Bothwell Families

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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 (3); d: 29 Nov 1901, Launceston, Tasmania (4).

Children of John Finley and Julia Keris:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. Jane Alice Finley - b: 2 Mar 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (35).**

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

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

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.