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.

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, Australia (2); bur: aft 20 May 1879, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3).

Spouse (1) - Jane Robertson.

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

Children of Thomas Bishop and Jane Robertson:

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

  2. Annie Bishop - b: 15 Aug 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); bap: 6 Oct 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); d: 17 Feb 1935, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (13); bur: 19 Feb 1935, Carr Villa Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (13). Spouse (1) - David Hayes, b: abt 1848, date and place unknown (14); m: 17 Jan 1870, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (14). No further research carried out on this person. Spouse (2) - Joseph Walters, b: abt 1852, date and place unknown (15); m: 3 Jan 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); d: 21 Nov 1900, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (16). Spouse (3) - Alfred Edward Rickards, son of Alan Rickards and Annie Davis, b: 7 Apr 1889, Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia (17); m: 121 Mar 1912, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (18). No further research carried out on this person.

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

  4. Edmund Bishop - b: 15 Jun 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (28); bap: 12 Aug 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (29); d: 7 May 1939, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (30); bur: 9 May 1939, St Peter’s Cemetery, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (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, Australia (31). No further research carried out on this person.

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

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

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

  8. Male Bishop - b: 24 May 1865, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (56). No further research carried out on this person.


Spouse (2) - Christina Unknown.

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

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.