Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
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Thomas Bishop (1813-1879)
Jane Robertson (1820-1871)

Thomas Bishop, son of John Bishop and Ann Unknown.

b: abt 1813, Crawley, Oxfordshire, England (1); bap: 17 Oct 1813, Fulbrook, Oxfordshire, England (1); d: 20 May 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: aft 20 May 1879, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse (1) - Jane Robertson.

b: abt 1820, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (4); m: 23 Oct 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 6 Mar 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bur: aft 6 Mar 1871, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).

Children of Thomas Bishop and Jane Robertson:

  1. Jane Bishop - b: 5 Aug 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); d: 23 Aug 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); bur: aft 23 Aug 1850, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (10).

  2. Annie Bishop - b: 15 Aug 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bap: 6 Oct 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 17 Feb 1935, Launceston, Tasmania (13); bur: 19 Feb 1935, Carr Villa Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania (13). Spouse (1) - David Hayes, b: abt 1848, date and place unknown (14); m: 17 Jan 1870, Bothwell, Tasmania (14).** Spouse (2) - Joseph Walters, b: abt 1852, date and place unknown (15); m: 3 Jan 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 21 Nov 1900, Launceston, Tasmania (16). Spouse (3) - Alfred Edward Rickards, son of Alan Rickards and Annie Davis, b: 7 Apr 1889, Port Esperance, Tasmania (17); m: 12 Mar 1912, Launceston, Tasmania (18).**

  3. Jane Bishop - b: 12 Apr 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bap: 19 Jun 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 18 May 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bur: aft 18 May 1875, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (22). Spouse - William Patient, son of Aaron Patient and Ann McAvine, b: 16 Jan 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bap: 27 Mar 1852, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); m: 23 Feb 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); d: 22 Aug 1930, New Norfolk, Tasmania (26); bur: 24 Aug 1930, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (27).

  4. Edmund Bishop - b: 15 Jun 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); bap: 12 Aug 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); d: 7 May 1939, Oatlands, Tasmania (30); bur: 9 May 1939, St Peter’s Cemetery, Oatlands, Tasmania (30). Spouse - Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Robert Harrison and Jane Burns, b: abt 1859, date and place unknown (31); m: 24 Dec 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (31).**

  5. Emily Bishop - b: 27 Mar 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (32); bap: 29 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); d: 26 Aug 1919, New Norfolk, Tasmania (34). Spouse - Frederick Whiteway, son of James Whiteway and Eleanor Smith, b: 27 Mar 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bap: 2 Apr 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (36); m: 24 Jan 1881, Oatlands, Tasmania (37); d: 29 Nov 1924, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (38); bur: Beaconsfield Cemetery, Tasmania (38).

  6. Thomas Bishop - b: 7 Nov 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (39); bap: 29 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); d: 13 Aug 1939, Hobart, Tasmania (41); bur: 15 Aug 1939, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (42). Spouse - Annie Hunt, daughter of Henry Hunt and Catherine McDonald, b: 12 Nov 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (43); bap: 26 May 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (44); m: 26 Mar 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (45); d: 13 Sep 1944, Bothwell, Tasmania (46); bur: 16 Sep 1944, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (47).

  7. John Bishop - b: 20 Oct 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (48); bap: 23 Dec 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (49); d: 29 Oct 1943, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); bur: 30 Oct 1943, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (51). Spouse - Alice Douce, daughter of James Douce and Hannah Smith, b: 21 Aug 1865, Greens Creek, Tasmania (52); bap: 19 Oct 1865, Latrobe, Tasmania (52); m: 26 Mar 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (53); d: 20 Apr 1943, Bothwell, Tasmania (54); bur: 21 Apr 1943, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (55).

  8. Male Bishop - b: 24 May 1865, Hamilton, Tasmania (56).**


Spouse (2) - Christina Unknown.

b: abt 1829, Scotland (57); m: 22 Nov 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (57); d: 24 Sep 1907, New Town, Tasmania (58).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of Thomas Bishop

  1. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Thomas Bishop, 1813, Fulbrook, Oxfordshire (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBZC-J47).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Thomas Bishop, no 7/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-48p37j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Thomas Bishop, 1879, site unknown.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41), Jean Robertson, no 454, 'Elizabeth & Henry' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-17/CON41-1-17p129).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bishop-Robertson, no 11/1849, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-8p8j2k).

  6. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Bishop, no 3/1871, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-40p34j2k).

  7. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Jane Bishop, 1871, site unknown.

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Bishop, no 158/1850, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p234j2k).

  9. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Bishop, no 55/1850, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-18p24j2k).

  10. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Jane Bishop, 1850, site unknown.

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ann Bishop, no 15/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-29-p718j2k).

  12. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Ann Bishop, baptism, no 115/1851.

  13. TROVE: The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Rickards, 18 Feb 1935, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51920238).

  14. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hayes-Bishop, no 2/1870, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-29p1j2k).

  15. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Walters-Hayes, no 10/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-33p5j2k).

  16. The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths," Walters, 22 Nov 1900, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35379207).

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alfred Edward Rickards, no 1346/1889, Esperance (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-68p580j2k).

  18. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Richards-Walters, marriage, no 1019/1912, Launceston.

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Bishop, no 22/1854, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p243j2k).

  20. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Jane Bishop, baptism, no 162/1854.

  21. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Patient, no 5/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-44p39j2k).

  22. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Jane Patient, 1875, site unknown.

  23. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Patient, no 8/1852, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-30p021j2k).

  24. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William Patient, baptism, no 130/1852.

  25. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Patient-Bishop, no 3/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-33p1j2k).

  26. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Patience, 23 Aug 1930, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29810647).

  27. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Patient, 1930, section A34, site 29.

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edmund Bishop, no 24/1856, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p537j2k).

  29. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Edmund Bishop, baptism, no 204/1856.

  30. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Bishop, 8 May 1939, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2559674).

  31. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bishop-Harrison, no 7/1878, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-37p3j2k).

  32. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Emily Bishop, no 13/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p136j2k).

  33. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Emily Bishop, baptism, no 251/1859.

  34. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Emily Whiteway, death, no 1772/1919, New Norfolk.

  35. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Whiteway, no 16/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p709j2k).

  36. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick Whiteway, baptism, no 212/1857.

  37. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Whiteway-Bishop, no 170/1881, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-40p85j2k).

  38. Find A Grave, Frederick Whiteway, 1924, Memorial ID 232422297, citing Beaconsfield General Cemetery, Beaconsfield, Tasmania; maintained by JandET, contributor 50196868. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232422297/frederick-whiteway).

  39. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Thomas Bishop, no 44/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p381j2k).

  40. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Thomas Bishop, baptism, no 252/1859.

  41. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 15 Aug 1939, p9 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25600580).

  42. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Thomas Bishop, 1939, section A43, site 13-14.

  43. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ann Hunt, no 515/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p122j2k).

  44. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Ann Hunt, no 293/1863.

  45. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bishop-Hunt, no 22/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p13j2k).

  46. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 14 Sep 1944, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26042683).

  47. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Bishop, 1944, section A43, site 13-14.

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Bishop, no 507/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p121j2k).

  49. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, John Bishop, baptism, no 289/1861.

  50. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 30 Oct 1943, p6 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26000436).

  51. Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Bishop, 1943, section A42, site 21-22.

  52. Church Records, Latrobe (NS686), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2382, NS686/1/1, Alice Douce, baptism, p35/1865.

  53. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bishop-Douse,  no 23/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p13j2k).

  54. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bishop, 21 Apr 1943, p11 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25956482).

  55. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Alice Bishop, 1943, section A42, site 21-22.

  56. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Bishop, no 724/1865, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-43p389j2k).

  57. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bishop-McKay, no 5/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-36p2j2k).

  58. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Christina Page, death, no 1493/1907, New Town.