Bothwell Families
These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s.
You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.
William Horne (1804-1889)
Rebecca Stanton (1813-1864)
🏠 Property History
Family of William Horne and Rebecca Stanton
William Horne. 🧑🏻Individual Timeline
b: abt 1804, place unknown; d: 16 Oct 1889, Rockford, [4-Uu2] Schaw St, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: 18 Oct 1889, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.
Spouse - Rebecca Stanton. 👧🏻 Individual Timeline
b: abt 1813 Dorset, England; m: 7 Feb 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; d: 27 Oct 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: 29 Oct 1864, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.
Child of William Horne and Rebecca Stanton:
William Horne - b: 10 Mar 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bap: 17 Apr 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; d: date and place unknown.
Properties in Bothwell purchased by or granted to William Horne
[2-Qq] Schaw St
[2-Ss2] Schaw St
[2-Uu2] Schaw St
For more information on these properties click on the links under each map.
Complete and downloadable maps of the township are on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Maps - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified) & Bothwell 2 (B38), AF819/1/27 (modified)
Individual Timeline for William Horne (1804-1889)
Abt 1804 - William Horne was born at place unknown.
7 Jan 1833 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Convicted of stealing 50 yards silk from his employer - sentenced to 14 years transportation. Stated this Offence - “Embezzling silk from my employer William Lumberd and Sons of Bowl St, Liverpool. Single.”
28 Jul 1833 - Departed from Plymouth, Devon, England on board the Isabella bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Hulk Report - orderly.
13 Nov 1833 - Arrived at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia after a voyage of 3 months, 17 days. Surgeons Report - good.
30 Dec 1841 - Permission to marry approved for William Horne, Isabella and Rebecca Stanton, Navarino.
7 Feb 1842 - William Horne married Rebecca Stanton at Hobart according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland by Banns; witnessed by Robert Beech and Charles Tonge. William was aged 32, a bachelor and Ticket of Leave holder; Rebecca was aged 28, a spinster and convict.
3 Feb 1842 - Ticket of Leave approved.
10 Mar 1842 - Birth of his son William Horne in Hobart.
17 Apr 1842 - Baptism of his son William Horne in Hobart.
29 Apr 1842 - Attended muster in Bothwell.
14 Feb 1844 - Conditional Pardon recommended.
Mar 1845 - Conditional Pardon approved.
14 Oct 1845 - Named as contributing towards a purse of money presented to Thomas Wilkinson, Esq, from the inhabitants of the district of Bothwell, in testimony of his upright and obliging conduct in the management of the Post-office.
15 Oct 1845 - Named in contributing to a handsome present given to Samuel Barrow, the late Police Magistrate, and congratulating him on his promotion.
26 Feb 1847 - Named as donating £1 to the Scotch and Irish Relief Fund.
1 Jan 1848 - Counted on the census living at [1-12] Alexander St, Bothwell.
William Horne (occupier), James Macdonald (owner), brick house, completed, inhabited.
Male (William Horne), aged between 21 and under 45, married, free person, Church of Scotland, other class.
Female (Rebecca Horne), aged between 21 and under 45, married, holding Ticket of Leave, Church of Scotland, other class.
Male (William Horne), aged between 2 and under 7, single, born in the colony, Church of Scotland, other class.
Male, single, Ticket of Leave holder, Church of England, domestic servant.
24 Oct 1849 - Named in convening a public meeting of the householders and landowners for the purpose of electing road trustees, fix the rate of assessments and making, repairing and maintaining roads in the district of Bothwell.
2 Jul 1850 - Named in the address to Captain George King on his retiring as Assistant Police Manager at Bothwell to assume the duties of Port Officer at Hobart Town.
29 Jul 1852 - Departed from Hobart on board the John William Dare bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
18 Oct 1853 - Foreman at the inquest on the death of Charles Octavius Rainsford at [1-8]Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell.
10 Aug 1854 - [2-Vv] Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne purchased crown land for £65 - 8a 1r 28p.
7 Nov 1854 - [2-Qq] Schaw St, Bothwell. Land granted to William Horne - 17a 0r 32p.
19 Dec 1854 - [2-Vv] Schaw St, Bothwell. Land granted to William Horne - 8a 1r 28p.
28 Dec 1854 - [2-Ss2] Schaw St, Bothwell. Land granted to William Horne - 7a 0r 2p.
4 Jan 1855 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. Land granted to William Horne - 6a 3r 19p.
5 Jan 1855 - [2-Qq] Schaw St, Bothwell. Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Horne upon receipt of £51 11s duly paid to the Crown - 17a 0r 32p.
5 Jan 1855 - [2-Vv] Schaw St, Bothwell. Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Horne upon receipt of £65 duly paid to the Crown - 8a 1r 28p.
16 Jan 1855 - [2-Ss2] Schaw St, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Horne upon receipt of £21 1s duly paid to the Crown - 7a 0r 2p.
19 Jan 1855 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Horne upon receipt of £28 duly paid to the Crown - 6a 3r 9p.
18 Apr 1855 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. William Horne purchased crown land for £42 - 4a 1r 30p [1-M], £24 - 4a 2r 13p [1-N].
18 Jun 1855 - Named as having donated £1 to the Patriotic War Fund.
20 Jun 1855 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. Land granted to William Horne - 4a 1r 30p [1-M], 4a 2r 13p [1-N].
22 Jan 1856 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Horne upon receipt of £42 duly paid to the Crown - 9a 0r 3p.
13 Mar 1856 - Named as the witness in an article advertising the dissolution of the partnership between John Ibbott and George Ibbott.
8 Apr 1856 - [1-12] Alexander St, Bothwell. Named as being entitled to be placed on the Electoral Roll for the District of Cumberland. William Horne (householder), house and brewery, James Macdonald (landlord).
18 May 1858 - [1-12 Alexander St, Bothwell. William Horne (occupier), James Macdonald (owner), house, brewery, annual value £50.
18 May 1858 - [1-E2] Patrick St, Bothwell. William Horne (occupier), Robert Whiteway (owner), brewery, buildings, annual value £20.
18 May 1858 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner, occupier), house, land, 40 acres, annual value £20 - [2-Qq], [2-Ss2], [2-Uu2], [2-Vv].
18 May 1858 - [2-31] Presbyterian Glebe, Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne (occupier), The Queen (owner), 10 acres, annual value £5.
18 Sep 1858 - Witness at the marriage of Dr William Campbell and Marion Monteith Moyes at Bothwell.
27 Jan 1859 - [1-12] Alexander St, Bothwell. Brewer's licence issued.
19 Nov 1861 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell William Horne (owner, occupier), house, barn, cultivated ground, 39a 1r 31p, annual value £26 - [2-Qq], [2-Ss2], [2-Uu2], [2-Vv].
2 Feb 1863 - Received 36 votes in the Election of Councillors for the Rural Municipality of Bothwell, rendering him not elected.
26 Aug 1863 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. Newspaper advertisement.
CAUTION TO THOSE WHO KEEP GEESE AND FOWLS. Poison will be placed on various parts of my two paddocks, situated on the east side of the township of Bothwell, until the grain is taken off, for the purpose of destroying vermin. William Horne. Bothwell, 24th August, 1863.
27 Oct 1864 - Death of spouse Rebecca (Stanton) Horne from cancer of the womb at the age of 51 years at Bothwell.
15 Nov 1864 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner, occupier), house, barn, cultivated ground, 39a 1r 31p, annual value £26 - [2-Qq], [2-Ss2], [2-Uu2], [2-Vv].
15 Nov 1864 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner), cultivated paddocks, annual value £4.
12 Apr 1866 - Newspaper article.
Appeared as a witness at the court case of Charles Benjamin Jones uttering a forged cheque.
1867 - Resided at [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell; occupation - farmer.
1 Mar 1870 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner, occupier), house, out-buildings, ground, 39a 1r 31p, annual value £26 - [2-Qq], [2-Ss2], [2-Uu2], [2-Vv].
1 Mar 1870 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner), arable land, annual value £4.
21 Nov 1874 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St; [1-M,N] High St; [2-Qq] Schaw St; [2-Ss2] Schaw St; [2-Vv] Schaw St. Newspaper advertisement.
FOR SALE. CHEAP. All that property situated in the Township of Bothwell, occupied by the Proprietor, William Horne, comprising about Fifty Acres of Township Land, divided into seven paddocks, all securely fenced and under cultivation; together with the new and substantial five-roomed Stone Cottage, detached kitchen, new stone barn and stable, and all necessary out-buildings. Terms very easy. Apply to Mr Rogers, Murray-street, or to the Proprietor.
19 Mar 1878 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner, occupier), house, land, 39 acres, annual value £24 14s - [2-Qq], [2-Ss2], [2-Uu2], [2-Vv].
19 Mar 1878 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell. William Horne (owner), land, 9 acres, annual value £4 10s.
Bef 8 Aug 1878 - [1-M,N] High St, Bothwell Property transferred from William Horne to William Horne Jnr - 9a 0r 3p.
Bef 8 Aug 1878 - [2-Qq] Schaw St, Bothwell. Property transferred from William Horne to William Horne Jnr - 17a 0r 32p.
Bef 8 Aug 1878 - [2-Ss2] Schaw St, Bothwell. Property transferred from William Horne to William Horne Jnr - 7a 0r 2p.
Bef 8 Aug 1878 - [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell. Property transferred from William Horne to William Horne Jnr - 6a 3r 9p.
Bef 8 Aug 1878 - [2-Vv] Schaw St, Bothwell. Property transferred from William Horne to William Horne Jnr - 8a 1r 28p.
16 Oct 1889 - William died from bronchitis and old age at the age of 85 years at [2-Uu2] Rockford, Schaw St, Bothwell.
HORNE - On October 14, 1889, at Rockford, Bothwell, William Horne, in the 85th year of his age.
18 Oct 1889 - Buried at the General Cemetery in Bothwell.
Individual Timeline for Rebecca Stanton (1813-1864)
Abt 1813 - Rebecca Stanton was born in Dorset, England.
24 Oct 1839 - Bath, Somerset, England. Convicted of stealing money from the person - 10 years transportation. Gaol Report - middling. Stated this Offence - “Stealing money from the person, 3 times in custody; once for assault, one month; again 14 days for assault; again for taking money from the person 4 months. Single.”
12 Oct 1840 - Departed from Downs, England on board the Navarino bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
17 Jan 1841 - Arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia after a voyage of 3 months, 6 days. Surgeon's Report - orderly.
30 Dec 1841 - Permission to marry approved for Rebecca Stanton, Navarino, and William Horne, Isabella.
7 Feb 1842 - Rebecca Stanton married William Horne at Hobart according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland by Banns by Rev Edward Freeman; witnessed by Robert Beech and Charles Tonge. William was aged 32, a bachelor and Ticket of Leave holder; Rebecca was aged 28, a spinster and convict.
10 Mar 1842 - Birth of her son William Horne at Hobart.
17 Apr 1842 - Baptism of her son William Horne at Hobart.
4 Nov 1845 - Ticket of Leave approved.
17 Aug 1847 - Conditional Pardon recommended.
1 Jan 1848 - Counted on the census living at [1-12] Alexander St, Bothwell.
William Horne (occupier), James Macdonald (owner), brick house, completed, inhabited.
Male (William Horne), aged between 21 and under 45, married, free person, Church of Scotland, other class.
Female (Rebecca Horne), aged between 21 and under 45, married, holding Ticket of Leave, Church of Scotland, other class.
Male (William Horne), aged between 2 and under 7, single, born in the colony, Church of Scotland, other class.
Male, single, Ticket of Leave holder, Church of England, domestic servant.
30 Jan 1849 - Conditional Pardon approved.
27 Oct 1864 - Rebecca died from cancer of the womb at the age of 51 years at Bothwell.
HORNE - On 27th October, 1864, at her residence, Bothwell, Rebecca, the beloved wife of William Horne, aged 51 years.
29 Oct 1864 - Buried at the General Cemetery in Bothwell.