Bothwell Families

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John Mears Ibbott (1813-1883)
Sarah Frances Colbeck (1822-1910)

John Mears Ibbott, son of John Ibbott and Hannah Perkis.

b: 3 Mar 1813, London, England (1); d: 8 Jun 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 12 Jun 1883, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Sarah Frances Colbeck, daughter of John Colbeck and Elizabeth Murray.

b: abt 1822, London, England (4); m: date and place unknown; d: 23 Feb 1910, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bur: 24 Feb 1910, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (5).

Children of John Mears Ibbott and Sarah Frances Colbeck:

  1. Hannah Ibbott - b: abt 1840, Tasmania (6); d: 7 Nov 1926, Chatswood, New South Wales (6); bur: 9 Nov 1926, St Thomas Cemetery, North Sydney, New South Wales (7). Spouse - Thomas Henry Magrath, son of Daniel Magrath and Mary Unknown, b: abt 1837, place unknown (8); m: 25 Nov 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 24 Apr 1898, Milson Point, New South Wales (8).

  2. George William Ibbott - b: 30 Aug 1842, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 17 Sep 1926, Apsley, Tasmania (10); bur: aft 17 Sep 1926, St Bartholomew's Church Cemetery, Apsley, Tasmania (12). Spouse - Charlotte Jane McDowall, daughter of Archibald McDowall and Charlotte Gill, b: 10 Sep 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); bap: 5 Nov 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); m: 16 Aug 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 18 Oct 1928, Apsley, Tasmania (16); bur: 19 Oct 1928, St Bartholomew's Church Cemetery, Apsley, Tasmania (16).

  3. Alfred Ibbott - b: 31 Jul 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania(17); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 9 Sep 1928, New Town, Tasmania (19); bur: 11 Sep 1928, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (19).

  4. John Augustus Ibbott - b: 25 Jan 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); bap: 28 Nov 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 18 Mar 1923, New South Wales (22). Spouse - Flora Hellman, daughter of Julius Hellman and Ann Pook, b: 1860, Bathurst, New South Wales (23); m: 28 Aug 1878, Mudgee, New South Wales (24); d: 15 Mar 1920, New South Wales (25).

Sources

Sources

Family of John Mears Ibbott

  1. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, John Mears Ibbett, 1813, London (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CFLC-ZFN2).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), John Mears Ibbott, no 46/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-52p49j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Mears Ibbott, 1883, section A26, site 10-11.

  4. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Sarah Frances Ibbott, RGD17/1/2, no 767/1910.

  5. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Frances Ibbott, 1910, section A26, site 10-11.

  6. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search), Hannah Magrath, death, no 19221/1926, Chatswood.

  7. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), "Funerals," Macgrath, 8 Nov 1926, p9 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16316403).

  8. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Thomas H Magrath, death, no 7071/1898, St Leonards.

  9. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Macgrath-Ibbott, no 5/1865, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-24p4j2k).

  10. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, George William Ibbott, baptism, no 24/1844.

  11. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Ibbott, 18 Sep 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29459079).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, George William Ibbott, 1926, St Bartholomew's Church Cemetery, Apsley.

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charlotte Jane McDowall, no 131/1849, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p230j2k).

  14. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Charlotte Jane MacDowall, baptism, no 88/1849.

  15. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Ibbott-Dowall, no 505/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-40p264j2k).

  16. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Ibbott, 19 Oct 1928, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24244910).

  17. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alfred Ibbott, no 19/1844, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p211j2k).

  18. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Alfred Ibbot, baptism, no 25/1844.

  19. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Ibbott, 10 Sep 1928, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29782797).

  20. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Augustus Ibbott, no 68/1847, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p221j2k).

  21. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, John Augustus Ibbott, baptism, no 106/1850.

  22. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, John A Ibbott, death, no 1122/1923, Chatswood.

  23. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Flora G Hellmann, birth, no 4806/1860.

  24. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Ibbott-Hellinann, marriage, no 3863/1878, Mudgee.

  25. New South Wales: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Flora G Ibbott, death, no 2900/1920.