Bothwell Families

These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s. You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

Joseph Thomas Chivers (1858-1924)
Annie Isabel Lawrence (1860-1901)

Joseph Thomas Chivers.

b: abt 1858, date and place unknown (1); d: 29 Aug 1924, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (1); bur: aft 29 Aug 1924, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (2).

Spouse (1) - Annie Isabel Lawrence.

b: abt 1860, date and place unknown (3); m: 21 Apr 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (4); d: 30 Nov 1901, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 3 Dec 1901, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (5).

Children of Joseph Thomas Chivers and Annie Isabel Lawrence:

  1. William Henry Chivers - b: 9 Feb 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6); bap: 29 Oct 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 20 Aug 1951, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (8); bur: 22 Aug 1951, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (9). Spouse - Katie Georgina Medhurst, daughter of William Henry Medhurst and Catherine Jones, b: 23 May 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (10); m: 11 Sep 1906, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11). No further research carried out on this person.

  2. Alfred Joseph Chivers - b: 30 Nov 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); bap: 16 Apr 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); d: 10 Apr 1957, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (14); bur: 12 Apr 1957, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (15). Spouse - Rosa Eva Newell, daughter of Frederick Samuel Newell and Annie Clark Bolton, b: 12 Mar 1900, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia (16); m: 20 Sep 1919, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (17). No further research carried out on this person.

  3. Arthur Edward Chivers - b: 24 Jan 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bap: 8 Feb 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19). No further research carried out on this person.

  4. Blanche Elizabeth Chivers - b: 29 Nov 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20); bap: 22 May 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (21); d: 6 Apr 1948, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia (22); bur: 8 Apr 1948, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (22). Spouse (1) - Percy Raymond Shaw, son of John Shaw and Jane Harris - b: 3 Oct 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (23); bap: 9 Dec 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24); m: 17 Mar 1904, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25); d: 3 Sep 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (26); bur: aft 5 Apr 1911, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (27). Spouse (2) - Albert Victor Stebbings, son of James Best Stebbings and Maria Elizabeth Whatley, b: 4 Jul 1887, Longford, Tasmania, Australia (28); m: 28 May 1914, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia (29); d: 17 Sep 1926, Derwent Park, Tasmania, Australia (30); bur: 19 Sep 1926, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (30).

  5. Annie Isabel Chivers - b: 21 Oct 1888, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (31); bap: 2 Dec 1888, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (32). No further research carried out on this person.

  6. Thomas Griffith Chivers - b: 18 Jun 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); bap: 12 Oct 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (34); d: 21 Aug 1956, Risdon, Tasmania, Australia (35).

  7. Elsie Mary Chivers - b: 5 Nov 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (36); bap: 19 Mar 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (37); d: 4 Dec 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38); bur: 5 Dec 1893, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (39).

  8. Victor Norman Chivers - b: 14 Nov 1894, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (40); bap: 5 Jul 1895, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (41); d: 7 Jul 1969, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (42). Spouse - Sarah Adeline Earley, daughter of John James Earley and Emily Eliza Branch, b: 15 Nov 1891, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (43); bap: 20 Jan 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (44); m: 16 Mar 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (45); d: 5 Aug 1980, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (46); bur: 7 Aug 1980, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (47).

  9. Rupert Russell Chivers - b: 7 Oct 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (48); bap: 6 Nov 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (49). No further research carried out on this person.

  10. Herbert Lawrence Chivers - b: 22 Jan 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (50); bap: 17 May 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (51). No further research carried out on this person.


Spouse (2) - Eliza Nichols (Venn/Sheen/Hart), daughter of Samuel Nichols and Anna Unknown.

b: abt 1845, Sorell (52); m: 12 Sep 1907, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (53); d: 3 Oct 1925, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (54); bur: 5 Oct 1925, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (55).

Sources

Sources

Family of Joseph Thomas Chivers

  1. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 1 Sep 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23760875).

  2. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Joseph Thomas Chivers, 1924, section A31, site 12-14.

  3. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 3 Dec 1901, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9575953).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Chivers-Laurance, no 185/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-38p97j2k).

  5. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Isabel Chivers, 1901, section A31, site 12-14.

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Henry Chivers, no 79/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-59p676j2k).

  7. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, William Henry Chivers, no 631/1881.

  8. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 21 Aug 1951, p13 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27042593).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Henry Chivers, 1951, site unknown.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Katie Georgina Medhurst, no 836/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p545j2k).

  11. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Chivers-Medhurst, marriage, no 41/1906, Bothwell.

  12. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alfred Joseph Chivers, no 124/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-62p510j2k).

  13. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alfred Thomas Chivers, no 669/1883.

  14. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Alfred Joseph Chivers, no 9728/1957 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD961-1-22-9728).

  15. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Alfred Joseph Chivers, 1957, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=46009).

  16. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Rosa Eva Newell, no 3245/1900, Zeehan (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-2/RGD33-4-2-346).

  17. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Chivers-Newell, marriage, no 325/1919, Hobart.

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Arthur Edward Chivers,  no 823/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p154j2k).

  19. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Arthur Edward Chivers, no 707/1884.

  20. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Blanche Lawrence, no 847/1886, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p495j2k).

  21. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Elizabeth Blanche Chivers, no 834/1887.

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Stebbings, 7 Apr 1948, p8 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26455038).

  23. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Percy Roland Shaw, no 157/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-62p513j2k).

  24. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Percy Raymond Shaw, no 689/1883.

  25. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Shaw-Chivers, marriage, no 15/1904, Bothwell.

  26. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Percy Raymond Shaw, death, no 96/1911, Bothwell.

  27. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Percy Raymond Shaw, 1911, section A36, site 28.

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Albert Victor Stebbings, no 2129/1887, Longford (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p647j2k).

  29. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Stebbings-Shaw, marriage, no 424/1914, Moonah.

  30. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Stebbings, 18 Sep 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29459079).

  31. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Annie Isabell Chivers, no 893/1888, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-67p092j2k).

  32. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Annie Isabel Chivers, no 887/1888.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Thomas Griffith Chivers, no 847/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p125j2k).

  34. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Thomas Griffith Chivers, no 960/1890.

  35. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Thomas Griffith Chivers, no 37510/1956 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-85-37510).

  36. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Effie Mary Chivers, no 128/1892, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-73p261j2k).

  37. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Elsie Mary Chivers, no 1052/1893.

  38. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Elsie Chevirs, no 34/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-62_46).

  39. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elsie Mary Chivers, 1893, section A31, site 12-14.

  40. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Victor Norman Chivers, no 117/1894, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-77p92j2k).

  41. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Victor Norman Chivers, no 1123/1895.

  42. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Victor Norman Chivers, no 51815/1969 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-122-51815).

  43. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Adline Earley, no 894/1891, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-71p588j2k).

  44. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Sarah Adeline Earley, no 1011/1891.

  45. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Chivers-Earley, marriage, no 18/1920, Bothwell.

  46. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Sarah Adeline Chivers, no 68597/1980 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-176-68597).

  47. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Sarah Adeline Chivers, 1980, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=60198).

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Rupert Russell Chivers, no 117/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-81p85j2k).

  49. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Rupert Russell Chivers, no 1158/1896.

  50. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Herbert Lawrence Chivers, no 102/1899, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-87p107j2k).

  51. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Herbert Lawrence Chivers, no 1215/1899.

  52. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sheen-Venn, no 565/1870, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-29p309j2k).

  53. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Chivers-Hart, marriage, no 38/1907.

  54. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Chivers, 5 Oct 1925, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29115173).

  55. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Eliza (Nichols/Venn/Sheen/Hart) Chivers, 1925, section A40, site 22-23.