Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
You’ll find family trees and individual 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.

Mary Annie Blake (1838-1908)
William Alexander Barton (1836-1865)
George William Ife (1832-1904)

Mary Annie Blake, daughter of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden.

b: Aug 1838, Tasmania (1); d: 13 Mar 1908, Sandy Bay, Tasmania (2); bur: 14 Mar 1908, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (2).

Spouse (1) - William Alexander Barton, son of Henry Barton and Sarah Smith.

b: 1 May 1834, Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland (3); m: 2 Jan 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); d: 8 Mar 1865, New Zealand (5).

Children of William Alexander Barton and Mary Annie Blake:

  1. Sarah Maria Barton - b: 15 Apr 1859, Oatlands, Tasmania (6); d: 5 Feb 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bur: 9 Feb 1874, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (8).

  2. Louisa Helen Barton - b: 11 Apr 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); bap: 5 May 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 23 Sep 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bur: aft 23 Sep 1861, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (12).

Spouse (2) - George William Ife, son of Samuel Ife and Louisa Gill.

b: 23 Jul 1832, Middlesex, England (13); bap: 31 Aug 1832, Chelsea, Middlesex, England (13); m: 2 Dec 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); d: 24 Mar 1904, Hobart, Tasmania (15); bur: 26 Mar 1904, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (15).

Children of George William Ife and Mary Annie Blake:

  1. Elsie Sarah Ife - b: 25 Aug 1874, Hobart, Tasmania (16); d: 31 Mar 1899, Hobart, Tasmania (17); bur: 2 Apr 1899, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (18).

  2. George William Robert Ife - b: 1 Jan 1876, Hobart, Tasmania (19); d: 26 Apr 1928, Hobart, Tasmania (20); bur: 28 Apr 1928, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (20). Spouse - Rosina Harriet Bantoft, b: abt 1873, date and place unknown (21); m: 10 Apr 1907, Dunolly, Victoria (22); d: 13 Jul 1946, Hobart, Tasmania (23); crem: aft 15 Jul 1946, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (21).

  3. Mary Louisa Ife - b: 7 Aug 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); d: 27 May 1931, Melbourne, Victoria (25); bur: aft 27 May 1931, Brighton Cemetery, Victoria (25). Spouse - Robert Arthur Horne, b: 13 Mar 1880, place unknown (26); m: 10 Feb 1903, Hobart, Tasmania (27); d: 1 Aug 1950, Victoria (26); bur: aft 1 Aug 1950, Brighton Cemetery, Victoria (26).

  4. Eleaner Annie Ife - b: 5 Mar 1881, Hobart, Tasmania (28); d: 26 Jul 1942, West Hobart, Tasmania (29); bur: 27 Jul 1942, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (29). Spouse - Harold Edwin Blackwood, son of Archibald Charles Blackwood and Emma Elizabeth Macbeth, b: 2 Jun 1880, Tasmania (30); m: 25 Dec 1903, Hobart, Tasmania (31); d: 11 Dec 1950, West Hobart, Tasmania (32); bur: 13 Dec 1950, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (32).

Sources

Sources

Family of Mary Annie Blake

  1. Information supplied, Malcolm Ward.

  2. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Ife, 14 Mar 1908, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12689198).

  3. Information supplied, copy of birth registration of William Alexander Barton, no 53/1834.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Barton-Blake, 1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-17p1j2k).

  5. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Barton, 26 Apr 1865, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8832400).

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Barton, no 1737/1859, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p554j2k).

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sarah Maria Barton, no 2/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-43p35j2k).

  8. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Maria Barton, 1874, section A13, site 11-12.

  9. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Louisa Helen Barton, no 485/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p117j2k).

  10. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Louisa Ellen Barton, no 258/1861.

  11. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Louisa Helen Barton, no 316/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-30p31j2k).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Louisa Ellen Barton, 1861, section A13, site 11-12.

  13. FamilySearch: England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988, George Samuel Ife, 1832, Middlesex (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-SSBL-3).

  14. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Ife-Barton, no 543/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-32p284j2k).

  15. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Ife, 26 Mar 1904, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9679814).

  16. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elsie Sarah Ife, no 708/1874, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-11-p564j2k).

  17. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Elsie Ife, no 893/1899, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-68p423j2k).

  18. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Elsie Ife, 1899, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=11778).

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George William Ife, no 1718/1876, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-11-p677j2k).

  20. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Ife, 28 Apr 1928, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29777505).

  21. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Rosina Harriett Ife, 1946, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=68472).

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Ife-Bantoft, 11 May 1907, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9922421).

  23. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Ife, 15 Jul 1946, p12 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26187417).

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Louisa Ife, no 20/1878, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-56p494j2k).

  25. Find A Grave, Mary Louise Horne, 1931, Memorial ID 215574163, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215574163/mary-louise-horne).

  26. Find A Grave, Robert Arthur Horne, 1880, Memorial ID 215574165, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215574165/robert-arthur-horne).

  27. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Horne-Ife, 25 Feb 1903, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12258451).

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Eleaner Annie Ife, no 2454/1881, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-12-p393j2k).

  29. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Blackwood, 27 Jun 1942, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25921126).

  30. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Harold Edwin Blackwood, no 667/1880, Clarence (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p348j2k).

  31. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Blackwood-Ife, marriage, no 450/1903, Hobart.

  32. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Blackwood, 12 Dec 1950, p16 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26745133).