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.
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George Denholm (1838-1884)
Mary Ann Stevens (1843-1912)
George Denholm, son of George Denholm and Sarah Barnes.
b: abt 1838, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 29 Jul 1838, Black Marsh, Tasmania (1); d: 25 Feb 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 28 Feb 1884, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).
Spouse - Mary Ann Stevens, daughter of John Stevens and Elizabeth Schumack.
b: 1 Feb 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bap: 5 Mar 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); m: 7 Oct 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 2 Apr 1912, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bur: 5 Apr 1912, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).
Children of George Denholm and Mary Ann Stevens:
Elizabeth Ann Denholm - b: 18 Oct 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bap: 13 Nov 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (9).**
Sarah Louisa Maria Denholm - b: 11 Jul 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); bap: 18 Aug 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); d: 14 Mar 1954, Dynnyrne, Tasmania (12); bur: 16 Mar 1954, Surges Bay Cemetery, Tasmania (13). Spouse - Walter Charles Patterson, son of George Patterson and Emily Richardson, b: 6 Jun 1862, Sorell, Tasmania (14); m: 20 Mar 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 20 Sep 1942, Glendevie, Tasmania (16); bur: 22 Sep 1942, Surges Bay Cemetery, Tasmania (16).
Ada Clementina Denholm - b: 19 Aug 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 21 Oct 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (18).**
George William Denholm - b: 25 Jul 1871, Green Ponds, Tasmania (19); bap: 15 Oct 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 29 Mar 1938, Hobart, Tasmania (21); bur: 31 Mar 1938, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (22). Spouse - Annie Isabel Knight, daughter of Edward Knight and Annie Munro, b: 19 Dec 1886, Green Ponds, Tasmania (23); m: 16 Jun 1903, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); d: Sep 1968, Tasmania (25); bur: 11 Sep 1968, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (25).
John Stevens Denholm - b: 5 Jul 1873, Green Ponds, Tasmania (26); bap: 24 Aug 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (27); d: 21 Jul 1911, Dunedin, New Zealand (28).
Mary Ann Jane Denholm - b: 14 Sep 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bap: 10 Oct 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (30); d: 25 Feb 1946, Hobart, Tasmania (31); bur: 27 Feb 1946, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (32). Spouse - Harry New Nichols, son of Henry Fortenam Nichols and Mary Ann New, b: 21 Dec 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); bap: 22 Jan 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); m: 11 Dec 1902, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 24 Jul 1904, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bur: 26 Jul 1904, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36).
Alexander Barnes Denholm - b: 13 Sep 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (37); bap: 28 Oct 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (38); d: 27 May 1945, Hobart, Tasmania (39); bur: 29 May 1945, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (39). Spouse - Alice Maud Morrenger Butterworth, b: 25 Dec 1871, Hobart, Tasmania (40); m: 14 Sep 1910, Linda, Tasmania (41); d: 30 Jun 1938, Launceston, Tasmania (42); bur: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Launceston, Tasmania (40).
Charles Edgar Denholm - b: 13 Aug 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (43); bap: 19 Feb 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (44).**
** No further research undertaken on this individual.
Sources
Family of George Denholm
Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, George Denholm, baptism, 29 Jul 1838.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Denholm, no 49/1884 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p52j2k).
Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, George Denholm Jnr, 1884, section A26, site 15-16.
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Mary Ann Stevens, no 19/1843.
Libraries Tasmania: 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.
Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Ann Denholm, no 32/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p067j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Elizabeth Ann Denholm, no 316/1864.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Louise Maria Denholm, no 18/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p798j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Sarah Louise Maria Denholm, no 364/1867.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Patterson, 15 Mar 1954, p16 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27202248).
Find A Grave, Sarah Louisa Maria Patterson, 1954, Memorial ID 198001904, citing Surges Bay Public Cemetery, Surges Bay, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198001904/sarah-louisa_maria-patterson).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Walter Patterson, no 1550/1862, Sorell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-40p529j2k)
Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Patterson-Denholm, no 6/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-48p4j2k).
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Patterson, 21 Sep 1942, p5 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25914055)
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ada Clementina Denholm, no 29/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p554j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ada Clementina Martha Denholm, no 403/1869.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George William Denholm, no 656/1871, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-49p352j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, George William Denholm, no 447/1871.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 30 Mar 1938, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25488068).
Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, George William Denholm, 1938, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=32663).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Anne Isabella Knight, no 1834/1887, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p612j2k).
Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Denholm-Knight, marriage, no 20/1903, Bothwell.
Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Annie Isabel Denholm, 1968, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=53798).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Stevens Denholm, no 658/1873, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p036j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, John Steven Denholm, no 487/1873.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 18 Sep 1911, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10114512).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Jane Denholm, no 21/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-53p464j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Mary Ann Jane Denholm, no 523/1875.
The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Nichols, 26 Feb 1946, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26172351).
Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Mary Ann (Jane) Nichols, 1946, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=38418).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Harry New Nichols, no 497/1874.
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Nichols-Denholm, marriage, no 27/1902, Bothwell.
Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), microfilm Z1640, Harry New Nichols, RGD17/1/2, no 727/1904.
Bothwell Cemetery Records, Harry New Nichols, 1904, section 22, site 1.
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alexander Barnes Denholm, no 33/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-55p216j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alexander Barnes Denholm, no 562/1877.
TROVE: The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Denholm, 28 May 1945, p2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91483457).
Find A Grave, Alice Maude Denholm, 1938, Find a Grave Memorial ID 195918247, citing Carr Villa Memorial Park, Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo (contributor 49949980, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195918247/alice_maud-denholm).
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Denholm-Butterworth, marriage, no 1086/1910, Linda.
The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths," Denholm, 30 Jun 1938, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52213692).
Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Edgar Denholm, no 456/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-57p806j2k).
Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Charles Edgar Denholm, no 593/1880.