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.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented.

Samuel Geard (1812-1841)
Elizabeth Schumack (1806-1893)

Samuel Geard, son of Thomas Geard.

b: abt 1812, place unknown (1); d: 14 Mar 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bur: aft 14 Mar 1841, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (1).

Spouse - Elizabeth Schumack/Shoemaker.

b: abt 1806, Martock, Somerset, England (2); m: 20 Mar 1837, Bothwell, Tasmania (3); d: 27 Jun 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 29 Jun 1893, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (4).

Spouse (2) - John Stevens - see Stevens page for more information.

Child of Samuel Geard and Elizabeth Schumack:

  1. Job Geard - b: abt 1837, Tasmania (6); d: 24 May 1914, Zeehan, Tasmania (6); bur: 26 May 1914, Pioneer Cemetery, Zeehan, Tasmania (6). Spouse (1) - Maria Blake, daughter of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden, b: abt 1837, Tasmania (7); m: 17 Nov 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); d: 15 Oct 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bur: 19 Oct 1865, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (9). Spouse (2) - Mary Ann Terry, b: abt 1850, place unknown (10); m: 6 Feb 1869, Hamilton, Tasmania (10); d: 26 Jun 1891, Hamilton, Tasmania (11).

Sources

Sources

Family of Samuel Geard 

  1. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sam Geard, 1841, section A12, site 5.

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Elizabeth Stevens, no 31/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-62_44).

  3. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Geard-Schumack, marriage, 20 Mar 1837.

  4. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Stevens, 29 Jun 1893, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13276363).

  5. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Stevens, 1893, section A5, site 24.

  6. TROVE: The Zeehan and Dundas Herald (TAS : 1890-1922), "Deaths," Geard 25 May 1914, p2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83600917).

  7. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Maria Geard, no 9/1865, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-34p26j2k).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Geard-Blake, no 4/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-18p3j2k).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Maria Geard, 1865, site unknown.

  10. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Geard-Terry, no 124/1869, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-28p78j2k).

  11. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Mary Geard, no 361/1891, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-60p119j2k).