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.

Annie Bowden (1835-1883)
George Goddard (1827-1868)
William Henry Jones ( - )

Annie Bowden, daughter of Edward Bowden and Diana Ayres.

b: 25 Jul 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 17 Nov 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); d: 14 Jun 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: aft 14 Jun 1883, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - George Goddard, son of George Goddard and Sarah Unknown.

b: abt 1827, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (4); bap: 22 Apr 1827, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (4); m: 25 Dec 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 12 Mar 1868, New Norfolk, Tasmania (6); bur: 17 Mar 1868, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).

Children of George Goddard and Annie Bowden:

  1. George Goddard - b: 24 Jul 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bap: 24 Jul 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 25 Jul 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (10).

  2. Henrietta Goddard - b: 8 Jul 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bap: 11 Sep 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 6 Jul 1933, Colebrook, Tasmania (13); bur: aft 6 Jul 1938, St James Anglican Cemetery, Colebrook, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Samuel Porter, b: abt 1861, place unknown (15); m: 26 Aug 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 13 Oct 1948, Hobart, Tasmania (16); bur: 14 Oct 1948, St James Anglican Cemetery, Colebrook, Tasmania (16).

  3. George Goddard - b: 3 Mar 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 7 Apr 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 9 Feb 1910, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bur: aft 9 Feb 1910, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (20).

  4. Edward Bowden Goddard - b: 26 Aug 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bap: 5 Oct 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 24 Nov 1924, Oatlands, Tasmania (23); bur: 25 Nov 1924, St Peter’s Cemetery, Oatlands, Tasmania (23). Spouse - Ella Grace Jillett, daughter of John Jillett and Ellen Whiteway, b: 17 May 1875, Oatlands, Tasmania (24); m: 22 Oct 1908, New Town, Tasmania (25); d: 1 Dec 1938, Bagdad, Tasmania (26); bur: 2 Dec 1938, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (26).

  5. Ernest Valentine Goddard - b: 14 Feb 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (27); bap: 25 Mar 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); d: 1 Sep 1925, Armadale, Victoria (29); bur: 3 Sep 1925, Brighton Cemetery, Victoria (30). Spouse - Clara Miriam Ruth Shipley, daughter of John Charles Shipley and Elizabeth Chambers, b: 3 Apr 1869, Buckland, Tasmania (31); m: 8 Sep 1894, Hobart, Tasmania (32); d: 9 Aug 1944, Melbourne, Victoria (33).

  6. Sarah Diana Goddard - b: 15 Jan 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); bap: 11 Mar 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); d: 18 Jun 1941, Sydney, New South Wales (36); bur: aft 18 Jun 1941, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (37). Spouse - Charles Robinson Briggs, b: abt 1858, date and place unknown (38); m: 12 Aug 1891, Bothwell, Tasmania (38). No further research has been undertaken on Charles.

  7. Charles Goddard - b: 24 Aug 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (39); bap: 15 Sep 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); d: 9 Dec 1948, New Town, Tasmania (41); bur: 10 Dec 1948, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (42). Spouse - Ethalanda White, daughter of George White and Paulina Johnston, b: 20 Oct 1878, Franklin, Tasmania (43); m: 9 Oct 1896, Strahan, Tasmania (44); d: 26 Jun 1948, Hobart, Tasmania (45); crem: 29 Jun 1948, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (45).


Spouse (2) - William Henry Jones.

b: date and place unknown; m: 2 Feb 1872, Hobart, Tasmania (46); d: date and place unknown.

Sources

Sources

Family of Annie Bowden

  1. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Annie Bowden, baptism, 17 Nov 1835.

  2. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Annie Jones, no 47/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-52p49j2k).

  3. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Jones, 1883, section A1, site 10.

  4. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, George Goddard, 1827, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9LH-MFF).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Goddard-Bowden, no 7/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-16p5j2k).

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Goddard, no 366/1868, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-37p80j2k).

  7. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Goddard, 1868, section A1, site 10.

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Goddard, no 27/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p138j2k).

  9. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, George Goddard, baptism, no 233/1858.

  10. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Goddard, no 14/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-27p4j2k).

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Henrietta Goddard, no 26/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p379j2k).

  12. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Henrietta Goddard, no 227/1859.

  13. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Porter, 7 Jul 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24865920).

  14. Find A Grave, Henrietta Goddard, 1933, Memorial ID 145419756, citing St James Anglican Cemetery, Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145419756/henrietta-porter).

  15. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Porter-Goddard, no 18/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-44p10j2k).

  16. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Porter, 14 Oct 1948, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27755501).

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Goddard, no 477/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p117j2k).

  18. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, George Lewis Goddard, no 255/1861.

  19. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, George Goddard, RGD17/1/2, no 766/1910.

  20. Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Goddard, 1910, section A1, site 10.

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Bowden Goddard,  no 21/1862 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-40p363j2k).

  22. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Edward Bowden Goddard, no 280/1862.

  23. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Goddard, 25 Nov 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23780087).

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ella Grace Jillett, no 1247/1875, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-53p595j2k).

  25. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Goddard-Jillet, marriage, no 349/1908, New Town.

  26. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Goddard, 2 Dec 1938, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25571062).

  27. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ernest Valentine Goddard, no 7/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).

  28. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ernest Valentine Goddard, no 304/1864.

  29. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Ernest Goddard, death, no 7815/1925, Armadale.

  30. Find A Grave, Memorial ID 215568524, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215568524/ernest-goddard).

  31. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Female Shipley, no 1499/1869, Spring Bay (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p719j2k).

  32. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Goddard-Shipley, no 151/1894, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-53p106j2k).

  33. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Goddard, 17 Feb 1945, p14 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26051961).

  34. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Diana Goddard, no 5/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p542j2k).

  35. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Sarah Diana Goddard, No 341/1866.

  36. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Briggs, 21 Jun 1941, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25867547).

  37. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Ann Briggs, 1941, section A1, site 10.

  38. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Briggs-Goddard, no 19/1891, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-50p10j2k).

  39. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Goddard, no 20/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p798j2k).

  40. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Charles Goddard, no 367/1867.

  41. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Goddard, 10 Dec 1948, p7 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27761820).

  42. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Goddard, 1948, section A1, site 10.

  43. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ethelinda White, no 653/1878, Franklin (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-56p565j2k).

  44. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Goddard-White, no 856/1896, Strahan (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-56p416j2k).

  45. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Goddard, 28 Jun 1948, p8 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26464979).

  46. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Jones-Goddard, no 309/1872, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-31p172j2k).