Annie Earl Simpson, daughter of Allan Hay and [[Gladys Amy Simpson, was born on 3 February 1915 at 96, Abbey Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. ^[1]

Residence

Between 1925 and 1929 the family lived at 58, Victoria Road, Clapham, London, England. ^[2]

Marriage

Philip Arthur Booth married Miriam Gladys Ann Earl Simpson on 23 October 1937 at Tooting Junction Baptist Church, Longley Road, Wandsworth, London, England. ^[3]

Family Life

Between 1937 and 1938, Mim and Phil Booth lived at Knighton, 12, Hatton Gardens, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

Between 1939 and August 1944, they lived at 57, Boundary Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.^[4] During this period, David Allenby and Lois Josephine were born.

Between August 1944 and 1945, Mim and Phil joined 'The Evangelical Publishing House' under the umbrella organisation, 'Worldwide Evangelization Crusade', living in a shared house: 'Bethel' 28, West Street, Colchester, Essex, England. 'Bethel' was on the outside of the corner at the top of West Street (there is a large flat-roofed building on that site now). It was a very big one with at least 3 storeys with an attic room where Phil, Mim, David and Lois lived - with beams across it, where Phil's first headbanging stories came from. In the grounds there was a conker tree. 'They' threw the conkers up into the attic room once! The house was owned by 'The Evangelical Publishing House', founded by Ken and Bessie Adams, (from Cornwall originally) who went on to found and head Christian Literature Crusade (CLC), emigrating to Toronto and then Philiadelphia, USA). ^{[5] [6]}

CLC moved to London and Mim became the editor of the CLC magazine, 'Floodtide'. ^[5]. Between 1946 and 1948, their new home was at 32, Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London, England. ^[7]

Between 1949 and 1953, they lived at 34, Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London, England. ^[8]

They moved to 13, Harold Road, Upper Norwood, London, England in 1953. In June 1954, Mim gave birth to another daughter: Fiona Bernice.

In 1961, living and working at 13, Harold Road, Upper Norwood, London, England, Phil and Mim founded a missionary radio organisation: Radio Worldwide. ^[9]

In 1969 they moved to 17, Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London, England and then, at the end of 1973 to 2, Forsyte Crescent, Upper Norwood, London, England.

On 16th November 1980, they moved to Hurchington Manor, Little Common Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England to create a Training Arm of Radio Worldwide. ^[10].

Death

Mim died of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma on 4 May 1986 at 1 a.m. at Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill, Sussex, England. ^[5] Her cremated remains were interred under a magnolia tree at Hurchington Manor. The tree was later transplanted to Blustrode Manor.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate. Repository: #1.
   Registration District RUGBY
   1915 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Rugby in the County of Warwick
   

   85

   Third February 1915 96 Abbey Street Rugby U.D.

   Miriam Gladys Annie Earl

   Girl

   Allan Hay Simpson

   Gladys Amy Simpson formerly Hitchcox

   Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

   Gladys Amy Simpson Mother 96 Abbey Street Rugby

   Fifteenth March 1915

   Percy A. Croft Registrar

   -

   Certified to be a true Copy of an Entry in the Certified Copy of a Register of Births in the District above mentioned.
   Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, under the Seal of the said Office, the 30th day of August 1937.

2. ↑ London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965: Borough: Wandsworth; Ward: Clapham North; Year: 1925-Ref: 2392-2396; Year:1926-Ref: 2386-2390; Year: 1927-Ref: 2365-2369; Year: 1928-Ref: 2319-2323; Year: 1929-Ref: 3146-3151. Repository: #24.
3. ↑ Marriage Certificate. Repository: #1.
   Registration District: Wandsworth
   1937 Marriage Solemnized at Tooting Junction Baptist Church - Longley Road
   in the District of Wandsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth
   

   2	Twenty Third	Philip Arthur Booth	24 years	Bachelor	Chartered Secretary	Knighton, 12 Hatton Gardens Newark	Arthur Booth	Linotype Operator
   	October 1937	Miriam Gladys Ann Earl Simpson	22 years	Spinster	-	14, South Park Road Wimbledon	Alan Hay Simpson	Haulage Contractor

   Married in the Tooting Junction Baptist Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Baptists by Certificate
   

   This Marriage was	P.A.Booth	In the	F.E.Simpson : A.Booth	and in the	A.Wright
   solemnized between us,	M.G.A.E.Simpson	Presence of us	M.E.Booth : A.H.Simpson	Presence of	Authorised Person for the said Church

   I, Andrew Wright, Authorised person under the Marriage Act, 1898, do hereby certify that this is a true copy of the Entry No.2 in the Register Book of Marriages of the above-named Building.
   Witness my Hand this Twenty Third day of October, 1937. A.Wright.

4. ↑ Nottinghamshire Electoral Roll - Newark. Repository: #31.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Lois Booth. Repository: #1.
6. ↑ emails from David Booth to John Slee: Repository: #1.
7. ↑ London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965: Year: 1946; Borough: Lambeth; Division: Norwood. Repository: #24.
8. ↑ London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965: Year: 1949-1953; Borough: Lambeth; Division: Norwood. Repository: #24.
9. ↑ Slim Fingers, Philip A Booth, Publisher: Christian Literature Crusade, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034; 1976.
10. ↑ Herric's Tun, Philip A Booth

Repositories

• 1: John G Slee
• 24: Ancestry
• 31: Nottinghamshire Archives, County House Castle Meadow Road Nottingham NG2 1AG

Acknowledgements

• Profile created by John Slee by reference to SleeBooth Family Tree