Bothwell Families

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Isaac Alfred Harris (1846-1922)
Sarah Ann Shaw (1850-1932)

Isaac Alfred Harris, son of Thomas Harris and Sarah Kinghorne.

b: abt 1846, Tasmania (1); d: 10 Jun 1922, Tunbridge, Tasmania (1); bur: 12 Jun 1922, Tunbridge Cemetery, Tasmania (1).

Spouse - Sarah Ann Shaw, daughter of Joseph Shaw and Elizabeth Williamson.

b: 30 Jul 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bap: 4 Oct 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (3); m: 17 Apr 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); d: 13 Jun 1932, Campbell Town, Tasmania (5); bur: 16 Jun 1932, Tunbridge Cemetery, Tasmania (5).

Children of Isaac Alfred Harris and Sarah Ann Shaw:

  1. Ada Elizabeth Harris - b: 13 Feb 1872, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bap: 19 May 1872, Bothwell, Tasmania (7).**

  2. Phoebe Isabel Harris - b: 26 Aug 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (8).**

  3. Minnie Harris - b: 16 Jun 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); bap: 8 Aug 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (10).**

  4. Florence Sarah Harris - b: 3 Jul 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bap: 30 Sep 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 20 Mar 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); bur: aft 20 Mar 1878, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (14).

  5. Walter Harris - b: 1 Feb 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bap: 2 Mar 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (16).**

  6. Ella Jane Harris - b: 30 Nov 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 2 Jun 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (18).**

  7. Isaac Cecil Harris - b: 20 Jun 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bap: 27 Jul 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20).**

  8. Ernest Harris - b: 21 Sep 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bap: 10 Oct 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (22).**

  9. Sydney Harris - b: 4 Oct 1888, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bap: 10 Feb 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (24).**

  10. Elsie Victoria Harris - b: 4 Feb 1892, Oatlands, Tasmania (25).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of Isaac Alfred Harris

  1. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Harris, 12 Jun 1922, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23559721).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sarah Ann Shaw, no 160/1850, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p234j2k).

  3. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Harris-Shaw, no 486/1871, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-30p271j2k).

  4. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Sarah Ann Shaw, baptism, no 96/1850.

  5. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Harris, 15 Jun 1932, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29959434).

  6. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ada Elizabeth Harris, no 14/1872, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-50p516j2k).

  7. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Ada Elizabeth Harris, no 460/1872.

  8. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Phoebe Isabel Harris, no 21/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p765j2k).

  9. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Minnie Harris, no 13/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-53p463j2k).

  10. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Minnie Harris, no 519/1875.

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Florence Sarah Harris, no 25/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-55p214j2k).

  12. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Florence Elsie Harris, no 560/1877.

  13. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Florence Sarah Harris, no 1/1878, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-47p37j2k).

  14. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Florence Sarah Harris, 1878, site unknown.

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Walter Harris, no 444/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-57p802j2k).

  16. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Walter Harris, no 577/1879.

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ella Jane Harris, no 115/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-59p680j2k).

  18. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ella Jane Harris, no 650/1882.

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Isaac Cecil Harris, no 847/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p157j2k).

  20. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Isaac Cecil Harris, no 724/1884.

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ernest Harris, no 859/1886, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-65p108j2k).

  22. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ernest Harris, no 806/1886.

  23. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sydney Harris, no 886/1888, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-67p092j2k).

  24. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Sydney Harris, no 897/1889.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elsie Victoria Harris, no 1714/1892, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-74p52j2k).