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.
George Chivers (1804-1875)
Martha Inee (1810-1858)
George Chivers.
b: abt 1804, date and place unknown (1); d: 21 Jul 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bur: 23 Jul 1875, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (2).
Spouse - Martha Inee.
b: abt 1810, date and place unknown (3); m: 26 Feb 1835, London, England (4); d: 17 Feb 1858, Spring Hill, Tasmania (3); bur: aft 17 Feb 1858, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (5).
Children of George Chivers and Martha Inee:
Harriet Martha Chivers - b: abt 1837, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bap: 20 Mar 1837, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); d: 17 May 1879, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales (7). Spouse - John Morris Colbeck, son of John Colbeck and Elizabeth Murray, b: abt 1829, Cumberland, England (8); m: 5 Sep 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 1919, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales (8).
Emily Jane Chivers - b: abt 1840, Tasmania (10); bap: 10 Mar 1840, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 10 May 1924, Bagdad, Tasmania (11); bur: 13 Mar 1924, Church of England Cemetery, Bagdad, Tasmania (11).
Eliza Chivers - b: 8 Mar 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); bap: 29 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 24 Jan 1903, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania (13); bur: aft 24 Jan 1903, St Mary's Cemetery, Gretna, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Henry Charles Colbeck, son of John Colbeck and Elizabeth Murray, b: 3 Oct 1835, Tasmania(15); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); m: 8 Mar 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); d: 18 Apr 1908, New Town, Tasmania (17); bur: 22 Apr 1908, St Mary’s Cemetery, Gretna, Tasmania (17).
Marianne Chivers - b: 31 Jan 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); bap: 29 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 6 Nov 1910, Bagdad, Tasmania (19); bur: 8 Nov 1910, Church of England Cemetery, Bagdad, Tasmania (19).
George Chivers - b: 4 Oct 1845, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); bap: 29 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 13 Apr 1914, Richmond, Tasmania (21). Spouse - Hannah Jarvis, daughter of William Jarvis and Sarah Spiers; b: 2 Aug 1844, Hobart, Tasmania (22); m: 21 Dec 1882, Pontville, Tasmania (23); d: 4 Oct 1925, Richmond, Tasmania (24).
Frederick Chivers - b: 16 Sep 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); bap: 17 Oct 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 18 Jun 1905, Hobart, Tasmania (27); bur: 21 Jun 1905, Church of England Cemetery, Bagdad, Tasmania (27).
Alice Maria Chivers - b: 3 Apr 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); bap: 29 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); d: 11 Aug 1888, Broadmarsh, Tasmania (30). Spouse - William Edward Holmes, son of John Holmes and Celia Caroline Chaplin, b: 17 Aug 1856, Brighton, Tasmania (31); m: 17 Sep 1887, Pontville, Tasmania (32); d: 25 Jul 1942, Battery Point, Tasmania (33); bur: 26 Jul 1942, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (33).
Robert William Chivers - b: 11 Oct 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); bap: 8 Feb 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 1 Dec 1933, Moonah, Tasmania (35); bur: 3 Dec 1933, Church of England Cemetery, Bagdad, Tasmania (35).
Sources
Family of George Chivers
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Chivers, no 10/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-44p40j2k).
Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Chivers, 1875, section A12, site 3.
TROVE: The Courier (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859), "Deaths," Chivers, 19 Feb 1858, p2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2461856).
FamilySearch: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2005, Chivers-Ince, 1835, London (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJZX-PJW).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Martha Chivers, 1858, section A12, site 3.
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Harriet Martha Chivers, baptism, 20 Mar 1837.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Colbeck, 26 Jun 1879, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8978341).
New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search), John M Colbeck, death, no 18328/1919, Wagga Wagga.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Colbeck-Chivers, no 3/1859, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-18p2j2k).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Emily Jane Chivers, baptism, 10 Mar 1840.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Chivers, 12 May 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23735293).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Eliza Chivers, no 110/1851.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Colbeck, 29 Jan 1903, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12268326).
Find A Grave, Eliza Colbeck, 1903, Memorial ID 204839570, citing St Mary's Church of England Cemetery, Gretna, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204839570/eliza-colbeck).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Henry Charles Colbeck, baptism, no 22/1844.
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Colbeck-Chivers, no 4/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-19p4j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Colbeck, 20 Apr 1908, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12694483).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Marianne Chivers, no 111/1851.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 7 Nov 1910, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10081373).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, George Chivers, no 112/1851.
Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, George Chivers, death, no 744/1914, Richmond.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Hannah Jarvis, no 545/1844, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-2-p516j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Chivers-Jarvis, no 32/1882, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-41p18j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Chivers, 6 Oct 1925, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29115301).
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frederick Chivers, no 81/1847, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-26-p223j2k).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick Chivers, baptism, no 60/1847.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 21 Jun 1905, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12307448).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alice Maria Chivers, no 148/1850, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p233j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alice Maria Chivers, no 113/1851.
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Alice Maria Holmes, no 55/1888, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-57p54j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Edward Holmes, no 110/1856, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p546j2k)
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Holmes-Chivers, no 22/1887, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-46p14j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Holmes, 27 Jul 1942, p5 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25910527).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Robert William Chivers, no 198/1858.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 2 Dec 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24884841).