Bothwell Families
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Henry Mylam Cockerill (1806-1873)
Eliza Vincent (1816-1864)
Henry Mylam Cockerill, son of Edward Cockerill and Susan Beels.
b: 2 Mar 1806, London, England (1); d: 20 Feb 1873, New Town, Tasmania (2); bur: 22 Feb 1873, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (3).
Spouse (1) - Eliza Vincent, daughter of John Vincent and Susannah Rivers.
b: 4 Oct 1816, Stepney, London, England (4); bap: 14 Jul 1822, Stepney, London, England (4); m: 15 Jun 1832, Green Ponds, Tasmania (5); d: 20 Jun 1864, New Norfolk, Tasmania (6).
Children of Henry Mylam Cockerill and Eliza Vincent:
Henry William Cockerill - b: 28 Jan 1834, Green Ponds, Tasmania (7); bap: 2 Apr 1834, Green Ponds, Tasmania (7); d: 29 Nov 1925, Cygnet, Tasmania (8).
Charles Cockerill - b: abt 1835, Tasmania (9); d: 12 Nov 1920, New Norfolk, Tasmania (9); bur: 13 Nov 1920, New Norfolk, Tasmania (9). Spouse - Matilda Fisher, daughter of James Fisher and Naomi Geard, b: 25 Oct 1842, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); bap: 7 Jun 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); m: 17 May 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); d: 19 Aug 1923, New Norfolk, Tasmania (12); bur: 21 Aug 1923, New Norfolk, Tasmania (12).
Eliza Cockerill - b: 11 Dec 1837, New Norfolk, Tasmania (13).**
Frederick Cockerill - b: 24 Feb 1840, Bothwell, Tasmania (14).**
Martha Anna Cockerill - b: 14 Oct 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania (15).**
Jane Maria Cockerill - b: 30 Jul 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); d: 17 Nov 1853, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia (17).
Dennis Jones Cockerill - b: 1 Aug 1845, Bothwell, Tasmania (18).**
Edward James Cockerill - b: 16 Apr 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (19).**
Matilda Cockerill - b: 16 Mar 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); bap: 22 Feb 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (21).**
John Francis Cockerill - b: 10 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (22).**
Caroline Cockerill - b: 4 Nov 1852, New Norfolk, Tasmania (23); d: 12 Aug 1855, New Norfolk, Tasmania (24).
Francis George Cockerill - b: 2 Aug 1854, New Norfolk, Tasmania (25).**
Emma Louise Cockerill - b: 7 Nov 1856, New Norfolk, Tasmania (26).**
Alfred Gower Cockerill - b: 27 Sep 1858, New Norfolk, Tasmania (27).**
Alice Ellen Cockerill - b: 11 Apr 1861, New Norfolk, Tasmania (28); d: 5 Nov 1931, Hobart, Tasmania (29); bur: 7 Nov 1931, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (29).
Spouse (2) - Alicia Macleay
b: Abt 1818, England (30); m: 31 Jan 1866, Colebrook, Tasmania (31); d: 26 Apr 1894, Hobart, Tasmania (30); bur: 28 Apr 1894, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (32).
** No further research undertaken on this individual.
Sources
Family of Henry Mylam Cockerill
Information supplied, unknown source.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Henry Mylam Cockerill, no 1322/1873, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-8p153j2k).
Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Henry M Cockerill, 1873, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=139).
FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Eliza Vincent, 1822, Stepney, London (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW8N-Z9Y).
Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Marriage Register (Pre-Civil Registration) (RGD36), Cockerill-Vincent, no 2037/1832, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD36-1-2p70j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Eliza Cockerill, no 361/1864, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-33p99j2k).
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Henry William Cockerell, no 5897/1834, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-2-p314j2k).
Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Henry William Cockerill, death, no 979/1925, Cygnet.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Cockerill, 13 Nov 1920, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11500907).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Matilda Fisher, no 32/1843.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cockerill-Fisher, no 5/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-17p4j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Cockerill, 20 Aug 1923, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23680438).
Information supplied, unknown source.
Records of the Anglican Parish of Brighton (NS751), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2338, NS751/1/6, Frederick Cockerill, baptism, no 32/1842.
Records of the Anglican Parish of Brighton (NS751), microfilm Z2338, NS751/1/6, Martha Anna Cockerill, baptism, no 33/1842.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Corkerill, no 182/1843, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-27-p417j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Maria Cockerill, no 188/1853, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-22p76j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Dennis Jones Cockerill, no 39/1845, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p215j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward James Cockerill, no 74/1847, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p222j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Cockerill, no 122/1849, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p229j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Matilda Cockerill, no 94/1850.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Francis Cockerill, no 4/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-29-p716j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Cockerill, no 861/1853, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-31p198j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Caroline Cockerill, no 266/1855, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-24p76j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Francis George Cockerill, no 1009/1854, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p334j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Emma Louise Cockerill, no 1246/1856, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p652j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alfred Gower Cockerill, no 1608/1858, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p311j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alice Ellen Cockerill, no 1663/1861, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p242j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Cockerill, 7 Nov 1931, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29931331).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Alicia Cockerill, no 1053/1894, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-14p130j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Cockerill-Macleay, no 486/1866, Richmond (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-25p276j2k).
Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Alecia Cockerill, 1894, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=9706).