The surname Booth is thought thought to be of northern English and Scottish origin, with it origins being North-Viking - specifically pre 7th century. It is topographical, and was generally described a person who lived in a small barn or bothy. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century. 

Current research identifies our line of the Booth family as originating around Bolton, Lancashire in the early 1700s with John Booth, however little is known of the family before the migration to Australia of his great great grandson, David Yates

My Booth ancestry goes back 9 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below

• John Booth ? - ? married Alice E Viccars
  
  • Luke Booth 1759 - ? married Jane Greenhalgh
    
    • Jane Booth  1785 - ? married Peter Roscoe 
      • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/6586468 married William Yates
        • David Yates 1851 - 1929 married Mary Hayes
          • Eva Mary Yates 1897 - 1957 married James Bashford Bain
            • Doreen Bain 1821 - 2000 married Douglas James Hardie
              • My father