Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
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Charles Gossage (1821-1889)
Ellen Hayes (1825-1920)

Charles Gossage.

b: abt 1821, place unknown (1); d: 14 Jan 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bur: 16 Jan 1889, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (2).

Spouse - Ellen Hayes.

b: abt 1825, Cork, Ireland (3); m: 6 Aug 1849, Hobart, Tasmania (4); d: 9 Aug 1920, New Zealand (5).

Children of Charles Gossage and Ellen Hayes:

  1. Richard Ingram Gossage - b: 16 Jul 1850, Hobart, Tasmania (6); d: 1933, New Zealand (7). Spouse - Margaret Smith, b: abt 1858, place unknown (8); m: 1885, New Zealand (9); d: 1896, New Zealand (8)

  2. Margaret Gossage - b: 21 Sep 1852, Hobart, Tasmania (10); d: 27 Dec 1853, Hobart, Tasmania (11).

  3. Charles Gossage - b: 26 Apr 1855, Hobart, Tasmania (12); d: 1 Dec 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania (13). Spouse - (1) Sarah Hunt, daughter of Henry Hunt and Catherine McDonald, b: 13 Oct 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); m: 31 Dec 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); bur: 30 Jan 1897, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (17). Spouse - (2) Susan Timmins, daughter of John Timmins and Janet Myers, b: 11 Aug 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); m: 16 Jan 1905, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); d: 16 Nov 1955, Tasmania (20); bur: aft 16 Nov 1955, New Norfolk, Tasmania (20).

  4. Mary Ann Gossage - b: 9 May 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 6 Oct 1932, Glenora, Tasmania (22); bur: 8 Oct 1932, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania (22). Spouse - William Bumford, b: abt 1860, place unknown (23); m: 1 Apr 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); d: 27 Jan 1933, New Town, Tasmania (24); bur: 30 Jan 1933, Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Tasmania (24).

  5. Jennie Gossage - b: abt 1866, Tasmania (25); d: 10 May 1906, Tasmania (25); bur: 12 May 1906, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (26). Spouse - Albert Ray, b: abt 1860, place unknown (27); m: 11 Sep 1895, Hobart, Tasmania (27); d: Jul 1929, Tasmania (28); bur: 26 Jul 1929, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (28).

  6. Ellen Gossage - b: 28 Aug 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (29).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of Charles Gossage

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Charles Gossage, no 545/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-58p56j2k).

  2. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Gossage, 1920, site unknown.

  3. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41), Ellen Hayes, no 669, 'Waverley' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/con41-1-14/con41-1-14p56).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Goosage-Hayes, no 21/1849, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-8p109j2k).

  5. New Zealand: Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Ellen Gossage, death, no 4286/1920.

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Ingram Gossage, no 2588/1850, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-3-p293j2k).

  7. New Zealand: Births, Deaths & Marriages Online, Richard Ingram Gossage, death, no 8899/1933.

  8. New Zealand: Births, Deaths & Marriages Online, Margaret Gossage, death, no 1375/1896.

  9. New Zealand: Births, Deaths & Marriages Online, Ingram Gossage-Smith, marriage, no 3632/1885.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Margaret Gossage, no 1808/1852, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-4-p513j2k).

  11. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Margaret Gossage, no 696/1853, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-4p71j2k).

  12. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 2095/1855, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-5-p172j2k).

  13. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Charles Gossage, RGD17/1/2, no 849/1920.

  14. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Hunt, no 33/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p383j2k).

  15. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Gossage-Hunt, no 621/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-38p316j2k).

  16. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sarah Gossage, no 51/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-66p59j2k).

  17. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Gossage, 1897, site unknown.

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Susan Timmins, no 17/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-45p798j2k).

  19. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Gossage-Timmins, 6 Feb 1905, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12290159).

  20. Find A Grave, Susan Gossage, 1955, Memorial ID 235520453, citing New Norfolk Old Cemetery, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, maintained by JandET, contributor 50196868 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235520453/susan-gossage).

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Gossage, no 523/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-38p662j2k).

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Bumford, 7 Oct 1932, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24724910).

  23. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Bumford-Gossage, no 33/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p20j2k).

  24. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Bumford, 20 Jan 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24694878).

  25. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Ray, 11 May 1906, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12757369).

  26. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Jennie Ray, 1906, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=14691).

  27. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Ray-Gossage, no 255/1895, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p157j2k).

  28. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Albert Nicholas Ray, 1929, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=26619).

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ellen Gossage, no 22/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p798j2k).