Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families. You’ll find family trees and historical events specific to the area. While not exhaustive, the information will continue to be updated as research progresses. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material presented.

Simeon Greenhalgh (1821-1895)
Sarah Jane Williams (1833- )

Bibliography of Sources

Simeon Greenhalgh.

Born: abt 1821, Lancashire, England (CON33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 20112, 'China,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-87P75)
Convicted: 13 Aug 1845, Court of Assizes, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; burglary, sentenced to ten years transportation (CON33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 20112, 'China,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-87P75)
Ticket of Leave: 8 Apr 1851, approved (CON33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 20112, 'China,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-87P75)
Conditional Pardon: 10 Feb 1852, recommended (CON33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 20112, 'China,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-87P75)
Permission to Marry: 28 Feb 1855, Sarah Jane Williams, approved (CON52: Greenhalgh-Williams, p156/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-7p044j2k)
Married: 27 Mar 1855, Sarah Jane Williams, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; Simeon: 34, bachelor, farmer; Sarah: 22, spinster, servant; witnesses: Ephriam Talbot, Jane Talbot (RGD37: Greenhalgh-Williams, no 1/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p1j2k)
Conditional Pardon: 31 May 1859, approved (CON33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 20112, 'China,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-87P75)
Residence:  7 Aug 1859, Bothwell, TAS; carpenter (ANG: Simeon William Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 225/1859)
Residence:  6 Dec 1859, [11.1] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; inserted, Miss Sarah Fisher (owner, inserted), house, old school-room, annual rateable value £18 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1859, p1556-1557, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-JT43)
Residence:  14 Mar 1861, Grassy Hut, Bothwell, TAS; labourer (RGD33: Sarah Greenhalgh, no 474/1861, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p116j2k)
Residence:  13 Mar 1866, [14] Elizabeth St, Bothwell, TAS; John Stevens (owner), house, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1866, p692-693, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-VHHJ)
Residence:  1867, Bothwell, TAS; fencer (MCPD: 1867-68, p63, image 121, https:/nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3027675771/view)
Residence:  26 Feb 1867, [6] Elizabeth St, Bothwell, TAS; William Moyes (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p466-467, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK)
Died: 6 Jul 1895, Charitable Institution, New Town, TAS; aged 74, senility; informant: superintendent (RGD35: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 230/1895, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-15p31j2k)
Buried: 8 Jul 1895, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, TAS (MILL: Simeon Greenhalgh, 1895, https:/server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=10214)

Spouse - Sarah Jane Williams.

Born: abt 1833, Hertfordshire, England (CON41: Sarah Williams, no 992, 'Duchess of Northumberland,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-37/CON41-1-37p219)
Convicted: 13 Sep 1852, Quarter Sessions, Surrey, England; stealing, sentenced to ten years transportation (CON41: Sarah Williams, no 992, 'Duchess of Northumberland,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-37/CON41-1-37p219)
Departed: 28 Nov 1852, Woolwich, Kent, England; on board the 'Duchess of Northumberland' (BATE: p370/1853, 'Duchess of Northumberland')
Arrived: 21 Apr 1853, Hobart, TAS (BATE: p370/1853, 'Duchess of Northumberland')
Permission to Marry: 28 Feb 1855, Simeon Greenhalgh, approved (CON52: Greenhalgh-Williams, p156/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-7p044j2k)
Married: 27 Mar 1855, Simeon Greenhalgh, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; Simeon: 34, bachelor, farmer; Sarah: 22, spinster, servant; witnesses: Ephriam Talbot, Jane Talbot (RGD37: Greenhalgh-Williams, no 1/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p1j2k)
Ticket of Leave: 28 Oct 1855, approved (CON41: Sarah Williams, no 992, 'Duchess of Northumberland,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-37/CON41-1-37p219)
Conditional Pardon: 30 Jun 1857, approved (CON41: Sarah Williams, no 992, 'Duchess of Northumberland,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-37/CON41-1-37p219)
No further research has been carried out at this time

Children of Simeon Greenhalgh and Sarah Jane Williams:

  1. Hannah Greenhalgh.

    Born: 6 May 1857, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Sarah Jane Greenhalgh, no 19/1857, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p709j2k)
    Baptised: 29 Sep 1857, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Anna Greenhalgh, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 222/1857)
    Died: 26 Mar 1861, Bothwell, TAS; aged 3, congestion of the lungs; informant: Archibald McDowall, coroner (RGD35: Hannah Greenhalgh, no 304/1861, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-30p28j2k)
    Inquest: 28 Mar 1861, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS (INQ: Hannah Greenhalgh, no 5040/1857, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-45-5040)
    Buried: aft 28 Mar 1861, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: Hannah Greenhalgh, 1861, site unknown)

  2. Ellis Greenhalgh.

    Born: 22 May 1858, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Thomas Smith, friend of the family (RGD33: Ellis Greenhalgh, no 20/1858, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p137j2k)
    Baptised: 31 May 1858, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Ellis Greenhalgh, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 230/1858)
    Died: 31 May 1858, Bothwell, TAS; aged 9 days, weakness; informant: Thomas Smith, friend of the family (RGD35: Ellis Greenhalgh, no 13/1858, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-27p3j2k)
    Buried: aft 31 May 1858, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: Ellis Greenhalgh, 1858, site unknown)

  3. Simeon Greenhalgh.

    Born: 26 Apr 1859, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Simeon Greenhalgh, no 18/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p377j2k)
    Baptised: 7 Aug 1859, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Simeon William Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 225/1859)
    Reports of Crime: 3 Jul 1868, named under "Missing Friends" (ROC: "Missing Friends," 1868, p105, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/POL709-1-5/POL709-1-5P116)
    Reports of Crime: 17 Jul 1868, named under "Miscellaneous Information" Found (ROC: "Miscellaneous Information," 1868, p113, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/POL709-1-5/POL709-1-5P124)
    No further research has been carried out at this time

  4. Sarah Ann Greenhalgh.

    Born: 18 Feb 1861, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Sarah Greenhalgh, no 474/1861, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p116j2k)
    Baptised: 14 Apr 1861, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Sarah Ann Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 2556/1861)
    No further research has been carried out at this time

  5. Lydia Greenhalgh.

    Born: 20 Apr 1863, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Lydia Greenhalgh, no 17/1863, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-41p601j2k)
    Baptised: 3 May 1863, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Lydia Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 290/1863)
    Died: 30 Jan 1864, Bothwell, TAS; aged 9 months, whooping cough; informant: Ellis Love (RGD35: Lydia Greenhalgh, no 4/1864, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-33p2j2k)
    Buried: aft 30 Jan 1864, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: Lydia Greenhalgh, 1864, site unknown)

  6. Eliza Greenhalgh.

    Born: 17 Feb 1866, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Eliza Greenhalgh, no 7/1866, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p542j2k)
    Baptised: 5 Nov 1868, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Eliza Jane Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 388/1868)
    No further research has been carried out at this time

  7. Thomas Edwin Greenhalgh.

    Born: 25 Jul 1868, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother (RGD33: Thomas Edwin Greenhalgh, no 20/1868, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-46p278j2k)
    Baptised: 5 Nov 1868, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Thomas Edwin Greenhalgh, NS1854/1/1, no 389/1868)
    No further research has been carried out at this time

Bibliography of Sources

ANG - Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, Hobart. Microfilm. Anglican Parish of Bothwell (NG613).
BATE - Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships : 1787-1868. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Library of Australian History. 1985.
BC - Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Transcribed from parish registers by the Central Highlands Council, Bothwell.
CON33 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON33). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON41 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON52 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry (CON52). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
INQ - Libraries Tasmania: Findings relating to Coroner's Inquests (SC195). Images. Supreme Court, Registrar's Office (TA42). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
MCPD - TROVE: MacPhail's Directory of Tasmania 1867-68. Images. National Library of Australia. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3027675771/view : 2025.
MILL - Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries. Database. https://www.millingtons.com.au: 2023.
PRES - Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office. Microfilm. Presbyterian Church of Tasmania (NG1965).
RGD33 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD35 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD37 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
ROC - Libraries Tasmania: Reports of Crime, 1860-1933 (POL709). Images. Police Department (TA242). Tasmanian Government. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
TGG - FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925. Images. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2170647 : 2023.