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.

Charles Gossage (1855-1920)
Sarah Hunt (1855-1897)
Susan Timmins (1867-1955)

Charles Gossage - son of Charles Gossage and Ellen Hayes.

b: 26 Apr 1855, Hobart, Tasmania (1); d: 1 Dec 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 3 Dec 1920, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse (1) - Sarah Hunt, daughter of Henry Hunt and Catherine McDonald.

b: 13 Oct 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); m: 31 Dec 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bur: 30 Jan 1897, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).

Children of Charles Gossage and Sarah Hunt:

  1. Charles Henry Gossage - b: 14 Jun 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bap: 9 Sep 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 26 Nov 1935, Queenstown, Tasmania (10); bur: 28 Nov 1935, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (10). Spouse - Mary Gertrude Goldstraw, daughter of Anthony Goldstraw and Mary Darke, b: 13 May 1885, Campbell Town, Tasmania (11); m: 20 Sep 1906, Zeehan, Tasmania (12); d: 1959, Ivanhoe, Victoria (13).

  2. Richard Gossage - b: 13 Aug 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); bap: 4 Jan 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 2 Dec 1918, Gloucestershire, England - died of wounds inflicted in France (16).

  3. Female Gossage - b: 15 Jan 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); d: 15 Jan 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (18).

  4. Female Gossage - b: 15 Jan 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); d: 15 Jan 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (20).

  5. Roland Gossage - b: 22 May 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bap: 18 Oct 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 10 Apr 1947, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bur: 11 Apr 1947, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (24). Spouse - Mary Ann Wylie, daughter of David Wylie and Mary Ann Mason, b: 21 Dec 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); m: 22 Apr 1909, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 1970, Tasmania (27); bur: 1970, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (27).

  6. Merle Kathleen Gossage - b: 4 Feb 1888, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); bap: 23 Jan 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); d: 31 Dec 1971, Tasmania (30); bur: 4 Jan 1972, Malbina Cemetery, Tasmania (30). Spouse - George McCarthy, b: abt 1886, place unknown (31), m: 21 Jul 1910, Queenstown, Tasmania (32); d: 18 Sep 1960, Tasmania (31); bur: 20 Sep 1960, Malbina Cemetery, Tasmania (31).

  7. Vernon Gossage - b: 16 Jul 1891, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); bap: 30 Sep 1891, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 6 Nov 1891, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bur: aft 6 Nov 1891, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36).

  8. Mona Phyllis Gossage - b: 15 Aug 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (37); bap: 10 Dec 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (38); d: 11 Dec 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (39); bur: aft 11 Dec 1893, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (40).

  9. Male Gossage - b: 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (41); d: 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (42); bur: aft 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (43).

Spouse (2) - Susan Timmins, daughter of John Timmins and Janet Myers.

b: 11 Aug 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (44); m: 16 Jan 1905, Bothwell, Tasmania (45); d: 16 Nov 1955, Tasmania (46); bur: aft 16 Nov 1955, New Norfolk, Tasmania (46).

Children of Charles Gossage and Susan Timmins:

  1. Alexander Anthony Gossage - b: 28 Feb 1906, Bothwell, Tasmania (47); d: 26 Oct 1981, New Norfolk, Tasmania (48).

  2. John Eric Gossage - b: 14 Jul 1908, Bothwell, Tasmania (49); d: 10 Aug 1974, Tasmania (48); bur: aft 10 Aug 1974, New Norfolk, Tasmania (50).

  3. Ivo George Gossage - b: 10 Aug 1909, Bothwell, Tasmania (51); d: 13 Feb 1942, Hobart, Tasmania (52); bur: 15 Feb 1942, New Norfolk, Tasmania (53).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of Charles Gossage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Henry Gossage, no 89/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-59p677j2k).

  9. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Charles Henry Gossage, no 626/1881.

  10. TROVE: The Advocate (Burnie, TAS : 1890-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Gossage, 27 Nov 1935, p2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/86563624).

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Gertrude Goldstraw, no 973/1885, Campbell Town (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-64p561j2k).

  12. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Gossage-Goldstraw, marriage, no 1357/1906, Zeehan.

  13. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Mary Gertrude Gossage, death, no 72/1959, Ivanhoe.

  14. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 725/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-60p201j2k).

  15. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Richard Gossage, no 664/1883.

  16. The AIF Project: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918, Richard Gossage, no 3325 (https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=115147).

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 820/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p154j2k).

  18. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Female Gossage, no 46/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p52j2k).

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 821/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p154j2k).

  20. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Female Gossage, no 45/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p52j2k).

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Roland Gossage, no 837/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p545j2k).

  22. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Roland Gossage, no 762/1885.

  23. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Gossage,11 Apr 1947, p14 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26394978).

  24. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Roland Gossage, 1947, section A32, site 4-5.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Wylie, no 817/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p154j2k).

  26. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Gossage-Wylie, marriage, no 29/1909, Bothwell.

  27. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Ann Gossage, 1970, section A32, site 4-5.

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Merlin Kate Gossage, no 855/1888, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-67p089j2k).

  29. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Merlin Kate Gossage, no 893/1889.

  30. Find A Grave, Merle Kathleen McCarthy, 1972, Memorial ID 215235444, citing Malbina General Cemetery, Malbina, Tasmania, Australia, maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215235444/merle-kathleen-mccarthy).

  31. Find A Grave, George McCarthy, 1960, Memorial ID 215235442, citing Malbina General Cemetery, Malbina, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215235442/george-mccarthy).

  32. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, McCarthy-Gossage, marriage, no 1073/1910, Queenstown.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Vernon Gossage, no 880/1891, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-71p587j2k).

  34. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Vernon Gossage, no 996/1891.

  35. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Vernon Gossage, no 43/1891, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-60p50j2k).

  36. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Vernon Gossage, 1891, site unknown.

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mona Gossage, no 110/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-75p108j2k).

  38. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Mona Phyllis Gossage, no 1083/1893.

  39. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Mona Philus Gossage, no 35/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-62_46).

  40. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mona Philis Gossage, 1893, site unknown.

  41. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 126/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-83p107j2k).

  42. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 53/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-66p59j2k).

  43. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Male Gossage, 1897, site unknown.

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

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

  46. 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).

  47. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alexander Anthony Gossage, no 137/1906, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-17/1fa7b253-6c7e-4990-bcc0-5e8a0848bd56).

  48. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Alexander Anthony Gossage, no 16157/1982 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD961-1-31-16157).

  49. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Eric Gorsage, birth, no 144/1908, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-24/8d40139f-6344-40d7-aa7a-80652dff6b97).

  50. Find A Grave, John Eric Gossage, 1974, Memorial ID 235520451, citing New Norfolk Old Cemetery, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, maintained by JandET, contributor 50196868 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235520451/john-eric-gossage).

  51. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ivo George Gossage, birth, no 143/1909, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-26/77b09cd4-ac25-43e5-8b25-906490deb7ae).

  52. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Gossage, 14 Feb 1942, p6 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25887424).

  53. 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).