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.

Henry Hunt (1807-1874)
Catherine McDonald (1833-1887)

Family of Henry Hunt and Catherine McDonald

Henry Hunt. 🧑🏻 Individual Timeline

b: abt 1807, Dartford, Kent, England (1); d: 7 Jan 1874, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (2).

Spouse - Catherine McDonald.

b: abt 1833, Ireland (3); m: 15 Aug 1853 St Luke's Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (4); d: 13 Sep 1887, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 16 Sep 1887, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (5).

Children of Henry Hunt and Catherine McDonald:

  1. Eliza Hunt - b: 7 Feb 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6). No further research carried out on this person.

  2. Sarah Hunt - b: 13 Oct 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 27 Jan 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (8); bur: 30 Jan 1897, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (9). Spouse - Charles Gossage, son of Charles Gossage and Ellen Hayes, b: 26 Apr 1855, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (10); m: 31 Dec 1879, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); d: 1 Dec 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (12); bur: 3 Dec 1920, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13).

  3. Maria Hunt - b: 15 Oct 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (14); d: 27 Dec 1901, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia (15); bur: 29 Dec 1901, St Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (16). Spouse - Hugh McIntyre, b: abt 1853, place unknown (17); m: 11 Feb 1878, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: 11 Jul 1907, [1-8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bur: 19 Jul 1907, St Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (18).

  4. William Hunt - b: 26 Sep 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19); bap: 26 May 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20); d: 7 Aug 1932, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia (21); bur: 9 Aug 1932, Queenstown Lyell Cemetery, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia (21). Spouse - Emma Stock, daughter of James Stock and Sarah Shergold, b: 16 May 1864, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (22); m: 4 Jul 1883, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia (23); d: 23 Sep 1898, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24); bur: 25 Sep 1898, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (25).

  5. Annie Hunt - b: 12 Nov 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (26); d: 13 Sep 1944, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (27). Spouse - Thomas Bishop.

  6. Henry Hunt - b: 24 Nov 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (28); d: 26 Mar 1939, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (29); bur: 28 Mar 1939, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (30).

Sources

Individual Timeline for Henry Hunt (1807-1874)

Abt 1807 - Henry Hunt was born at Dartford, Kent, England. (1)

14 Mar 1842 - Court of Assizes, Kent, England. Convicted of stealing - sentenced to 12 years transportation. Stated this Offence - "Stealing four bushels of potatoes, prosecutor Mr Landale; once for leaving my master, 3 months. Single." (1)

1 Jun 1842 - Departed from Sheerness, Kent, England on board the Waterloo bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. (2)

26 Sep 1842 - Newspaper article.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS. On Friday, the 26th September, the weather was dark and cloudy, and during the night it blew strong from the northward, accompanied with heavy rain; the following morning there was considerably less wind, and the barometer rose from 29 74 to 29 89, and continued throughout the day at the latter point. It however fell again towards the evening, and by midnight it blew a violent gale, with hard squalls of rain. Shortly before four o'clock on Sunday morning, the barometer was at the unusually low point of 29 53, and the gale had increased to a hurricane, accompanied with vivid lightning and loud peals of thunder. At day-break, the Waterloo was riding at anchor not far from the strand. The gale moderated after the thunderstorm, and as the wind was more to the westward, it was generally supposed the Waterloo would be saved. Soon after ten o'clock the wind backed to the northward, and the weather became squally, with rain, when the Waterloo hoisted her foretop mast staysail, (which did not pay the bow round), and in a few minutes she took the strand with the larboard quarter on, and the bow obliquely seaward from the beach. She rolled several times rapidly and heavily, which soon caused her main and mizen masts to go by the board; fortunately, the masts fell shore-ward, and in some degree steadied the vessel, but in fifteen minutes the upper works separated from the bottom, and in less than two hours the ship was in fragments - literally in thousands of pieces. Drowned, by the Wrecked Ship Waterloo - John Cheverton, boatswain; R J Wilson, carpenter; Edward Jones, sailmaker; Joseph Roberts, William Allen, John Cameron, James Healey, Richard Boyes, James Emplick, William Abrahams, John Brown, able seamen; John Dickson, Charles Mackenzie, apprentices; Leivis Soward, boy; 143 convicts; 4 women; 14 children; 15 soldiers. (3)

15 Oct 1842 - Departed from Cape of Good Hope, South Africa on board the Cape Packet bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. (4)

24 Nov 1842 - Arrived at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Surgeon's Report - very good, specially commended.
Description upon arrival: Trade - farm labourer & brickmaker; Height 5' 6"; Age - 22; Complexion - fresh; Head - large; Whiskers - none - Visage - oval; Forehead - small, high; Eyebrows - sandy - Eyes - blue; Nose - long, thin; Mouth - small; Chin - broad; Native Place - Dartford; Remarks - tattooed; scar on forefinger left hand; Religion - Protestant; Read/Write - neither. (1)

19 Dec 1848 - Ticket of Leave approved. (1)

19 Jul 1853 - Permission to marry approved for Henry Hunt, Cape Packet, and Catherine McDonald, Duke of Cornwall. (24)

15 Aug 1853 - Henry Hunt married Catherine McDonald at St Luke's Church, Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Scotland by Banns; witnessed by William Smith and Mary Jane Porter. Henry was aged 32 and a labourer; Catherine was aged 20 and a house maid. (25)

7 Feb 1854 - Birth of his daughter Eliza Hunt at Bothwell. (5)

11 May 1854 - Certificate of Freedom approved. (1)

18 Jun 1855 - Named as having donated 5s to the Patriotic War Fund. (6)

13 Oct 1855 - Birth of his daughter Sarah Hunt at Bothwell; occupation - labourer. (7)

15 Oct 1857 - Birth of his daughter Maria Hunt at Bothwell; occupation - labourer. (8)

26 Sep 1859 - Birth of his son William Hunt at Bothwell. (9)

3 Nov 1859 - Lived at [1-29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; occupation - labourer. (9)

12 Nov 1861 - Birth of his daughter Annie Hunt at Bothwell; occupation - carter. (10)

26 May 1863 - Baptism of his son William Hunt and daughter Annie Hunt at Bothwell. (11,12)

17 Nov 1863 - [1-G5] High St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual value £5. (13)

24 Nov 1863 - Birth of his son Henry Hunt at Bothwell; occupation - carter. (14)

15 Nov 1864 - [1-B5] Dalrymple St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), Robert Whiteway (owner), house, annual value £8. (15)

1867 - Lived at [1-B5] Dalrymple St, Bothwell; occupation - waggoner/carter. (16)

26 Feb 1867 - [1-B5] Dalrymple St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), executors of Robert Whiteway (owner), house, annual value £8. (17)

11 Feb 1868 - [1-B5] Dalrymple St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), executors of Robert Whiteway (owner), house, ground, annual value £12. (18)

24 Dec 1869 - Newspaper article.
MAYOR'S COURT. Mason v Hunt. This was an information laid by the City Inspector, against Henry Hunt of Bothwell for having on the 16th December obstructed the carriage way in Bathurst-street with a waggon. No appearance of defendant who was fined five shillings with costs. His Worship remarked in this, that the Court had no desire to inflict anything more than a nominal penalty which would have the effect of establishing a principle. It was to be hoped it would lead to some remedy for what was no doubt an existing difficulty. People came into town with loaded drays during the night and there was no place to which they could go to leave their drays. Perhaps the difficulty might be met by carrying lights. His Worship regretted to have to take any measure which might appear harsh or calculated to injure business, but the practice will be a very dangerous one and was an undoubted obstruction. (19)

1 Mar 1870 - [1-18] Elizabeth St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), Robert Bonney (owner), house, annual value £10. (20)

7 Feb 1871 - [1-25.3] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), Robert John Nichols (owner), house, ground, annual value £9. (21)

11 Mar 1873 - [1-24] Alexander St, Bothwell. Henry Hunt (occupier), Charles Lewis (owner), Edward Bowden (agent), house, annual value £8. (22)

7 Jan 1874 - Henry died from stoppage of urine producing spasms at the age of 67 years at Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. (23)

Sources

Sources - Family of Henry Hunt:
(1) "Convicts (CON33) - Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 7166, 'Waterloo' (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-30$init=CON33-1-30p94).
(2) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 1/1874(https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-43p35j2k).
(3) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Catherine Hunt, no 986/1887 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-11p124j2k).
(4) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hurst-Catherine Macdonald, no 11/1853 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-12p4j2k).
(5) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Catherine Hunt, 1887 (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=6477).
(6) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Eliza Hunt, no 10/1854 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-32p241j2k).
(7) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Sarah Hunt, no 33/1855 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-33p383j2k).
(8) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Sarah Gossage, no 51/1897 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-66p59j2k).
(9) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Sarah Gossage, 1897, site unknown.
(10) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Given Name Not Recorded Gossage, no 2095/1855 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-5-p172j2k).
(11) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Charles Gossage-Sarah Hunt, no 621/1879 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-38p316j2k).
(12) Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Charles Gossage, microfilm Z1640, RGD17/1/2, no 849/1920.
(13) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Charles Gossage, 1920, site unknown.
(14) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Maria Hunt, no 49/1857 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-35p714j2k).
(15) "Patient Records - Admission Papers (HSD285)", Libraries Tasmania (https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au), Maria McIntyre, no 1797/1901 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/HSD285-1-1797).
(16) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Maria McIntyre - Deaths, 28 Dec 1901, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9576971).
(17) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Hugh McIntyre-Maria Hunt, no 180/1878 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-37p109j2k).
(18) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Hugh McIntyre - Deaths, 18 Jul 1907, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9927870).
(19) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, William Hunt, no 43/1859 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-37p381j2k).
(20) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, William Hunt, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 292/1863.
(21) "The Advocate", (Burnie, TAS : 1890-1954), TROVE, William Hunt - Deaths & Funerals, 8 Aug 1932, p2, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67964043).
(22) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Emma Stock, no 913/1864 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-42p147j2k).
(23) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, William Hunt-Emma Stock, no 246/1883 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-42p149j2k).
(24) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Emma Hunt, no 74/1898 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-67p80j2k).
(25) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Emma Hunt, 1898, section A33, site 17.
(26) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Ann Hunt, no 515/1861 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-39p122j2k).
(27) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Annie Bishop - Deaths, 14 Sep 1944, p10, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26042683).
(28) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 1/1864 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).
(29) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Henry Hunt - Deaths, 28 Mar 1939, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25598167).
(30) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Henry Hunt, 1939, site unknown.

Sources - Henry Hunt timeline:
 (1) "Convicts (CON33) - Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 7166, 'Waterloo' (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-30$init=CON33-1-30p94).
(2) Charles Bateson, The Convict Ships : 1787 - 1868, p366/1842, 'Waterloo'.
(3) "The Courier", (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859), TROVE, Shipping, 25 Nov 1842, p4, c4 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2953505).
(4) "The Courier", (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859), TROVE, Shipping, 25 Nov 1842, p2, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2953500).
(5) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Eliza Hunt, no 10/1854, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-32p241j2k).
(6) "The Courier", (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859), TROVE, Patriotic War Fund, 18 Jun 1855, p3, c4, (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2485531).
(7) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Sarah Hunt, no 33/1855 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-33p383j2k).
(8) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Maria Hunt, no 49/1857 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-35p714j2k).
(9) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, William Hunt, no 43/1859 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-37p381j2k).
(10) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Ann Hunt, no 515/1861 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-39p122j2k).
(11) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, William Hunt, call no Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 292/1863.
(12) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Ann Hunt, call no Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 293/1863.
(13) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p2129/1863 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V9Z1-J).
(14) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 1/1864 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).
(15) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p2077/1864 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3K4).
(16) MacPhail, MacPhail's Directory of Tasmania 1867-68, Henry Hunt, p63/1867-68, Bothwell.
(17) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p467/1867, Bothwell (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK).
(18) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p223/1868 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-JYMR).
(19) "The Tasmanian Times", (Hobart, TAS : 1867-1870), TROVE, Henry Hunt - Mayors Court, 24 Dec 1869, p2, c5 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233618682).
(20) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p357/1870 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VB3M).
(21) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p187/1871 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KSSD).
(22) "Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925", FamilySearch, Henry Hunt, p250/1873 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VV7M).
(23) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt, no 1/1874 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-43p35j2k).
(24) "Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hunt-Catherine McDonald, H-Jul-Aug 1853 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-6).
(25) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Hurst-Catherine Macdonald, no 11/1853 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-12p4j2k).