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.
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John Jones (1813-1881)
Bridget Rogers (1819-1912)

John Jones.

b: abt 1813, place unknown (1); d: 27 Nov 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: aft 27 Nov 1881, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Bridget Rogers.

b: abt 1819, place unknown (1); m: 24 Nov 1851, Swansea, Tasmania (1); d: 7 Sep 1912, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bur: aft 7 Sep 1912, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (5).

Children of John Jones and Bridget Rogers:

  1. John Jones - b: 10 Jun 1854, Swansea, Tasmania (6).**

  2. Female Jones - b: 6 Jan 1856, Swansea, Tasmania (7).**

  3. Ellen Jones - b: 28 Mar 1857, Swansea, Tasmania (8); d: 23 Oct 1894, Bothwell, Tasmania (9). Spouse - William Love, son of Ellis Love and Bridget O’Loughran, b: 11 Jun 1854, Hobart, Tasmania (10); bap: 29 Aug 1854, Hobart, Tasmania (10); m: 4 Feb 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (11).**

  4. Catherine Jones - b: 26 Sep 1858, Swansea, Tasmania (12); d: 3 Dec 1936, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); bur: 6 Dec 1936, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (14). Spouse - William Henry Medhurst, son of Trayton Medhurst and Jane Christina Baker, b: 30 May 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bap: 26 Jul 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); m: 3 Jun 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); d: 6 Jun 1937, Hobart, Tasmania (18), bur: 8 Jun 1937, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (19).

  5. Esther Jane Jones - b: abt 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 2 Jun 1943, Hobart, Tasmania (21); bur: 4 Jun 1943, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (20). Spouse - John Baker, son of John Baker and Johanna Hurley, b: 1 Apr 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); m: 16 Jul 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); d: 29 Sep 1917, Hobart, Tasmania (24); bur: 2 Oct 1917, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (24).

  6. Martha Jones - b: 7 Feb 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (25).**

  7. George Jones - b: 14 Sep 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (26).** Spouse - Caroline Smith, b: abt 1863, place unknown (27); m: 3 Aug 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (27).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of John Jones

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Jones-Rogers, no 113/1851, Swanport (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-10p56j2k).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), John Jones, no 44/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-50p48j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, John Jones, 1881, section D8, site 10.

  4. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Jones, 25 Sep 1912, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10249669).

  5. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Bridget Jones, 1912, section D8, site 10.

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Jones, no 289/1854, Spring Bay (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p275j2k).

  7. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Jones, no 345/1856, Spring Bay (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p572j2k).

  8. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ellen Jones, no 600/1857, Glamorgan (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p774j2k).

  9. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ellen Love, no 44/1894, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-63p41j2k).

  10. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), William Love, no 4376/1854, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-3-p691j2k).

  11. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Love-Jones, no 2/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-38p1j2k).

  12. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Catherine Jones, no 639/1858, Glamorgan (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p208j2k).

  13. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Medhurst, 5 Dec 1936, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30126677).

  14. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Catherine Elizabeth Medhurst, 1936, section D7, site 12-14.

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Henry Meadows, no 23/1863, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-41p602j2k).

  16. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, William Henry Meadows, no 294/1863.

  17. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Medhurst-Jones, no 31/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-43p15j2k).

  18. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Medhurst, 8 Jun 1937, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25404212).

  19. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Henry Medhurst, 1937, section D7, site 12-14.

  20. Find A Grave, Esther Jane Baker, 1943, Memorial ID 212837968, citing Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212837968/esther-jane-baker).

  21. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Baker, 3 Jun 1943, p7 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25964402).

  22. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Baker, no 6/1853, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-31p113j2k).

  23. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Baker-Jones, no 34/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p21j2k).

  24. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Baker, 1 Oct 1917, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226334019).

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Martha Jones, no 510/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-38p660j2k).

  26. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Jones, no 500/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p119j2k).

  27. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Jones-Smith, no 32/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-43p16j2k).