Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
You’ll find family trees and individual timelines - while not exhaustive, they will continue to be updated as research progresses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented.

Annie Marie Allen (1858-1911)
George Broughton Sealy (1853-1891)
William Henry Sealy (1861-1938)

🏠 Property History

Annie Maria Allen was born on 29 July 1858 in Bothwell, Tasmania, the daughter of Richard Allen and Julia Antoni. She was baptised at Bothwell on 10 October the same year. Her early life was marked by loss: her mother Julia died of cancer in 1866 when Annie was just seven, and her father Richard died in 1882 at the age of 82.

Following her father's death, Annie inherited the property at [1-H5, H6] High St. On 6 April 1885, she married George Broughton Sealy, a 31-year-old widower and warehouseman from Hobart, at St Luke's Church, Bothwell. Their son, Allen Broughton Sealy, was born in Hobart in February 1886. Their second son, Raymond Sealy, was born in Hobart in 1889. Tragically, George died in 1891 at the age of 37 in Petersham, New South Wales.

Three years later, on 11 December 1894, Annie remarried in Hobart, this time to her brother-in-law William Henry Sealy, a storekeeper in Bothwell. In 1896, they had a daughter, Rita Sealy, born at Bothwell.

Annie died on 19 February 1911 at her home, Broughtonville in Bothwell, after a long battle with phthisis (tuberculosis), aged 52. She was buried at the Bothwell General Cemetery on 21 February.

Annie Marie Allen, daughter of Richard Allen and Julia Antoni.

b: 29 Jul 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bap: 10 Oct 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; d: 19 Feb 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: 21 Feb 1911, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Spouse (1) - George Broughton Sealy, son of James Broughton Sealy and Frances Elizabeth Jeffries, b: 15 Nov 1853, Hockerill, Hertfordshire, England; m: 6 Apr 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; d: 24 Aug 1891, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia; bur: 5 Sep 1891, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Children of George Broughton Sealy and Annie Marie Allen:

  1. Allen Broughton Sealy - b: 13 Feb 1886, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; d: 21 Aug 1956, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bur: aft 21 Aug 1956, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. Spouse - Gladys Emmeline Cooper, daughter of John James Cooper and Annie Maria Swindells, b: 5 Feb 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; m: 30 Oct 1918, New Town, Tasmania, Australia; d: 18 Mar 1986, North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bur: aft 18 Mar 1986, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

  2. Raymond Sealy - b: 26 Jan 1889, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; d: 24 Oct 1932, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bur: 26 Oct 1932, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Spouse (2) - William Henry Sealy, son of James Broughton Sealy and Frances Elizabeth Jeffries, b: 8 Sep 1861, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; m: 11 Dec 1894, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; d: 23 Sep 1938, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bur: 26 Sep 1938, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Child of William Henry Sealy and Annie Marie Allen:

  1. Rita Sealy - b: 9 Sep 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. Spouse - Charles Lewis Jillett. No further research carried out on Rita or Charles.

Property in Bothwell inherited by Annie Marie Allen

For more information click on the link under the map.
Complete maps located on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)