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 Finley (1823- )
Julia Keris (1832-1901)

John Finley.

b: abt 1823, Derry, Northern Ireland (1); d: date and place unknown.

Spouse - Julia Keris.

b: abt 1832, Kilkenny, Ireland (2); m: 2 Jul 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3); d: 29 Nov 1901, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (4).

Children of John Finley and Julia Keris:

  1. Mary Anne Finley - b: 7 Jun 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (5); d: 12 Jan 1930, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6); bur: 14 Jan 1930, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7). Spouse - James Swindells, son of George Swindells and Sarah Smith, b: 17 Mar 1848, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (8); bap: 24 Jul 1848, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (9); m: 13 Dec 1876, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (10); d: 12 Dec 1910, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); bur: 14 Dec 1910, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. (12)

  2. Julia Finley - b: 18 Aug 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); d: 30 Jul 1910; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (14); bur: 1 Aug 1910, Queenborough Cemetery, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (14). Spouse - Frederick James Charles Pross, son of James Pross and Hannah Maria White, b: 12 Jun 1854, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia (15); m: 22 Oct 1877, Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia (16); d: 12 Jan 1929, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (17); bur: 15 Jan 1929, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (17).

  3. Jane Julia Finley - b: 13 Sep 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bap: 29 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19); d: 31 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20); bur: aft 31 Dec 1860, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (21).

  4. Ellen Finley - b: 11 Aug 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (22); d: 14 Oct 1916, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (23). Spouse - John James Turner, b: abt 1855, date and place unknown (24); m: 10 Aug 1880, Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia (25); d: 4 Feb 1928, Invermay, Tasmania, Australia (24); bur: 6 Feb 1928, Carr Villa Memorial Park, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (24).

  5. William Finley - b: 10 Apr 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (26); d: 28 Apr 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (27); bur: aft 28 Apr 1862, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (28).

  6. William Finley - b: 23 Aug 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (29); d: 30 Sep 1926, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (30); bur: aft 30 Sep 1926, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (31).

  7. Eliza Finley - b: 23 Apr 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (32); d: 9 Sep 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); bur: aft 9 Sep 1866, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (34).

  8. Jane Alice Finley - b: 2 Mar 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (35). No further research carried out on this person.

  9. Edward Finley - b: 9 Jun 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (36); d: 1960, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia (37). Spouse - Lillian Jane Cooper, daughter of William Alfred Cooper and Margaret McCarthy, b: 12 Mar 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38); m: 1 Jul 1895, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (39); d: 1942, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia (40).

Sources

Family of John Finley

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON33), John Finlay, no 23843, 'London' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-101/CON33-1-101p81).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Register of Ships' Arrivals with Lists of Passengers (CB7, CUS30), Judith Keas, p276/1854, 'Duchess of Northumberland' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CB7-12-1-1).

  3. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Findlay-Kairs, no 11/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p4j2k).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Julia Finley, death, no 310/1901, Launceston.

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ann Finley, no 21/1856, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p536j2k).

  6. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Swindells, 18 Jan 1930, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29150509).

  7. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Anne Swindells, 1930, site unknown.

  8. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), James Swindells, no 100/1848, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-26-p226j2k).

  9. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, James Swindells, baptism, no 68/1848.

  10. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Swindle-Finlay, no 204/1876, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-35p102j2k).

  11. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, James Swindells, RGD17/1/2, no 771/1910.

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, James Swindells, 1910, section A35, site 29.

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Julia Finley, no 33/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p711j2k).

  14. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Pross, 1 Aug 1910, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10070524).

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frederick James Pross, no 75/1854 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p249j2k).

  16. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Pross-Finly, no 43/1877, Campbell Town (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-36p24j2k).

  17. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Pross, 14 Jan 1929, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24254310).

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Finley, no 39/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37P381J2K).

  19. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Jane Julia Findlay, baptism, no 253/1859.

  20. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Finley, no 13/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-28p4j2k).

  21. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Jane Finley, 1860, site unknown.

  22. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ellen Finley, no 538/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-38p663j2k).

  23. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Ellen Turner, RGD17/1/2, no 820/1916.

  24. TROVE: The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Turner, 6 Feb 1928, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51461359).

  25. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Turner-Finlay, no 159/1880, Campbell Town (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-39p238j2k).

  26. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Finley, no 8/1862, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-40p361j2k).

  27. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Finley, no 5/1862, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-31p25j2k).

  28. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Finley, 1862, site unknown.

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Finley, no 34/1863, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-40p361j2k).

  30. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, William Finlay, death, no 348/1926, Bothwell.

  31. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Finlay, 1926, site unknown.

  32. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Eliza Finley, no 18/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p544j2k).

  33. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Eliza Finley, no 16/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-35p33j2k).

  34. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Eliza Finley, 1866, site unknown.

  35. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Alice Finley, no 11/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p550j2k).

  36. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Finley, no 11/1871, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-49p282j2k).

  37. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Edward Finlay, death, no 22920/1960, Hamilton.

  38. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Jane Louisa Cooper, no 12/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-55p212j2k).

  39. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Finlay-Cooper, no 667/1895, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p375j2k).

  40. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages, Lillian Jane Finlay, death, no 28255/1942, Penshurst.