Bothwell Families

These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s. You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

George Baker (1849-1934)
Catherine Byrne (1853-1877)
Elizabeth Hinchy (1857-1929)

George Baker, son of John Baker and Johanna Hurley.

b: 17 Feb 1849, Christian Marshes, near Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (1); d: 18 Oct 1934, Castle View, Den Hill, Tasmania, Australia (2); bur: 20 Oct 1934, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3).

Spouse (1) - Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne and Eleanor Unknown.

b: abt 1853, Kilkenny, Ireland (4); m: 29 Feb 1876, St Paul's Catholic Church, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (5); d: 29 Mar 1877, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (6).

Child of George Baker and Catherine Byrne:

  1. Catherine Lucy Baker, b: 20 Mar 1877, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 24 Mar 1940, Tasmania, Australia (8); bur: aft 24 Mar 1940, General Cemetery, Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia (8). Spouse - Martin Burke, son of Nicholas Burke and Marian Gleeson, b: abt 1872, Tasmania, Australia (9); m: 1 Aug 1898, Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia (9); d: 12 Nov 1940, Tasmania, Australia (10); bur: aft 12 Nov 1940, General Cemetery, Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia (10).

Spouse (2) - Elizabeth Hinchy, daughter of Joseph Hinchy and Cecilia McWaide.

b: 8 Dec 1857, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (11); m: 4 Feb 1881, Catholic Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); d: 2 Feb 1929, Castle View, Den Hill, Tasmania, Australia (13); bur: 3 Feb 1929, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (14).

Children of George Baker and Elizabeth Hinchy:

  1. Male Baker, b: 14 Dec 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); d: 15 Dec 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); bur: aft 15 Dec 1881, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (17).

  2. Cecilia Jane Baker, b: 20 Nov 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); d: 9 Jun 1952 in Castle View, Den Hill, Tasmania, Australia (19); bur: 10 Jun 1952, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20). Spouse - Edward Bishop, son of Thomas Bishop and Annie Hunt, b: 8 Sep 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (21); bap: 30 Sep 1890 Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (22); m: date and place unknown; d: 28 Mar 1951, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (23); bur: 31 Mar 1951, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24).

  3. Lucy Elizabeth Baker, b: 27 Mar 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25); d: 11 Apr 1945, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (26); bur: aft 11 Apr 1945, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (27). Spouse - John Brunton, b: abt 1889, place unknown (28); m: date and place unknown; d: 6 Apr 1968, Tasmania, Australia (28); bur: aft 6 Apr 1968, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (28).

  4. Jane Theresa Baker, b: 18 Sep 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (29); d: 25 Sep 1978, Tasmania, Australia (30); bur: 27 Sep 1978, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (30). Spouse - William Leslie King, b: abt 1892, place unknown (31); m: 7 Apr 1917, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (32); d: 12 Aug 1991, Tasmania, Australia (31); bur: 13 Aug 1991, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (31).

  5. George Baker, b: 1 Apr 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); d: 18 Mar 1946, Butlers Gorge, Tasmania, Australia (34); bur: 20 Mar 1946, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (35).

  6. Mary Gertrude Baker, b: 3 Oct 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (36); d: 6 Aug 1961, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (37); bur: aft 6 Aug 1961, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38).

  7. Harold Edward Baker, b: 28 Sep 1895, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (39); d: 2 Sep 1949, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (40); bur: 3 Sep 1949, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (41).

  8. John James Baker, b: 30 Sep 1897, Castle View, Den Hill, Tasmania, Australia (42); d: 28 Nov 1966, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (43).

  9. James William Baker, b: 31 Dec 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (44);d: 22 Jul 1989, Tasmania, Australia (45); bur: aft 22 Jul 1989, St John's Cemetery, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia (45).

  10. Joseph Raymond Baker, b: 16 May 1903, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (46); d: 7 Sep 1976, Tasmania, Australia (47); bur: aft 7 Sep 1976, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (47). Spouse - Iris Isabel Alice Bishop, daughter of Norman Bishop and Hannah Bishop, b: 4 May 1914, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (48); m: date and place unknown; d: 14 Jun 1994, Tasmania, Australia (49); bur: aft 14 Jun 1994, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (49).

Sources

Sources

Family of George Baker

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Baker, no 118/1849, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p228j2k).

  2. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Baker, 18 Oct 1934, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29163513).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Baker, 1934, section D4, site 12-13.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Register of Ships' Arrivals with Lists of Passengers (CB7, CUS30), John Byrne, p210/1854, 'Maitland' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CB7-12-1-1).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Baker-Byrnes, no 616C/1876, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-35p314j2k).

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Catherine Baker, no 605/1877, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-46p134j2k).

  7. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Katherine Baker, no 1267/1877, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-55p341j2k).

  8. Find A Grave, Catherine Lucy Burke, 1940, Memorial ID 199902938, citing Tunnack Cemetery, Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199902938/catherine-lucy-burke).

  9. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Burke-Baker, no 866/1898, Tunnack (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-60p330j2k).

  10. Find A Grave, Martin Burke, 1940, Memorial ID 199903350, citing Tunnack Cemetery, Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199903350/martin-burke).

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Hinchey, no 698/1858, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p215j2k).

  12. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Baker-Hinchy,  no 166/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-40p84j2k).

  13. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Baker, 4 Feb 1929, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.a/newspaper/article/24233391).

  14. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Baker, 1929, section D4, site 12-13.

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Baker, no 110/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-59p680j2k).

  16. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Male Baker, no 45/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-50p48j2k).

  17. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Male Baker, 1881, site unknown.

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Cecilia Jane Baker, no 738/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-60p202j2k).

  19. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 10 Jun 1952, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27093119).

  20. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Cecilia Jane Bishop, 1952, section D3, site 7-8.

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Bishop, no 854/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p125j2k).

  22. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Edward Bishop, no 959/1890.

  23. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 29 Mar 1951, p13 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27017895).

  24. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Bishop, 1951, section A39, site 1.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Lucy Elizabeth Baker, no 827/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p544j2k).

  26. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Brunton, 12 Apr 1945, p12 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26063960).

  27. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Lucy Elizabeth Brunton, 1945, section D4, site 10-11.

  28. Find A Grave, John Brunton, 1968, Memorial ID 240699828, citing Bothwell Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by 44, contributor 49052521 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240699828/john-brunton).

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Thresa Baker, no 890/1887, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p500j2k).

  30. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Jane Theresa King, 1978, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=59388).

  31. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, William Leslie King, 1991, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=63204).

  32. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, King-Baker, marriage, no 404/1917, Hobart.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Baker, no 838/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p123j2k).

  34. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Baker, 19 Mar 1946, p12 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26176241).

  35. Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Baker, 1946, section D4, site 15.

  36. ancestry: Public Member Family Trees, Mary Gertrude Baker, Harding/Smith Family Tree (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/40030238/person/422246765537/facts).

  37. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Mary Gertrude Baker, no 42719/1962 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-93-42719).

  38. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Gertrude Baker, 1961, section D4, site 7-8.

  39. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Harold Edward Baker, no 101/1895, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-79p96j2k).

  40. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Baker, 3 Sep 1949, p18 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26667859).

  41. Bothwell Cemetery Records, H E Baker, 1949, section D4, site 7.

  42. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John James Baker, no 152/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-83p113j2k).

  43. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), John James Baker, no 49480/1968 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-112-49480).

  44. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, James William Baker, birth, no 1646/1900, Bothwell.

  45. Find A Grave, James William Baker, 1989, Memorial ID 154433845, citing St John’s Church Cemetery, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154433845/james-william-baker).

  46. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Joseph Raymond Baker, birth, no 1785/1903, Bothwell.

  47. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Joseph Raymond Baker, 1976, section B1, site 22.

  48. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Iris Isabel Alice Bishop, birth, no 2721/1914, Bothwell.

  49. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Iris Baker, 1994, section B, site 21.