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.

George William Ife (1832-1904)
Elizabeth Smith (1832-1873)
Mary Annie Blake (1838-1908)

🏠Property History

Family of George William Ife and Elizabeth Smith (1) and Mary Annie Blake (2)

George William Ife, son of Samuel Ife and Louisa Gill.

b: 23 Jul 1832, Middlesex, England (1); bap: 31 Aug 1832, Chelsea, Middlesex, England (1); d: 24 Mar 1904, 36 Patrick St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (2); bur: 26 Mar 1904, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (2).

Spouse (1) - Elizabeth Smith - b: abt 1832, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); m: 3 Dec 1853, St George's Church, Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia (4); d: 5 Jul 1873, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 9 Jul 1873, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (5).

There were no children in this marriage.

Spouse (2) - Mary Annie Blake, daughter of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden.

b: Aug 1838, Tasmania, Australia (6); m: 2 Dec 1873, Wesleyan Chapel, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 13 Mar 1908, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (8); bur: 14 Mar 1908, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (8).

Children of George William Ife and Mary Annie Blake:

  1. Elsie Sarah Ife - b: 25 Aug 1874, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (9); d: 31 Mar 1899, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (10); bur: 2 Apr 1899, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (11).

  2. George William Robert Ife - b: 1 Jan 1876, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (12); d: 26 Apr 1928, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (13); bur: 28 Apr 1928, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (13). Spouse - Rosina Harriet Bantoft, b: abt 1873, place unknown (14); m: 10 Apr 1907, Dunolly, Victoria, Australia (15); d: 13 Jul 1946, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (16); crem: aft 15 Jul 1946, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (14).

  3. Mary Louisa Ife - b: 7 Aug 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: 27 May 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (18); bur: aft 27 May 1931, General Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria, Australia (18). Spouse - Robert Arthur Horne, b: 13 Mar 1880, place unknown (19); m: 10 Feb 1903, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (20); d: 1 Aug 1950, Victoria, Australia (19); bur: aft 1 Aug 1950, General Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria, Australia (19).

  4. Eleaner Annie Ife - b: 5 Mar 1881, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (21); d: 26 Jul 1942, West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (22); bur: 27 Jul 1942, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (22). Spouse - Harold Edwin Blackwood, son of Archibald Charles Blackwood and Emma Elizabeth Macbeth, b: 2 Jun 1880, Tasmania, Australia (23); m: 25 Dec 1903, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (24); d: 11 Dec 1950, West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (25); bur: 13 Dec 1950, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (25).

Properties in Bothwell occupied by George William Ife

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)

Sources

Sources:
(1) "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", FamilySearch, George Samuel Ife, 1832, Middlesex (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-SSBL-3).
(2) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), George William Ife - Deaths, 26 Mar 1904, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9679814).
(3) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Elizabeth Ife, no 1547/1873, Hobart (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-8p177j2k).
(4) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, George William Ife-Elizabeth Smith, no 526/1853 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-12p201j2k).
(5) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Elizabeth Ife, 1873 (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=289).
(6) Information supplied, Malcolm Ward.
(7) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, George William Ife-Mary Annie Barton, no 543/1873 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-32p284j2k).
(8) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Mary Anne Ife - Deaths, 14 Mar 1908, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12689198).
(9) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Elsie Sarah Ife, no 708/1874 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-11-p564j2k).
(10) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Elsie Ife, no 893/1899 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-68p423j2k).
(11) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Elsie Ife, 1899, (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=11778).
(12) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, George William Ife, no 1718/1876 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-11-p677j2k).
(13) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, George William Robert Ife - Deaths & Funerals, 28 Apr 1928, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29777505).
(14) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Rosina Harriett Ife, 1946 (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=68472).
(15) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Ife-Bantoft - Marriages, 11 May 1907, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9922421).
(16) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Rose Ife - Deaths, 15 Jul 1946, p12, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26187417).
(17) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Mary Louisa Ife, no 20/1878 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-56p494j2k).
(18) Find A Grave, Mary Louise Horne, 1931 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215574163/mary-louise-horne). Memorial ID 215574163, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).
(19) Find A Grave, Robert Arthur Horne, 1880 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215574165/robert-arthur-horne). Memorial ID 215574165, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).
(20) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Horne-Ife - Marriages, 25 Feb 1903, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12258451).
(21) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Eleaner Annie Ife, no 2454/1881 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-12-p393j2k).
(22) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Eleanor Annie Blackwood - Deaths & Funerals, 27 Jun 1942, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25921126).
(23) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Harold Edwin Blackwood, no 667/1880 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-58p348j2k).
(24) "Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930", Libraries Tasmania, Harold Edwin Blackwood-Eleanor Ife, marriage, no 450/1903, Hobart.
(25) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), Harold Edwin Blackwood - Deaths & Funerals, 12 Dec 1950, p16, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26745133).