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Bramwell Booth
William Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 – 16 June 1929) was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth.
Biography.
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the oldest child born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, he had two brothers and five sisters, including Evangeline Booth, Catherine Booth-Clibborn, Emma Booth and Ballington Booth. The Booth family regularly moved from place to place
Florence Booth
Florence Eleanor Booth (née Soper; 12 September 1861 – 10 June 1957) was the wife of Bramwell Booth, Second General of The Salvation Army.
Early life.
Born in Blaina, Monmouthshire, she was the eldest daughter of Dr Isobel Soper, a Plymouth physician, and his wife, Jenny (née Levick), and had two sisters and a brother. Her mother died when she was only nine years old, and she lived with an aunt until her father remarried. She was a