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.
John Colbeck (1788-1875)
Elizabeth Murray (1795-1885)
🏠Property History
Family of John Colbeck and Elizabeth Murray
John Colbeck.
b: abt 1788, England (1); d: 19 Jul 1875, [1-I4] High St, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (1); bur: 23 Jul 1875, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (2).
Spouse - Elizabeth Murray.
b: 1795, Cumberland, England (3); m: 20 Apr 1817, London, England (4); d: 19 Apr 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 22 Apr 1885, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (5).
Children of John Colbeck and Elizabeth Murray:
William Colbeck - b: abt 1819, England (28); No further research carried out on this person.
Sarah Frances Colbeck - b: abt 1822, England (6); d: 23 Feb 1910, Ibbott Vale, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6); bur: 24 Feb 1910, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7). Spouse - John Mears Ibbott, son of John Ibbott and Hannah Unknown, b: 3 Mar 1813, London, England (8); m: abt 1837, Tasmania, Australia; d: 8 Jun 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (9); bur: 12 Jun 1883, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (10).
Rosina Elizabeth Colbeck - b: abt 1825, London, England (29); d: 1874, Victoria, Australia (29). Spouse - William Ballingall Sinclair, b: abt 1813, Scotland (30); m: 10 Oct 1844, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (31); d: 5 Dec 1862, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (30).
John Morris Colbeck - b: abt 1829, England (11); d: 1919, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (11). Spouse - Harriet Martha Chivers, daughter of George Chivers and Martha Inee, b: abt 1837, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); bap: 20 Mar 1837, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); m: 5 Sep 1859, Montacute, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); d: 17 May 1879, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (14).
Hannah Maria Colbeck - b: abt 1833, England (15); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); d: 28 Dec 1867, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (15). Spouse - Richard John Rogers, b: abt 1834, place unknown (17); m: 29 Dec 1855, St Mark's Anglican Church, Pontville, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: date and place unknown.
Henry Charles Colbeck - b: 3 Oct 1835, Tasmania, Australia (18); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); d: 18 Apr 1908, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (19); bur: 22 Apr 1908, St Mary's Cemetery, Gretna, Tasmania, Australia (19). Spouse - Eliza Chivers, daughter of George Chivers and Martha Inee, b: 8 Mar 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20); bap: 29 Jan 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20); m: 8 Mar 1860, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (21); d: 24 Jan 1903, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania, Australia (22); bur: aft 24 Jan 1903, St Mary's Cemetery, Gretna, Tasmania, Australia (23).
George Ibbott Colbeck - b: 22 Feb 1838, Tasmania, Australia (24); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24); d: 15 Dec 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25).
Sophia Colbeck, b: abt 1840, Tasmania, Australia (26); d: 28 Feb 1842, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (27).
Property in Bothwell purchased by John Colbeck
For more information on these properties click on the links under each map.
Complete and downloadable maps of the township are on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Maps - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)
Sources
(1) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, John Colbeck, no 11/1875 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-44p40j2k).
(2) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, John Colbeck, 1875, site unknown.
(3) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Elizabeth Colbeck, no 474/1885 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-54p46j2k).
(4) "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938", ancestry, John Colbeck-Elizabeth Morris, 1817, Westminster (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/10024109:1623).
(5) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Elizabeth Colbeck - Deaths, 22 Apr 1885, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9103843).
(6) Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Sarah Frances Ibbott, microfilm Z1640, RGD17/1/2, no 767/1910.
(7) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Sarah Frances Ibbott, 1910, section A26, site 10-11.
(8) "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", FamilySearch, John Mears Ibbett, 1813, London (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CFLC-ZFN2).
(9) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, John Mears Ibbott, no 46/1883 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-52p49j2k).
(10) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, John Mears Ibbott, 1883, section A26, site 10-11.
(11) New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages), John M Colbeck, death, no 18328/1919, Wagga Wagga.
(12) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Harriet Martha Chivers, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, 20 Mar 1837.
(13) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, John Morris Colbeck-Harriett Martha Chivers, no 3/1859 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-18p2j2k).
(14) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Harriet Martha Colbeck - Deaths, 26 Jun 1879, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8978341).
(15) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Anna Maria Rogers, no 7105/1868, (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-7p257j2k).
(16) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Hannah Maria Colbeck, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 21/1844.
(17) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Richard John Rogers-Anna Maria Colbeck, no 42/1855 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-14p19j2k).
(18) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Henry Charles Colbeck, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 22/1844.
(19) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Henry Charles Colbeck - Deaths, 20 Apr 1908, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12694483).
(20) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Eliza Chivers, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 110/1851.
(21) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Colbeck-Eliza Chivers, no 4/1860 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-19p4j2k).
(22) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Eliza Colbeck - Deaths, 29 Jan 1903, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12268326).
(23) Find A Grave, Eliza Colbeck, 1903 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204839570/eliza-colbeck). Memorial ID 204839570, citing St. Mary's Church of England Cemetery, Gretna, Central Highlands Council, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Tanya V (contributor 49442830).
(24) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, George Ibbot Colbeck, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 23/1844.
(25) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, George Colbeck, microfilm Z2338, burial, NS592/1/1, no 32/1849.
(26) "Householders' Census Returns for Various Districts, arranged by Parishes (CEN1)", Libraries Tasmania, John Colbeck, p219/1842 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CEN1-1-2-219).
(27) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Sophia Colbeck, no 32/1842 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-18p138j2k).
(28) "Despatches received from the Secretary relating to Advances of Emigrants (GO3)", Libraries Tasmania, John Colbeck, p641/1833, 'Ann' (https://stors.tas.gov.au/GO3-1-1).
(29) Victoria Births, Deaths and Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au), Rosina Elizabeth Sinclair, death, no 918/1874.
(30) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, William B Sinclair, no 3627/1862 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-6p240j2k).
(31) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, William B Sinclair-Rosina E Colbeck, no 1229/1844 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-4p14j2k ).