Very cool. My grandmother once shared with me that her own mom's mother(my great,great grandmother, I suppose)stated that John Wilkes Booth was some limb on our tree. Never bothered to verify.
Your thread just might be the motivation for me to give it a go.
Any familiar surnames in this list?
This is the family line of John Wilkes Booth
1 Junius Brutus Booth I b: 01 May 1796 in St Pancras, London, England d: 30 Nov 1852 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
+Marie Christine Adelaide Delannoy b: 1790 in Brussels, Belgium d: 09 Mar 1858 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
2 Amelia Booth b: 05 Oct 1815 in London, England d: 1816 in London, England
2 Richard Junius Booth b: 21 Jan 1819 in London, England d: 16 Dec 1868 in London, London, England
+Sarah Pearson Ware b: 1820 in England d: 14 Nov 1868 in London, London, England
3 Alphosia Booth b: 1840 in Baltimore, Maryland d: in England
3 Amele Booth b: 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland d: in England
3 Delvith Booth b: 1846 in Baltimore, Maryland d: in England
3 John Booth b: 1850 in Baltimore, Maryland d: in England
*2nd Wife of Junius Brutus Booth I:
+Mary Ann Holmes b: 29 Aug 1802 in Lambeth, London, England d: 22 Oct 1885 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts
2 Junius Brutus Booth II b: 22 Dec 1821 in Charleston, South Carolina d: 16 Sep 1883 in Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts
+Harriet Mace b: Abt. 1820 in New York, New York d: 28 Aug 1859 in San Francisco, California
3 Infant Booth b: Abt. 1852 in San Francisco, California d: Abt. 1852 in San Francisco, California
3 Marie Edwin Rosalle Booth b: Abt. 1852 in San Francisco, California d: 10 Mar 1932 in New York, New York
+Byron F Douglass b: 29 Mar 1869 in Cumberland County, Maine d: 21 Apr 1935 in New York, New York
4 Daughter Douglass b: Abt. 1883 d: Bef. 1910
4 Ediwn Booth Douglass b: Abt. 1890 in New York, New York d: Bef. 1910
*2nd Wife of Junius Brutus Booth II:
+Clementina DeBar b: Abt. 1808 in London, England d: Aft. 1870 in United States
3 Blanche DeBar Booth b: Apr 1844 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 14 Apr 1930 in Amityville, Long Isalnd, New York
+George Washington Riddell b: 1840 in Pennsylvania d: Jan 1901 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
*3rd Wife of Junius Brutus Booth II:
+Marion Agnes Land Rookes b: 04 Oct 1843 in Sydney, Australia d: 02 Jan 1910 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
3 Junius Brutus Booth III b: 06 Jan 1868 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: 06 Dec 1912 in Brightlingsea, Essex, England
+Florence Elizabeth Marie Edviga Noah b: May 1859 in England d: 06 Dec 1912 in Brightlingsea, Essex, England
3 Algernon Booth b: 28 Jul 1869 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: 1877 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts
3 Sydney Barton Booth b: 29 Jan 1873 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: 05 Feb 1937 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
+Elizabeth P Snyder b: 1875 in District of Columbia
4 Elizabeth Barton Booth b: 09 Mar 1905 in New York, New York
3 Barton J Booth b: 29 Aug 1875 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: Jul 1880 in Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts
2 Rosalie Ann Booth b: 05 Jul 1823 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 15 Jan 1889 in New Jersey
2 Henry Byron Booth b: 1825 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 28 Dec 1836 in London, England
2 Mary Ann Booth b: 1827 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: Feb 1833 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland
2 Frederick Booth b: 1830 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: Feb 1833 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland
2 Elizabeth Booth b: 1832 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: Feb 1833 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland
2 Edwin Thomas Booth b: 13 Nov 1833 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 07 Jun 1893 in New York, New York
+Mary Frances McVicker b: Sep 1848 in New York d: 13 Nov 1881 in New York
3 Edgar Booth b: 04 Jul 1870 in New York d: 04 Jul 1870 in New York
*2nd Wife of Edwin Thomas Booth:
+Mary Devlin b: 19 May 1840 in Troy, New York d: 21 Feb 1863 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts
3 Edwina Booth b: 09 Dec 1861 in Fulham, England d: 25 Dec 1938 in New York, New York
+Ignatius R Grossman b: 06 Jun 1852 in Kasson, Hungary d: in New York, New York
4 Mildred Booth Grossman b: 24 Mar 1886 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: 22 Nov 1960 in Los Angeles, California
+Cleveland Livingston Waterbury b: 20 Feb 1886 in New York City, New York d: 16 Aug 1937 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas
5 Edwin Booth Waterbury b: 04 Jan 1917 in New York, New York d: Jul 1974 in Los Angeles, California
+Susanna Keifer Reynolds b: 08 Oct 1912 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio d: 01 Jun 1987 in Los Angeles, California
5 Edwina Booth Waterbury b: 07 Nov 1918 in New York, New York d: 10 Dec 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles,
California
+Richard H Cutting
*2nd Husband of Mildred Booth Grossman:
+Arthur Colburn Tilton b: 31 Dec 1887 in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts d: 04 Jul 1953 in Los Angeles, California
4 Edwin Booth Grossman b: 09 Apr 1887 in Boston, Sufflok, Massachusetts d: 1957
+Helen Lamar Foos b: 14 Aug 1890 in New York d: Jun 1981 in Larchmont, Westchester, New York
5 Lois L Grossman b: 1912 in New York
2 Asia Sydney Booth b: 20 Nov 1835 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 16 May 1888 in Bournemouth, England
+John Sleeper Clarke b: 03 Sep 1833 in Baltimore, Maryland d: 25 Sep 1899 in Middlesex, Surrey, United Kingdom
3 Asia Agnes Dorothy Clarke b: Mar 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: Dec 1918 in London, Middlesex, England
+Rhys Daniel Morgan b: Abt. 1855 in Wales
4 Ethel May Morgan b: Abt. 1885 in United Kingdom
*2nd Husband of Asia Agnes Dorothy Clarke:
+Neil Augustus Richard Leitch b: Sep 1860 in Kent, England d: 28 Apr 1937 in Perth, Scotland
3 Edwin T Clarke b: 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 10 Dec 1881 in England
3 Lillian Theresa Clarke b: Abt. 1862 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 1866
3 Adrienne Clarke b: 23 May 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: Aft. 1920
3 Creston Clarke b: 20 Aug 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 21 Mar 1910 in Charleston, North Carolina
+Adelaide Rubenstein b: 13 Dec 1866 in London, England d: 04 Apr 1941 in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania
4 Harry Prince b: 31 Aug 1889 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas d: 18 Jun 1978 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County,
California
+Nora Bayes b: 03 Oct 1880 in Joliet, Illinois d: 1928 in New York
*2nd Wife of Harry Prince:
+Mildred M Clork b: 21 Jul 1901 in Texas d: 25 Oct 1966 in Los Angeles County, California
4 Ethel A Prince b: 16 Apr 1887 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas d: 12 Apr 1971 in Palm Beach County, Florida
+Bernard Fairfax b: 29 Mar 1879 in Willesden, London, England d: Oct 1963 in Palm Beach County, Florida
5 Lynn Fairfax b: 28 Feb 1926 in New York d: Aft. 1934
3 Wilfred Booth Clarke b: 20 Aug 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 1930 in Manhattan, New York, New York
+Victory Bateman b: 06 Apr 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d: 02 Mar 1926 in Los Angeles, California
*2nd Wife of Wilfred Booth Clarke:
+Grace Menken b: 1899 in New York
3 Ivan Clarke b: Dec 1869 in London, Middlesex, United Kingdom d: Dec 1869 in London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
2 John Wilkes Booth b: 10 May 1838 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 26 Apr 1865 in Caroline County, Virginia
2 Joseph Adrian Booth b: 06 Feb 1840 in Bel Air, Harford, Maryland d: 26 Feb 1902 in New York, New York
+Cora Estelle Mitchell b: 21 Oct 1870 in Chowan County, North Carolina d: 04 Mar 1936
3 Edwin Booth b: 1894 d: 1895