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.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented.

Thomas Axford (1788-1855)
Martha Slade (1798-1879)

Thomas Axford (1788-1855)

Photo supplied by the Bothwell Historical Society

Thomas Axford.

b: 20 Sep 1788, Abingdon, Berkshire, England; d: 26 May 1855, Constitution Hill, Tasmania; bur: 30 May 1855, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania.

Spouse - Martha Slade.

b: 11 Jul 1798, Aston Upthorpe, Berkshire, England; m: 28 Nov 1818, Wiltshire, England, d: 16 Feb 1879, West Melbourne, Victoria.

Children of Thomas Axford and Martha Slade:

  1. Eliza Axford - b: abt 1819, England; d: 10 Mar 1892, Beaconsfield, Tasmania; bur: aft 10 Mar 1892, Auld Kirk Cemetery, Sidmouth, Tasmania. Spouse - Henry James Chamberlen, b: abt 1819, place unknown; m: 6 Jul 1841, Bath, Somerset, England; d: 7 Jun 1901, Tasmania.

  2. Sarah Ann Axford - b: abt 1821, England; d: 27 Jan 1891, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: aft 27 Jan 1891, St Paul's Cemetery, Glenorchy, Tasmania. Spouse - John Brent, b: abt 12810, place unknown; m: date and place unknown; d: 5 Sep 1870, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: aft 5 Sep 1870, St Paul's Cemetery, Glenorchy, Tasmania.

  3. Rose Axford - b: 24 Jul 1824, Hobart, Tasmania; bap: 6 Dec 1824, Hobart, Tasmania.** Spouse - Edward Bisdee, son of Thomas Bisdee and Elizabeth Bishop, b: abt 1802, Somerset, England; bap: 30 Sep 1802, Somerset, England; m: 23 Oct 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania.**

  4. Thomas Axford - b: 24 Aug 1826, Hobart, Tasmania; bap: 18 Oct 1827, Hobart, Tasmania; d: 21 Sep 1899, Adelaide, South Australia. Spouse - Mary Ann Jane Allwright, daughter of Richard Allwright and Elizabeth Thompson, b: 8 Mar 1828, Hobart, Tasmania; m: 8 Jan 1850, Broadmarsh, Tasmania; d: 3 Oct 1874, Ballarat, Victoria.

** No further research undertaken on this individual.