Bothwell Families
These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
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Alexander Denholm (1783-1859)
Margaret Christie (1786-1838)
George Denholm, son of Alexander Denholm and Margaret Christie.
b: 12 Jun 1808, Currie, Midlothian, Scotland (1); bap: 26 Jun 1808, Currie, Midlothian, Scotland (1); d: 1 Apr 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 4 Apr 1884, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).
Spouse - Sarah Barnes, daughter of Jonathan Barnes and Mary Unknown.
b: abt 1814, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England (4); bap: 1 Jul 1814, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England (4); m: 6 May 1836, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 13 Aug 1873, Oatlands, Tasmania (6); bur: 18 Aug 1873, Oatlands, Tasmania (7).
Children of George Denholm and Sarah Barnes:
Jonathan Denholm - b: abt 1836, Tasmania (8); bap: 29 Jul 1838, Black Marsh, Tasmania (8); d: 19 Oct 1920, New Town, Tasmania (9); bur: 25 Oct 1920, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (9). Spouse - Elizabeth Arnett, daughter of Edward Simon Arnett and Elizabeth Wilkinson, b: abt 1835, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (10); bap: 19 Apr 1835, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (10); m: 24 Jun 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); d: 7 Jan 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); bur: after 7 Jan 1865, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (13).
George Denholm - b: abt 1838, Tasmania (14); bap: 29 Jul 1838, Black Marsh, Tasmania (14); d: 25 Feb 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bur: 28 Feb 1884, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (16). Spouse - Mary Ann Stevens, daughter of John Stevens and Elizabeth Schumack, b: 1 Feb 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 5 Mar 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); m: 7 Oct 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 2 Apr 1912, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bur: 5 Apr 1912, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (20).
Alexander Denholm - b: abt 1839, Tasmania (21); bap: 18 Mar 1840, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 26 Jun 1924, New Town, Tasmania (22); bur: 28 Jun 1924, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (23). Spouse - Annie Spurway Smith, daughter of John Smith and Mary Dale, b: 8 Apr 1850, Campbell Town, Tasmania (24); m: 24 Dec 1874, Oatlands, Tasmania (25); d: 11 Jun 1901, Hobart, Tasmania (26); bur: 14 Jun 1901, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (27).
Margaret Denholm - b: abt 1842, Tasmania (28).** Spouse - John Henry Higgins, b: abt 1836, place unknown (28); m: 20 Jul 1864, Pool's Marsh, Tasmania (28).**
Mary Ann Denholm - b: 25 Apr 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bap: 10 Jun 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (30).** Spouse (1) - Charles Malcolm Fawcett Brown, son of James Brown and Elizabeth Robinson, b: 8 Aug 1843, Hobart, Tasmania (31); m: 25 Apr 1867, New Norfolk, Tasmania (32); d: 18 Jun 1868, Brighton, Tasmania (33). Spouse (2) - William Jones, b: abt 1844, place unknown (34); m: 6 Sep 1872, Oatlands, Tasmania (34).**
John William Mirry Denholm - b: abt 1847, Oatlands, Tasmania (35); d: 22 Jul 1853, Pool's Marsh, Tasmania (35); bur: aft 22 Jul 1853, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36).
Euphemia Merry Denholm - b: 13 Apr 1850, Oatlands, Tasmania (37); d: 17 Oct 1928, New Norfolk, Tasmania (38). Spouse - Thomas Warren, b: abt 1847, place unknown (39); m: 24 Mar 1873, Hobart, Tasmania (40); d: 3 Jan 1891, New Norfolk, Tasmania (39).
Sarah Denholm - b: 7 Aug 1853, Oatlands, Tasmania (41); d: 21 Jul 1897, Hobart, Tasmania (42); bur: 23 Jul 1897, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (43).
Jane Denholm - b: 13 Oct 1855, Oatlands, Tasmania (44).**
Rose Denholm - b: 22 Apr 1858, Oatlands, Tasmania (45); d: 14 Jun 1884, New Norfolk, Tasmania (46). Spouse - James Fitzpatrick, b: abt 1852, place unknown (47); m: 21 Oct 1878, Hamilton, Tasmania (47).**
** No further research undertaken on this individual.
Sources
Family of George Denholm
FamilySearch: Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950, George Denholm, 1808, Currie, Midlothian (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4X-H6X).
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Denholm, no 53/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p53j2k).
Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Denholm, 1884, section A27, site 16.
FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Sarah Barnes, 1814, Whitchurch, Shropshire (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY2B-BVR).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Denholm-Barnes, marriage, 6 May 1836.
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sarah Denholm, no 407/1873, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-42p122j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 16 Aug 1873, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8916443).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Jonathan Denholm, baptism, 29 Jul 1838.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Denholm, 21 Oct 1920, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11497302).
FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Elizabeth Arnett, 1835, Liverpool, Lancashire (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFV5-Q2P).
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Denholm-Arnott, no 9/1856, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-15p4j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Elizabeth Denholm, no 1/1865, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-34p23j2k).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Denholm, 1865, section A13, site 15.
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, George Denholm, baptism, 29 Jul 1838.
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Denholm, no 49/1884 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p52j2k).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Denholm Jnr, 1884, section A26, site 15-16.
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Mary Ann Stevens, no 19/1843.
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Denholm-Stevens, 1863, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-22p7j2k).
Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Mary Ann Denholm, RGD17/1/2, no 785/1912.
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Ann Denholm, 1912, section A26, site 15-16.
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Alexander Denholm, baptism, 18 Mar 1840.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 27 Jun 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23744993).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Alexander Denholm, 1924, section A27, site 15.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Smith, no 942/1850, Campbell Town (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p315j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Denholm-Smith, no 616/1874, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-33p316j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 12 Jun 1901, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12841665).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Annie Spurway Denholm, 1901, section A27, site 15.
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Higgins-Denholm, no 615/1864, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-23p319j2k).
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Denholm, no 9/1844, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p210j2k).
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Mary Anne Denholm, baptism, no 14/1844.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Malcolm G F Brown, no 1702/1843, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-1-p438j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Brown-Denholm, no 173/1867, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-26p110j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Charles M G Farnell Brown, no 22/1868, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-37p6j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Jones-Brown, no 533/1872, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-31p296j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), John William Denholm, no 44/1853, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-22p80j2k).
Bothwell Cemetery Records, John William Mirry Denholm, 1853, section A9, site 7.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ephamie Mirry Denholm, no 413/1850, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-28-p593j2k).
Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Euphemia Merry Warren, death, no 1054/1928, New Norfolk.
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Thomas Warren, no 506/1891, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-60p147j2k).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Warren-Denholm, no 216/1873, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-32p126j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Denholm, no 949/1853, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-31p208j2k).
Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sarah Denholm, no 1422/1897, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-15p182j2k).
Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Sarah Denholm, 1897, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=11051).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Denholme, no 1295/1855, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p494j2k).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Rosa Brown Denholme, no 1644/1858, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p315j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Fitzpatrick, 17 Jun 1884, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9022936).
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Fitzpatrick-Denholm, no 186/1878, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-37p113j2k).