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Edwin Henry Booth
E H Booth was born in Bury, East Lancashire in 1828 and died 1899.

His father was a doctor who had a large practice in Bury. Sadly, Edwins father died when he was young and so his mother married again. His stepfather was a violent man, who abused Edwin and so he left home when he was only 10 years of age.

As a young boy he tried very hard to seek employment. At the age of 11 he managed to get a job as an errand boy, in Bolton. But the hours were long as he often did not finish work until near midnight.