Myrtle Booth (1889 - 1914)

Born 22 Jun 1889 in Thorold, Welland, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 10 Jun 1914 at age 24 in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Myrtle was born June 22, 1889. ^[1] She is the daughter of William Rice Booth and Catharine Misener.

She is shown in the censuses for 1901 living with her parents, ten of her siblings, and her niece Vena Goring Booth.^[2].

In the census for 1911 she is shown livling with her parents and four of her siblings."Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBQ-LF2V : 16 March 2018), Mertle Booth in entry for William Booth, 1911; citing Census, Welland Sub-Districts 1-57, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,533.

She died of post-operative shock in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1914. ^[3] She is buried in Drummond Hill Cemetery in Niagara Falls. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMXG-NZN : 2 March 2021), Myrtle Gertrude Booth, 22 Jun 1889; citing Birth, Thorold, Welland, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,434.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGR-3RM : 23 February 2021), Mertle G Booth in household of William R Booth, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 5, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J69V-32S : 2 March 2021), Myrtle Gertrude Booth, 10 Jun 1914; citing Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, yr 1914 cn 32610, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,861,980.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91695326/myrtle-gertrude-booth

• Family history compiled in 1975 by Jane Embleton