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.

John Hoskinson (1850-1897)
Elizabeth Rooney (1855-1921)

John Hoskinson.

b: abt 1850, place unknown (1); d: 7 Apr 1897, Gundagai, New South Wales (2) ; bur: aft 7 Apr 1897, North Gundagai Cemetery, New South Wales (3).

Spouse - Elizabeth Rooney, daughter of John Rooney and Mary McCann.

b: 22 Apr 1855, Oatlands, Tasmania (4); m: 24 Apr 1871, Oatlands, Tasmania (1); d: 6 Dec 1921, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); bur: 8 Dec 1921, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (6).

Spouse (2) - John Eves, son of John Eves and Johanna Learey.

b: abt 1856, Colebrook, Tasmania (7); m: 29 Mar 1910, Hobart, Tasmania (8); d: 10 Sep 1940, Hobart, Tasmania (7); bur: 13 Sep 1940, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (9).

Children of John Hoskinson and Elizabeth Rooney:

  1. Marion Hoskinson - b: 11 Feb 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 12 Jun 1949, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bur: 14 Jun 1949, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (12). Spouse - John Rowe, son of Thomas Rowe and Isabella Marshall, b: 23 Aug 1869, Hobart, Tasmania (13); m: 12 Dec 1895, Hobart, Tasmania (14); d: 22 Nov 1957, Tasmania (15); bur: aft 22 Nov 1957, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (15).

  2. John Hoskinson - b: 1 Jul 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); d: 17 Jul 1944, Broadmarsh, Tasmania (17); bur: 20 Jul 1944, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (17). Spouse - Ethel Jane Horne, daughter of George Horne and Sarah Manser, b: 3 Aug 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); bap: 12 Aug 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); m: 2 Nov 1907, Hobart, Tasmania (20); d: 10 Nov 1952, Hobart, Tasmania (21); bur: 12 Nov 1952, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (21).

  3. Sophia Ellen Hoskinson - b: 23 Dec 1876, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 10 Aug 1954, Victoria (23); bur: 12 Aug 1954, Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria (23). Spouse (1) - Richard (Allen) Branch, son of Richard Allen and Frances Sims, b: 5 Oct 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); m: 5 Oct 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania - their marriage ended in divorce (25); d: 1945, Marrickville, New South Wales (26). Spouse (2) Charles William Clarence Riseley, son of Charles Riseley and Jane Boucher, b: 1 Feb 1883, Hobart, Tasmania (27); m: 1907, Victoria (28); d: 7 Jul 1971, Victoria (29); bur: aft 7 Jul 1971, Castlemaine Cemetery, Campbells Creek, Victoria (29).

  4. William Robert Hoskinson - b: 23 Jul 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (30).**

  5. Emma Hoskinson - b: 24 Sep 1879, Oatlands, Tasmania (31); d: 23 Apr 1958, Bothwell, Tasmania (32); bur: aft 23 Apr 1958, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (32). Spouse - Edward Hale, son of Thomas Hale and Jane Reid, b: 10 Aug 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); bap: 24 Jul 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); m: 15 Aug 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); d: 3 Aug 1950, Bothwell, Tasmania (36); bur: 5 Aug 1950, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (37).

  6. Thomas Hoskinson - b: 28 Feb 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (38); d: 4 Dec 1968, Tasmania (39); bur: aft 4 Dec 1968, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (39). Spouse - Rosina Horne, daughter of George Horne and Sarah Manser, b: 24 Mar 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); bap: 8 Sep 1889, Bothwell, Tasmania (41); m: 22 Apr 1908, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania (42).**

  7. Edward James Hoskinson - b: 24 Feb 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (43); d: 11 Dec 1961, Tasmania (44); bur: aft 11 Dec 1961, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (44). Spouse - Margaret Katherine Campbell Muir Neil, daughter of James Neil and Charlotte Williams, b: 6 Apr 1887, Kempton, Tasmania (45); m: 29 May 1907, Bothwell, Tasmania (46); d: 23 Nov 1956, Tasmania (47); bur: aft 23 Nov 1956, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (47).

  8. Female Hoskinson - b: 11 Jul 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (48); d: 12 Jul 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (49).

  9. Louisa Emily Hoskinson - b: 19 Aug 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); d: 1981, Glenroy, Victoria (under the name of Louisa Emily Taylor) (51). Spouse (1) - Alfred William Cooper, son of John James Cooper and Annie Maria Swindells, b: 17 May 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (52); bap: 27 Jul 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (53); m: 8 Jun 1909, Glenorchy, Tasmania (54); d: 21 Oct 1937, New Norfolk, Tasmania (55).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of John Hoskinson 

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hoskinson-Roony, no 504/1871, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-30p281j2k).

  2. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Hoskinson, 22 Apr 1897, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9395655).

  3. Find A Grave, John Hoskinson, 1897, Memorial ID 148312149, citing North Gundagai Cemetery, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, maintained by John Vaughan-Jenkins, contributor 48535933 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148312149/john-hoskinson).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Rooney, no 1249/1855, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p488j2k).

  5. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Eaves, 7 Dec 1921, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23472972).

  6. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Eaves, 1921, site unknown.

  7. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Eves, 11 Sep 1940, p9 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25823412).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Eaves-Hoskinson, no 1052/1910, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD1-1-21/RGD1-1-21p00135jpg).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Eves, 1940, Catholic section.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Miriam Hoskinson, no 7/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p761j2k).

  11. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Rowe, 13 Jun 1949, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26629997).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Miriam Marion Rowe, 1949, section B9, site 10.

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Rowe, no 576/1869, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-10-p143j2k).

  14. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Rowe-Hoskinson, no 214/1895, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p134j2k).

  15. Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Rowe, 1957, section B9, site 11.

  16. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Hoskinson, no 15/1874, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-52/RGD33-1-52_214).

  17. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Hoskinson, 18 Jul 1944, p8 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26026062).

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ethel Jane Horne, no 841/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p546j2k).

  19. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alice Jane Horn, no 760/1885.

  20. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), John Hoskinson-Ethel Jane Horne, no 776/1907 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD1-1-18$init=RGD1-1-18p00076jpg).

  21. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Hoskinson, 11 Nov 1952, p14 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27120567).

  22. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Sophia Ellen Hoskinson, no 1/1877, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-55p210j2k).

  23. Find A Grave, Sophia Ellen Riseley, 1954, Memorial ID 145728431, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia, maintained by John Vaughan-Jenkins, contributor 48535933 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145728431/sophia-ellen-riseley).

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Allen, no 28/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p800j2k).

  25. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Branch-Hoskinson, no 14/1892, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-51p6j2k).

  26. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search), Richard Allen Branch, death, no 10342/1945, Marrickville.

  27. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Wm Clarence Riseley, no 569/1883, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-13-p597j2k).

  28. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Riselerf-Hoskinson, marriage, no 2309/1907.

  29. Find A Grave, Charles William Clarence Riseley, 1971, Memorial ID 182610567, citing Castlemaine General Cemetery, Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia, maintained by John Vaughan-Jenkins, contributor 48535933 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182610567/charles-william_clarence-riseley).

  30. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Robert Hoskinson, no 18/1878, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-56p494j2kV).

  31. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Emma Hoskinson, no 1923/1879, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-57p150j2k).

  32. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Emma Hale, 1958, section B6, site 2.

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Hale, no 29/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p546j2k).

  34. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Edward Hale, no 362/1867.

  35. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hale-Hoskinson, no 26/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-55p27j2k).

  36. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Hale, 4 Aug 1950, p21 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26719247).

  37. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Hale, 1950, site unknown.

  38. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Thomas Hoskinson, no 703/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-60p199j2k).

  39. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Thomas Hoskinson, 1968, section A43, site 17-18.

  40. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Rosie Horne, no 833/1889, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-68p522j2k).

  41. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Rosina Horne, no 927/1889.

  42. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Hoskinson-Horne, 23 Apr 1908, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12658160).

  43. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Hoskinson, no 829/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p155j2k).

  44. Find A Grave, Edward James Hoskinson, 1961, Memorial ID 144906893, citing Bothwell Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144906893/edward-james-hoskinson).

  45. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Margaret Cath C Muir Neil, no 1846/1887, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p614j2k).

  46. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Hoskinson-Muir, marriage, no 37/1907, Bothwell.

  47. Find A Grave, Margaret Katherine Campbell Muir Hoskinson, 1956, Memorial ID 144907087, citing Bothwell Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144907087/margaret-katherine_campbell_muir-hoskinson).

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Hoskinson, no 839/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p546j2k).

  49. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Given Name Not Recorded Hoskinson, no 479/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-54p47j2k).

  50. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Louisa Emily Hoskinson, no 884/1887, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p499j2k).

  51. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages, Louisa Emily Taylor, death, no 9458/1981, Glenroy.

  52. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Albert William Cooper, no 14/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p763j2k).

  53. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alfred William Cooper, no 485/1873.

  54. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Cooper-Hoskinson, marriage, no 342/1909, Glenorchy.

  55. Findings relating to Coroner's Inquests (SC195), Alfred William Cooper, no 17668/1937 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-99-17668).