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.

Richard Bowden (1866-1945)
Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes (1868-1892)
Ida May Denholm (1878-1957)

Richard Bowden, son of Edward Bowden and Sarah Allen.

b: 9 Jun 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 22 Jul 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); d: 7 Sep 1945, Bothwell, Tasmania (3); bur: 9 Sep 1945, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (4).

Spouse (1) - Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes, daughter of William Wood Hughes and Emma Harriet Cunningham.

b: 7 Jul 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); bap: 25 Oct 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); m: 6 Jul 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); d: 18 Jan 1892, West Hobart, Tasmania (8); bur: 20 Jan 1892, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (9).

Child of Richard Bowden and Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes:

  1. Marion Bowden - b: 2 Jul 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); bap: 6 Jul 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); d: 14 Mar 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); bur: 15 Mar 1890, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (13).

Spouse (2) - Ida May Denholm, daughter of Alexander Denholm and Annie Spurway Smith.

b: 23 Jul 1878, Green Ponds, Tasmania (14); m: 15 Sep 1896, Hobart, Tasmania (15); d: 17 Aug 1957, Tasmania (16); bur: aft 17 Aug 1957, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (16).

Children of Richard Bowden and Ida May Denholm:

  1. Beryl Evelyn Bowden - b: 13 Dec 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania(17); bap: 12 Jan 1898, Bothwell, Tasmania (18). No further research carried out on this person.

  2. Richard Vernon Bowden - b: 30 Apr 1902, New Town, Tasmania (19); d: 16 May 1981, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); bur: aft 16 May 1981, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (21).

  3. Edna Jewel Bowden - b: 14 Sep 1904, Hobart, Tasmania (22); d: 19 Jun 1986, Tasmania (23); bur: aft 19 Jun 1986, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (23). Spouse - Edward Norwood Archer, son of Edward Lewis Archer and Emily Gertrude Moodie, b: 8 Nov 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); m: 8 Mar 1925, Hobart, Tasmania (25); d: 13 Dec 1971, Tasmania (26); bur: aft 13 Dec 1971, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (26).

  4. Lyndon Bowden - b: 28 Dec 1908, Bothwell, Tasmania (27). No further research carried out on this person.

  5. Mervyn Bowden - b: 21 Nov 1910, Bothwell, Tasmania (28). No further research carried out on this person.

  6. Cecily Claire Bowden - b: 20 Jan 1915, Battery Point, Tasmania (29). No further research carried out on this person.

Sources

Sources

Family of Richard Bowden

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Bowden, no 21/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p545j2k).

  2. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Richard Bowden, no 345/1866.

  3. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Bowden, 8 Sep 1945, p16 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26147013).

  4. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Richard Bowden, 1945, site unknown.

  5. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Florence Lucy Cunningham Hughes, no 18/1868, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-46p278j2k).

  6. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Florence Lucy Hughes, baptism, no 349/1868.

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bowden-Hughes, no 503/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-48p280j2k).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Florence Bowden, no 945/1892, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-13p119j2k).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Florence Lucy Bowden, 1892, section A29, site 8.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Marion Bowden, no 844/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-68p523j2k).

  11. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Marion Bowden, no 919/1889.

  12. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Marion Bowden, no 455/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-59p47j2k).

  13. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Marion Bowden, 1890, section A29, site 9.

  14. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ida May Denholm, no 824/1879, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-56p585j2k).

  15. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bowden-Denholm, no 233/1896, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-55p243j2k).

  16. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ida May Bowden, 1957, site unknown.

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Beryl Evylen Bowden, no 118/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-85p98j2k).

  18. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Beryl Evelyn Bowden, no 1188/1898.

  19. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Richard Vernon Bowden, birth, no 575/1902, New Town.

  20. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Richard Vernon Bowden, no 69937/1981 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-179-69937).

  21. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Richard Vernon Bowden, 1981, section C1, site 1.

  22. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Edna Jewel Bowden, birth, no 3009/1904, Hobart.

  23. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edna Jewel Archer, 1986, section B, site 8.

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Norwood Archer, no 121g/1899, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-87p110j2k).

  25. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Archer-Bowden, 3 Oct 1925, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29115021).

  26. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Norwood Archer, 1971, section B1, site 5.

  27. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Lyndon Bowden, birth, no 3033/1909, Bothwell.

  28. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Mervyn Bowden, birth, no 5210/1911, Bothwell.

  29. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Cecily Claire Bowden, birth, no 6031/1915, Battery Point.