Charles Manser (1822-1910)

Born: Abt 1822, Strood, Kent, England
Died: 24 January 1910, Bothwell, Tasmania
Parents: Unknown

Spouse: Sarah Edwards (1827-1894)

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Residences & Properties

CHARLES MANSER.

Born: abt 1822, Strood, Kent, England.

Convicted: 2 Jul 1840, Quarter Sessions, Maidstone, Kent, England; stealing fowls, sentenced to seven years transportation.

Departed: 16 Dec 1840, Sheerness, Kent, England; on board the Duncan.

Arrived: 18 Apr 1841, Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, Australia.

Ticket of Leave: 24 Oct 1844, approved.

Certificate of Freedom: 26 Feb 1847, approved.

Census: 1 Jan 1848, Shannon; Charles Manser, Nathan Elliott (owner), wood, completed, inhabited. Male, aged between 21 and under 45, single, Church of England, shepherd.

Charged: 7 Sep 1849, Lower Court, Bothwell; feloniously receiving one bundle of straw.

Permission to Marry: 31 Dec 1849, Sarah Edwards, approved.

Married: 22 Jan 1850, Sarah Edwards, St Mark's Church, Pontville; Charles: 28, bachelor, shoemaker; Sarah: 23, spinster; witnesses: John Hopkins, Mary Ann Hopkins.

Residence:  2 Jan 1851, Blue Hills, Bothwell; shepherd.

Juror: 11 Feb 1854, Police Office, Bothwell; inquest of George Clarke.

Conveyed: 10 Aug 1854, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; purchased 10a 1r 15p of Crown Land for £72.

Land Grant: 19 Dec 1854, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; in consideration of £72.

Article: 26 Jul 1856, named under "To Thomas Lloyd Gellibrand, Esq."

Charged: 17 Aug 1857, Lower Court, Bothwell; unlawfully and maliciously cut down five trees with Samuel Ayers, the property of Archibald McDowall.

Residence:  18 May 1858, Elizabeth St, Bothwell, TAS; owner, house, annual rateable value £10.

Land: 18 May 1858, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; owner, annual rateable value £4.

Residence:  21 Dec 1858, Elizabeth St, Bothwell; erased, house, annual rateable value £10.

Land: 21 Dec 1858, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell, TAS; erased, annual rateable value £4.

Residence:  21 Dec 1858, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; inserted, house, annual rateable value £4.

Residence:  6 Dec 1859, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; erased, house, annual rateable value £4.

Residence:  20 Nov 1860, Cluny, Bothwell.

Residence:  22 Jun 1861, Cluny, Bothwell; shepherd.

Property: 19 Nov 1861, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; owner, house, annual rateable value £7.

Residence:  14 Jul 1863, Cluny, Bothwell; shepherd.

Residence:  26 Feb 1867, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; owner, house, annual rateable value £10.

Reports of Crime: 30 Aug 1867, named under "Bothwell Municipality." Stolen.

Advertisement: 17 Aug 1869, "Notice." Caution against credit for wife.

Reports of Crime: 6 May 1870, named under "Bothwell Municipality." Stolen.

Reports of Crime: 13 May 1870, named under "Miscellaneous Information." Robbery.

Land Grant: 22 Aug 1871, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; enrolled upon payment of £72.

Conveyed: bef 21 Sep 1871, [Oo1] Wilmot St, Bothwell; 10a 1r 15p to Richard Allen for £80; a deed has not been located.

Juror: 31 Jul 1877, Apsley; inquest of Alexander Wylie.

Article: 3 Aug 1877, named under "Bothwell." Inquest of Alexander Wylie.

Conveyed: 20 Sep 1894, [Tt] Adelaide St, Bothwell; 13a 2r 17p from Charles Edward Andrews for £40.

Article: 2 Nov 1894, named under "Bothwell." Breaking and entering by Richard Branch.

Land: 2 Aug 1898, [Tt] Adelaide St, Bothwell; inserted, capital value £30, annual rateable value £1.

Residence:  28 Mar 1899, [Tt] Adelaide St, Bothwell; owner, cottage, capital value £150, annual rateable value £8.

Died: 24 Jan 1910, Bothwell, TAS; aged 88, senile decay.

Buried: 26 Jan 1910, Bothwell Public Cemetery.

Spouse - SARAH EDWARDS.

Born: abt 1827, Shropshire, England.

Convicted: 3 Jan 1848, Salop, Shropshire, England; stealing, sentenced to seven years’ transportation.

Departed: 30 Apr 1848, London, England; on board the Tory.

Arrived: 6 Aug 1848, Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, Australia.

Permission to Marry: 31 Dec 1849, Charles Manser, approved.

Married: 22 Jan 1850, Charles Manser, St Mark's Church, Pontville; Charles: 28, bachelor, shoemaker; Sarah: 23, spinster; witnesses: John Hopkins, Mary Ann Hopkins.

Advertisement: 17 Aug 1869, "Notice." Caution against credit for wife.

Died: 2 Mar 1894, Hobart; aged 67, fatty degeneration of the heart & chronic cystitis.

Buried: 3 Mar 1894, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.

MANSER - On Friday morning, March 2, 1894, at her late residence, Hill-street, Sarah, the wife of Charles Manser, senior, Bothwell. [TROVE]

Children of Charles Manser and Sarah Edwards:

  1. Sarah Manser.

    Born: 24 Dec 1850, Bothwell, TAS.

  2. Charles William Manser.

    Born: 11 Sep 1852, Bothwell.
    Baptised: 3 Oct 1852, Bothwell.
    Married: 25 Dec 1874, Emma Matilda Moodie, residence of Mrs Mary Jones, Bothwell; Charles: 22, bachelor, shepherd; Emma: 21, spinster; witnesses: William Branch, Emma Maria Branch.
    Article: 2 Nov 1894, named under "Bothwell." Richard Branch charged.
    Died: Apr 1938, Tasmania; aged 85.
    Buried: 5 Apr 1938, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.

    Spouse - Emma Matilda Moodie, daughter of Adam Moodie and Maria Unknown.

    Born: 8 Aug 1853, Hobart.
    Baptised: 5 Feb 1854, Hobart.
    Married: 25 Dec 1874, Charles William Manser, residence of Mrs Mary Jones, Bothwell; Charles: 22, bachelor, shepherd; Emma: 21, spinster; witnesses: William Branch, Emma Maria Branch.
    Marriage Witness: 24 Jan 1878, William Manser & Sarah Jackman, [25.3] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell.
    Died: 16 Feb 1931, Bothwell; aged 77.
    Buried: 18 Feb 1931, Bothwell Public Cemetery.
    MANSER - On February 16, 1931, at Bothwell, Emma, dearly beloved wife of Charles William Manser, aged 76 years. [TROVE]

  3. William Manser.

    Born:25 Aug 1854, Bothwell.

  4. Sabina Manser.

    Born: 31 Oct 1856, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Manser, mother.
    Baptised: 2 May 1858, Bothwell.
    Married: 17 Apr 1883, William Thomas Webster, Campbell Town; William: 27, bachelor; Sabina: 26, spinster; witnesses: Edward Albert See, Amelia W Dove.
    WEBSTER-MANSER - On the 17th April, 1883, at Kirklands, by the Rev A Michie, William Thomas Webster, late of London, England, to Selina Manser, second daughter of Charles Manser, Bothwell. [TROVE]
    Died: 2 Apr 1946, Thorpe, Bothwell.
    Buried: 4 Apr 1946, Bothwell Public Cemetery.
    WEBSTER - On April 2, 1946, at her son's residence, Thorpe, Bothwell, Sabina, wife of the late William Gilbert Webster, in her 90th year. [TROVE]

    Spouse - William Thomas Webster.

    Born: abt 1856, London, England.
    Married: 17 Apr 1883, Sabina Manser, Campbell Town; William: 27, bachelor; Sabina: 26, spinster; witnesses: Edward Albert See, Amelia W Dove.
    Married: 17 Apr 1883, William Thomas Webster, Campbell Town; William: 27, bachelor; Sabina: 26, spinster; witnesses: Edward Albert See, Amelia W Dove.
    WEBSTER-MANSER - On the 17th April, 1883, at Kirklands, by the Rev A Michie, William Thomas Webster, late of London, England, to Selina Manser, second daughter of Charles Manser, Bothwell. [TROVE]
    Residence:  19 Feb 1895, [14.2] Elizabeth St, Bothwell; Robert Swindells (owner), house, annual rateable value £5.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  5. Mary Ann Manser.

    Born: 20 Feb 1859, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Manser, mother.
    Baptised: 22 May 1859, Bothwell.
    Died: 4 Jun 1875, Hobart; aged 16, tubercular spinal meningitis.
    Buried: 9 Jun 1875, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.

  6. Jane Manser.

    Born: 9 Jun 1861, Bothwell; informant: Charles Manser, father, shepherd.
    Baptised: 24 Nov 1861, Bothwell.
    Married: 12 Apr 1885, Alfred Smith, Hobart; Alfred: 34, bachelor, bootmaker; Jane: 23, spinster; witnesses: Florence Minnie Manser, Alfred Manser, George Barnard.
    Died: 29 May 1930, Hobart; aged 68.
    Buried: 31 May 1930, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
    SMITH - Passed peacefully away on May 29, 1930, at her residence, 215 Collins Street, Jane, widow of the late Alfred Smith, of Hobart, and fourth daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Manser, of Bothwell. [TROVE]

    Spouse - Alfred Smith.

    Born: abt 1851, place unknown.
    Married: 12 Apr 1885, Jane Manser, Hobart; Alfred: 34, bachelor, bootmaker; Jane: 23, spinster; witnesses: Florence Minnie Manser, Alfred Manser, George Barnard.
    Died: 16 Mar 1910, Tasmania; aged 59.
    SMITH - On March 16, 1910, Alfred (Tas), beloved husband of Jane Smith, of 45 Molle-street, in his 60th year, leaving a wife and seven children, to mourn their loss. [TROVE]

  7. Catherine Manser.

    Born: 8 Jun 1863, Bothwell; informant: Charles Manser, father, shepherd.
    Baptised: 11 Jul 1863, Bothwell.
    Married: 17 Apr 1897, George Barnard, Hobart; George: 31, bachelor, bootmaker; Catherine: 33, spinster; witnesses: William Barnard, Eva Littlehales.
    Died: 13 Oct 1945, Hobart; aged 82.
    Buried: 15 Oct 1945, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
    BARNARD - On October, 13, 1945, at Royal Hobart Hospital, Catherine, beloved wife of the late George Barnard, of 22 Poets Rd, West Hobart, and beloved mother of William and Roy, aged 82 years. [TROVE]

    Spouse - George Barnard, son of Charles Barnard and Jane Unknown.

    Born: abt 1866, Hobart.
    Married: 17 Apr 1897, Catherine Manser, Hobart; George: 31, bachelor, bootmaker; Catherine: 33, spinster; witnesses: William Barnard, Eva Littlehales.
    Died: 13 Mar 1927, West Hobart; aged 61.
    Buried: 15 Mar 1927, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
    BARNARD - On March 13, 1927, at his residence, 22 Poet's-road, Lansdowne Crescent, West Hobart, George, dearly beloved husband of K Barnard, in his 62nd year. [TROVE]

  8. Alfred Manser.

    Born: 3 Jul 1865, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Manser, mother.
    Baptised: 29 Oct 1865, Bothwell.
    Married: 27 Aug 1883, Florence Minnie Green, Hobart; Alfred: 18, bachelor, gardener; Florence: 22, spinster; witnesses: Henrietta Williams, Jonathan Green.
    Died: 2 Dec 1918, New Norfolk; aged 53.
    MANSER - On December 2, 1918, at his late residence, New Norfolk, Alfred, third eldest son of the late Charles and Sarah Manser, of Bothwell, in his 53rd year. [TROVE]

    Spouse - Florence Minnie Green, daughter of Jonathan Green and Rosanna Mackrell.

    Born: 22 Jul 1861, Hobart; informant: Lydia Mackrell, stepsister.
    Married: 27 Aug 1883, Alfred Manser, Hobart; Alfred: 18, bachelor, gardener; Florence: 22, spinster; witnesses: Henrietta Williams, Jonathan Green.
    Died: 30 Oct 1885, Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales; aged 24.

  9. George Manser.

    Born: 1 Nov 1867, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Manser, mother.
    Married: 7 Dec 1900, Margaret Donovan, Hobart.
    Died: 9 Sep 1950, Macquarie Plains; aged 82.
    Buried: 11 Sep 1950, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
    MANSER - On September 9, 1950, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs George Horne, Kentdale, Macquarie Plains, George, dearly loved husband of the late Margaret Manser, and loving father of Linda (Mrs G Horne, Macquarie Plains), George Manser Jun (Moonah), Maud (Mrs Lyden, Moonah), Irene (Mrs Smith, Macquarie Plains), and Cecil (Macquarie Plains), aged 83 years. [TROVE]

    Spouse - Margaret Donovan.

    Born: abt 1855, place unknown.
    Married: 7 Dec 1900, George Manser, Hobart.
    Died: 7 Jun 1929, Plenty; aged 74.
    MANSER - On June 7, 1929, at the Plenty, Margaret, the beloved wife of George Manser, aged 66 years. [TROVE]
    Buried: 10 Jun 1929, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.

Residences and Properties
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[Oo1] Wilmot St

[Tt] Adelaide St

Complete maps located on the Property History page. Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell 2 (B38), AF819/1/27 (modified)

Bibliography

Resources Used:

  • Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships: 1787–1868

  • FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, District Registers, Deaths; Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925

  • Find A Grave: Cemetery Records

  • Libraries Tasmania: Census Returns for Various Districts, Tasmania; Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System; Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System; Deeds of Land Grants, 1832–1935; Findings relating to Coroner's Inquests; Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions, Bothwell; Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry; Registers of Baptisms, Births, Deaths & Marriages; Reports of Crime, 1860–1933; Tasmanian Federation Index 1900–1930

  • Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Central Highlands Council

  • Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries

  • Tasmania: The List: Properties & Titles. Historic Deeds, Grants & Titles. Land Information System Tasmania

  • Tasmanian Archives: Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England; Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers

  • TROVE: Colonial Times; The Mercury