Joseph BOOTH

                   Anne was the only surviving child of four, three having died in infancy.
Her father, Joseph, was a fish monger at 59 Great Portwood St., Brinnington, at the time of her birth.  He had also been known to trade fish in the area of Greenfield and Saddleworth in the 1870's.  He became a heavy drinker and on several occasions would come home drunk and throw Anne and her mother out of the house.  Jane eventually left him for good taking Anne with her.  Anne was about seven years old and her mother went to work in the mill.  I don't know where they were living at this time, but Jane's mother, Mrs. Bailey, lived at 2 Withins Row, Brinnington.

In later years Anne met William Nolan Leah whilst working on a farm in Heaton Moor.  They were married and eventually made their home in Edgeley Park.

After they left him, Joseph never re-married, my grandma tried to re-unite her mother and father in later years but they did not stay together long, as they had become strangers.  He spent much of his time in lodging houses until his death in July, 1914.