Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
You’ll find family trees and timelines - while not exhaustive, they will continue to be updated as research progresses.
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Annie Marie Allen (1858-1911)
George Broughton Sealy (1853-1891)
William Henry Sealy (1861-1938)

🏠 Property History

Annie Maria Allen was born on July 29, 1858, in Bothwell, the daughter of Richard Allen and Julia Antoni, and was baptised at Bothwell on October 10 of 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 April 6, 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 December 11, 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 February 19, 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 February 21.

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

b: 29 Jul 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 10 Oct 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); d: 19 Feb 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania (3); bur: 21 Feb 1911, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (4).

Spouse (1) - George Broughton Sealy, son of James Broughton Sealy and Frances Elizabeth Jeffries, b: 15 Nov 1853, Hockerill, Hertfordshire, England (5); m: 6 Apr 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); d: 24 Aug 1891, Petersham, New South Wales (7); bur: 5 Sep 1891, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (8).

Children of George Broughton Sealy and Annie Marie Allen:

  1. Allen Broughton Sealy - b: 13 Feb 1886, Hobart, Tasmania (9); bap: 26 Apr 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 21 Aug 1956, Hobart, Tasmania (11); bur: aft 21 Aug 1956, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (12). Spouse - Gladys Emmeline Cooper, daughter of John James Cooper and Annie Maria Swindells, b: 5 Feb 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); m: 30 Oct 1918, New Town, Tasmania (14); d: 18 Mar 1986, North Hobart, Tasmania (15); bur: aft 18 Mar 1986, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (16).

  2. Lillian Sealy - b: 15 Oct 1887, Hobart, Tasmania (17); bap: 28 Dec 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 25 Jan 1888, Hobart, Tasmania (19).

  3. Raymond Sealy - b: 26 Jan 1889, Hobart, Tasmania (20); bap: 6 Mar 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 24 Oct 1932, Hobart, Tasmania (22); bur: 26 Oct 1932, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (23).

Spouse (2) - William Henry Sealy, son of James Broughton Sealy and Frances Elizabeth Jeffries, b: 8 Sep 1861, Hobart, Tasmania (24); m: 11 Dec 1894, Hobart, Tasmania (25); d: 23 Sep 1938, Hobart, Tasmania (26); bur: 26 Sep 1938, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (27).

Child of William Henry Sealy and Annie Marie Allen:

  1. Rita Sealy - b: 9 Sep 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); bap: 14 Oct 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania (29).** Spouse - Charles Lewis Jillett.**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

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)

Sources

Famliy of Annie Marie Allen

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Annie Marie Allen, no 34/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p139j2k).

  2. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Annie Allen, no 209/1858.

  3. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Annie Marie Sealy, RGD17/1/2, no 772/1911.

  4. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Sealy, 1911, section A30, site 18-19.

  5. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, George Broughton Sealy, 1853, Hockerill, Hertfordshire (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXYC-JBV).

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sealy-Allen, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-44p9j2k).

  7. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sealy, 25 Aug 1891, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12725248).

  8. Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Broughton Sealy, 1891, section A30, site 18-19.

  9. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Allen Broughton Sealy, no 687/1886, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-14-p265j2k).

  10. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Allen Broughton Sealy, no 789/1886.

  11. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Allen Broughton Sealy, no 37406/1956 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-85-37406).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Allen Broughton Sealy, 1956, section A30, site 16-17.

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Gladys Emily Cooper, no 92/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-81p82j2k).

  14. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Sealy-Cooper, marriage, no 3191/1918, New Town.

  15. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Gladys Emmeline Sealy, no 76794/1986 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-195-76794).

  16. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Gladys Emmeline Sealy, 1986, section A30, site 16-17.

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Lillian Sealy, no 1010/1887, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-15-p508j2k).

  18. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Lillian Sealy, no 850/1887.

  19. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Lillian Sealy, no 1231/1888, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-11p154j2k).

  20. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Raymond Sealy, no 657/1889, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-16-p664j2k).

  21. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Raymond Sealy, no 902/1889.

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sealy, 26 Oct 1932, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24697404).

  23. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Raymond Sealy, 1932, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=28733).

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Henry Sealy, no 4661/1861, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-8-p179j2k).

  25. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sealy, 24 Sep 1938, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25555287).

  26. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Henry Sealy, 1938, section A, site 16-17.

  27. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sealey-Sealey, no 232/1894, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-53p142j2k).

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Rita Sealy, no 114/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-81p85j2k).

  29. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Rita Sealy, no 1154/1896.