Boy, do I have information to share with you!!!
I am guessing your "marriage" family goes back to John Arden. I thought
originally that my Arden family of Esther (Arden) Booth (who married Thomas
Booth), James Arden, William Arden and Elizabeth (Arden) Winter also had sibs
John, and Thomas Arden. My third cousin, Ray Ainsworth, who has corresponed with
you, recently told me he had ruled that out and my original grouping of four was
correct.
As I said, in the 1850 Census, Esther and Thomas Booth were living with the
other Ardens. In 1960 Esther's mother, Mary A Arden and a host of other people
moved in and they lived in Fall River, RI. I have not found out who the Allen
family is.
I have international ancestry.com and that has been enormously helpful. I can
send you my trees, one for the Booth/Arden crew, a separate one for the other
Ardens, if you wish. It will come from you from ancestry.com and say I invited
you to look.
I have so many branches on down and extending out, too much to tell here.
I do have death information on William and Mary A. (Boslum) Arden, they are
buried in Fall River at North Burial Ground and have a gravestone with dates of
death and ages.
Elizabeth Arden married Richard Winter, I found their marriage data in the
archives. They had children, Elizabeth died young and Richard re-married.
Thomas and Esther Booth are also listed in 1860 in the MN Census, as are John,
Martha and Simeon Arden. How could they be in Fall River and MN at the same
time, one wonders, but they have a double entry.
Thomas died and Esther and the children moved back to Fall River where she
re-married, James Lord. Esther's oldest son, Thomas Booth stayed in MN and
moved to Wisconsin, marrying and raising a family.
Have loads more info, but must cut this short for tonight, am going away for the
week-end tomorrow morning, will be back Tuesday.
Let me know if you want my ancestry.com trees.
Next summer I am going to MN and WI to see the places first hand.
Where, approximately, do you live??? And how do you fit in.
Thomas Booth and Esther Arden are my great-great grandparents on my mother's
side.