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.
Edward Gregory (1810-1885)
Fanny Snooke (1812-1898)
Edward Gregory, son of Isaac Gregory and Elizabeth Culverhouse.
Born: abt 1810, Frome, Somerset, England (FSEB: Edward Gregory, 1810, Frome, Somerset, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDD-LHV)
Baptised: 29 Sep 1811, Frome, Somerset, England (FSEB: Edward Gregory, 1810, Frome, Somerset, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDD-LHV)
Married: 16 Jan 1836, Fanny Snooke, Bath, Somerset, England; Edward: 26, bachelor; Fanny: 24, spinster; witnesses: James Beaton, Lucy Gregory (SMAR: Gregory-Snooke, no 143/1836, Bath, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1048080:60858)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; Edward Bowden (owner), brick, completed, inhabited. Male, aged between 21 and under 45, married, arrived free, Church of England, mechanic/artificer (CEN1: Edward Gregory, p211/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-211)
Police: 16 May 1849, appointed constable (RPE: Edward Gregory, p215, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/ac486-1-1/AC486-1-1_093)
Police: 27 Oct 1849, resigned as constable (RPE: Edward Gregory, p215, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/ac486-1-1/AC486-1-1_093)
Residence: 10 Apr 1850, Bothwell, TAS; tanner (RGD35: Reginald Gregory, no 45/1850, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-18p22j2k)
Juror: 31 Aug 1852, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of James May (INQ: James May, no 2782/1852, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-31-2782)
Juror: 21 Sep 1853, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Evan Lewis (INQ: Evan Lewis, no 3070/1853, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-33-3070)
Juror: 18 Oct 1853, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Charles Octavius Rainsford (INQ: Charles Octavius Rainsford, no 3092/1853, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-33-3092)
Petition: 8 Aug 1857, Waste Lands 1857, signed, currier & tanner (TPP: "Waste Lands 1857," paper 10/1857, https:/www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/PPWeb/1857/HA1857pp10.pdf)
Residence: 18 May 1858, Franklin St, Bothwell, TAS; Rampling John Bale (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £12 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p696-697, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VZVR)
Juror: 15 Mar 1859, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Isabella Robinson (INQ: Isabella Robinson, no 4483/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-42-4483)
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, Franklin St; erased, Rampling John Bale (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £12 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1859, p1556-1557, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-JT43)
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; inserted, Edward Andrews (owner), part of house, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1859, p1556-1557, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-JT43)
Charged: 25 Jul 1860, Lower Court, Bothwell, TAS; overholding tennancy, ordered to quit in three weeks (PS: Edward Gregory, LC49/1/3, image 743, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/LC49-1-3/LC49-1-3P745)
Residence: 20 Nov 1860, [19.3] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell, TAS; Robert Blake (owner), house, annual rateable value £16 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1860, p1882-1883, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VQGX)
Juror: 13 May 1863, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Alfred Williams (INQ: Alfred Williams, no 5511/1863, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-47-5511)
Foreman: 8 Nov 1864, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS, inquest of James Hastie (INQ: James Hastie, no 5792/1864, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-49-5792)
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, [19.3] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell, TAS; Robert Blake (owner), house, annual rateable value £15 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1864, p2076-2077, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3K4)
Juror: 22 Mar 1866, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Ellen Clarke (INQ: Ellen Clarke, no 6033/1866, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-50-6033)
Juror: 7 Jul 1866, Council Chambers, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Charles Warner (INQ: Charles Warner, no 6095/1866, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-50-6095)
Juror: 1 Dec 1866, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of William Whittaker (INQ: William Whittaker, no 6157/1866, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-51-6157)
Residence: 1867, Bothwell, TAS; currier (MCPD: 1867-68, p63, image 121, https:/nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3027675771/view)
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, [11.2] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; Miss Elizabeth Fisher (owner), house, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p466-467, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK)
Foreman: 16 May 1867, [F1] White Hart Inn, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, inquest of Julia Craig (INQ: Julia Craig, no 6246/1867, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-51-6246)
Died: 1 Jul 1885, Deloraine, TAS; aged 75, paralysis; informant: D K Harley, undertaker (RGD35: Edward Gregory, no 569/1885, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-54p65j2k)
Spouse - Fanny Snooke.
Born: abt 1812, England (RGD35: Fanny Gregory, no 484/1898, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-67p168j2k)
Married: 16 Jan 1836, Edward Gregory, Bath, Somerset, England; Edward: 26, bachelor; Fanny: 24, spinster; witnesses: James Beaton, Lucy Gregory (SMAR: Gregory-Snooke, no 143/1836, Bath, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1048080:60858)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; female, aged between 21 and under 45, married, arrived free, Church of England (CEN1: Edward Gregory, p211/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-211)
Assaulted: 7 Feb 1849, by Eleanor Norton (PS: Eleanor Norton, LC49/1/1, p485, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/lc49-1-1/LC49-1-1P534)
Died: 19 Sep 1898, Longford, TAS; aged 86, senility; informant: E J Gregory, grandson (RGD35: Fanny Gregory, no 484/1898, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-67p168j2k)
Children of Edward Gregory and Fanny Snooke:
William Gregory.
Born: 29 Jan 1843, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: William Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 102/1850)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; male, aged between 2 and under 7, born in the colony, Church of England (CEN1: Edward Gregory, p211/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-211)
Baptised: 10 Apr 1850, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: William Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 102/1850)
No further research has been carried out at this timeEmmeline Gregory.
Born: 22 Sep 1845, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Edward Gregory, father, currier (RGD33: Emmeline Gregory, no 44/1845, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p216j2k)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; female, aged between 2 and under 7, born in the colony, Church of England (CEN1: Edward Gregory, p211/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-211)
Baptised: 10 Apr 1850, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Emaline Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 103/1850)
No further research has been carried out at this timeClara Frances Gregory.
Born: 16 Sep 1847, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Edward Gregory, father, tanner (RGD33: Clara Frances Gregory, no 84/1847, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p223j2k)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; female, aged under 2, born in the colony, Church of England (CEN1: Edward Gregory, p211/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-211)
Baptised: 10 Apr 1850, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Clara Frances Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 104/1850)
No further research has been carried out at this timeReginald Gregory.
Born: 18 Jul 1849, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Edward Gregory, father, constable (RGD33: Reginald Gregory, no 128/1849, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p230j2k)
Baptised: 31 Jul 1849, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Reginald Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 90/1849)
Died: 10 Feb 1850, Bothwell, TAS; aged 6 months, consumption; informant: Edward Gregory, father (RGD35: Reginald Gregory, no 45/1850, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-18p22j2k)
Buried: aft 10 Feb 1850, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: Reginald Gregory, 1850, site unknown)Alfred Perry Gregory.
Born: 4 Dec 1851, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Edward Gregory, father, currier (RGD33: Alfred Perry Gregory, no 26/1851, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-29-p719j2k)
Baptised: 1 Jan 1852, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Alfred Perry Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 117/1851)
No further research has been carried out at this timeJohn Arthur Gregory.
Born: 18 Jul 1854, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Edward Gregory, father, currier (RGD33: John Arthur Gregory, no 29/1854, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p244j2k)
Baptised: 14 Mar 1855, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: John Arthur Gregory, NS1854/1/1, no 138/1855)
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).
BC - Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Transcribed from parish registers by the Central Highlands Council, Bothwell.
CEN1 - Libraries Tasmania: Census Returns for Various Districts, Tasmania (CEN1). Images. Census Commission (TA59). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
FSEB - FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Database. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014 : 28 Jul 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.
PS - Libraries Tasmania: Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions, Bothwell (LC49). Images. Bothwell Lower Courts (TA1036). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
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.
RPE - Libraries Tasmania: Register of Police Establishments (AC486). Images. Police Department (TA242). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
SMAR - ancestry: Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914. Images. Anglican Parish Registers. Marriage Bonds and Allegations. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England. https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60858 : 2023.
TGG - FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925. Images. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2170647 : 2023.
TPP - Tasmanian Parliamentary Papers 1856-1901. Parliament of Tasmania. Images. Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/PPWeb : 2023.