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.

Alfred James Blake (1853-1940)
Ellen Harriett Hughes (1854-1931)

🏠 Property History

Alfred James Blake, son of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden.

b: 3 Nov 1853, Cove Point, Tasmania (1); bap: 20 Aug 1854, Hobart, Tasmania (1); d: 26 Jan 1940, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 28 Jan 1940, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Ellen Harriet Hughes, daughter of William Wood Hughes and Emma Harriet Cunningham.

b: 23 Apr 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bap: 21 Mayy 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); m: 5 Sep 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 8 Aug 1931, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bur: 11 Aug 1931, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).

Children of Alfred James Blake and Ellen Harriett Hughes:

  1. Ivy Marion Blake - b: 1 Nov 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); d: 14 Nov 1971, Hobart, Tasmania (9); crem: 16 Nov 1971, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (10).

  2. Keith Norman Blake - b: 6 Jul 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bap: 20 Aug 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 8 Nov 1953, St Leonards, New South Wales (13); crem: 10 Nov 1953, Woronora Memorial Park, New South Wales (14). Spouse - Valera Kazia Triffett, daughter of Clement Triffett and Barbara Teagle, b: 5 Apr 1889, Ouse, Tasmania (15); m: 30 Jun 1921, New Town, Tasmania (16).**

  3. Sydney William Blake - b: 26 Jun 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 24 Oct 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 11 Nov 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bur: 14 Nov 1896, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (20).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Property in Bothwell purchased by Alfred James Blake

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

Family of Alfred James Blake

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Alfred James Blake, no 4448/1854, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-3-p694j2k).

  2. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Blake, 27 Jan 1940, p13 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25758002).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Alfred James Blake, 1940, section A30, site 7-8.

  4. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Ellen Mary Ann Hughes, baptism, no 160/1854.

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Blake-Hughes, no 31/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p18j2k).

  6. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Blake, 8 Aug 1931, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29919933).

  7. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ellen Blake, 1931, section A30, site 7-8.

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ivy Marion Blake, no 860/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p547j2k).

  9. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Ivy Marion Blake, no 55243/1971 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-135-55243).

  10. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Ivy Marion Blake, 1971, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=80263).

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Norman Keith Blake, no 849/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-68p523j2k).

  12. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Norman Keith Blake, no 924/1889.

  13. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search), Keith Norman Blake, death, no 29100/1953, Hurstville.

  14. Find A Grave, Keith Norman Blake, 1953, Memorial ID 177689310, citing Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia; maintained by Kojakone, contributor 48527467 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177689310/keith-norman-blake).

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Valera Kazia Triffett, no 897/1889, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-87p250j2k).

  16. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Blake-Triffitt, marriage, no 479/1921, New Town.

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sydney William Blake, no 112/1892, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-73p260j2k).

  18. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Sydney William Blake, no 1044/1892.

  19. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sydney William Blake, no 33/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-65p49j2k).

  20. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sydney William Blake, 1896, section A30, site 7-8.