Booth family, 1880s. Back row left to right: William Edward, Alice Martha, Abraham Valentine, John, George Wagstaff. Middle row: Annie, Hannah, Emma Seward, Abraham, Hannah Ellen, Lucy Birch. Front row: Edmund Holloway, Florence Mary. Picture: Sherry Morris Collection
Abraham Booth pictured here with his family in the 1880s settled in Wagga in 1863 having acquired 65,000 acres on the Murrumbidgee River at Gobbagumbalin and Tooyal.
He was an active member of Wagga’s developing urban society and served as a Wagga Wagga City Alderman from 1911 until 1920.
He was also an active photographer in the early 20th century with some of his photographs preserved at the National Library and in CSU Regional Archives.
Abraham Valentine Booth died in 1933
You’ll find more information on the Findagrave website including comprehensive obituaries.
