The Booth Families
of England and America

The Booth and Nichols Family Organization (BNFO) is a large Family Organization with ties to the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO). RBFO Genealogists currently assist the BNFO with genealogical research and historical documentation.

Genealogies of the Booth and Nichols Ancestors and Descendants (1700's to 1900's)
 (The above database contains 679 linked individuals and 220 marriages)

Historical Information and Photographs on the Nichols of England and America

In the late 1990's, Ethel Mickelson Brough of West Jordan, Utah, began researching the ancestry and genealogy of her Booth family. Listed below are her direct Booth ancestors:

Ethel Mickeson (b.1947) married Robert Clayton Brough (b.1950) in 1973 in Ogden, Utah. They have four children (shown above). Clayton is a geography teacher and television weather forecaster in Utah.

Helen Isabel Nichols (1913-2000) married Clark Alexander Mickelson (1912-1993) in 1935 in Logan, Utah. They had five children (shown above). Clark was a dairyman and farmer in Lago (Grace), Idaho.

Olive Lovenia Booth (1877-1924) married Benjamin Thomas Nichols (1875-1934) in 1895 in Coalville, Utah. They had eleven children-between 1896 and 1924 (most of whom are shown above). Benjamin worked as a coal miner and carpenter in Utah and Wyoming.

John Booth (1837-1914) married Ann Lythgoe (1836-1906) in 1857 in Pendlebury Eccles, Lancashire, England. They had twelve children-between 1857 and 1880 (some of whom are shown above). In 1859, John sailed from Liverpool, England, to New York, USA, and eventually settled in Coalville, Utah. In England, John worked in the silk industry. In American, he worked as a prospector and coal miner in Utah and other areas of the western United States.

The Booth Families of
Middleton, Lancashire, England

The picture below shows the gravestone of Joseph Booth (1792-1866) of Bowlee, Middleton, Lancashire, who is the 3rd great grand-uncle of Ethel M. Brough (b.1947) of West Jordan, Utah, USA.

The picture below shows the gravestone of John Tetlow of Thornham, Middleton, Lancashire, who is the 5th great-grandfather of Ethel M. Brough (b.1947) of West Jordan, Utah, USA.

The picture below shows the gravestone of Edward Tetlow of Thornham, Middleton, Lancashire, who is the 5th great grand-uncle of Ethel M. Brough (b.1947) of West Jordan, Utah, USA.

The picture below shows the gravestone of Thomas Tetlow of Thornham, Middleton, Lancashire, who is the 4th great grand-uncle of Ethel M. Brough (b.1947) of West Jordan, Utah, USA.

James Booth (1813-1878) married Ann Tetlow (1813-1852) in 1834 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. They had seven children-between 1834 and 1846. James Booth worked as a silk twister and cotton warper in Middleton, Lancashire. He died in 1878 at the Municipal Union Workhouse in Oldham, Lancashire.

John Booth (1787-1845) married Mary Barlow (1787-1861) in 1807 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. They had eleven children-between 1809 and 1831. John Booth was a farmer and a "hatter" in Middleton, Lancashire. He died in 1845 by "hanging [himself] whilst under the influence of temporary insanity". It is possible that John Booth went "insane" from the mercury he used in making hats. (In fact, during the 1800's mercury was used to process felt hats in England, and its poisonous substance and toxic vapors caused many hatters to go "mad"-such as in "Mad as a Hatter"--and to exhibit behavior that was "erratic [and] flamboyant [and resulted in] excessive drooling, mood swings, trembling, talking to themselves and having bouts of severe paranoia".)

The Booth Families of
Birch in Hopwood, Lancashire, England

In 2002, Ethel Brough obtained the help of Mark E. Gardner, a professional genealogist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, to help her conduct research into her Booth ancestry. In 2006, Mark Gardner suggested that Ethel Brough obtained additional genealogical help from a professional genealogist living in Lancashire, England; and in 2007-2008, Ethel Brough obtained such help from Kathryn Stout, a professional genealogist living in Manchester, England. The information and photographs shown below are a result of such research and display the most current genealogical findings on the Booth family of Birch in Hopwood, Lancashire, England.

The Booth Families of
Oldham, Lancashire, England

In August 2008, Ethel M. Brough traveled to England and met, for the first time, her "3rd cousin", Kathleen Mellor Barnes--who resides in Grotton, Oldham, Lancashire. The following four pictures shows their reunion and common ancestry.

Kathleen Mellor Barnes is also related to the famous Osmond Family singers (such as "Donny and Marie Osmond") in the United States--since she is a "second cousin once removed" to the Osmond's grandmother, Vera Ann Nichols, shown below.

Several related Booth families (shown below) are buried in Lees Cemetery--located on Thomas Street, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, England. (Photos provided by Kathryn Stout in June 2008.)

The Lythgoe and Collier Families of
Pendlebury, Lancashire, England

Thomas Lythgoe (1804-1887) of Lancashire, is the second great-grandfather of Ethel M. Brough. According to family sources and historical documents, Thomas's wife, Esther Wilcock, "parted from her husband of nearly forty years to accompany her daughters Elizabeth, Rachel and Ann on the sailing ship 'Monarch of the Sea, destined for Utah on April 27, 1864. James Lythgoe [Thomas's son] and his wife along with her two sisters left some three weeks later on the [ship] 'General McClellan.' James Lythgoe said that 'My father [Thomas Lythgoe] came to see me a few days before I set sail for America, and I accompanied him to the Bolton Station and gave him half sovereign 10 shillings as I parted with him. My mother held means for his emigration until the last but he would not go'." Family sources further state that Thomas Lythgoe was a Weaver, Collier and Grocer, and that Thomas "would not come to America with the rest of his family, allegedly due to a fear of water." Thomas Lythgoe is buried--along with his oldest daughter Lucy and her husband John Collier--in the churchyard (shown below) of St. Augustine, Pendlebury, Lancashire.