Bothwell Families

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Archibald McDowall (1818-1898)
Charlotte Gill (1817-1894)

Archibald McDowall, son of Archibald McDowall and Jean Begbie.

b: 7 Mar 1818, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (1); bap: 10 Mar 1818, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (1); d: 5 Jan 1898, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 7 Jan 1898, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Charlotte Gill.

b: abt 1817, place unknown (4); m: 8 Feb 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 31 Dec 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bur: 1 Jan 1894, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (6).

Children of Archibald McDowall and Charlotte Gill:

  1. Archibald McDowall - b: 2 Dec 1841, Moonee Ponds, Victoria (7); d: 13 May 1918, Middleton, Tasmania (8); bur: 14 May 1918, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (9). Spouse (1) - Annie Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts, b: 8 Jul 1842, Sydney, New South Wales (10); m: 26 May 1871, Toolburra, Queensland (11); d: 18 Apr 1878, Maryborough, Queensland (12). Spouse (2) - Ada Sarah Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts, b: 1853, place unknown (13); m: 2 Jun 1880, Maryborough, Queensland (14); d: 13 Jul 1935, Queensland (13).

  2. James Gill McDowall - b: 22 May 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bap: 22 Aug 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); d: 8 Feb 1881, Queensland (17). Spouse - Emma Hughes, daughter of William Wood Hughes and Emma Harriet Cunningham, b: 21 Oct 1849, Hobart, Tasmania (18); m: 7 Dec 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); d: 2 May 1924, Picton, New South Wales (20).

  3. Charlotte Jane McDowall - b: 2 Sep 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bap: 3 Sep 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 10 Sep 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bur: aft 10 Sep 1846, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (24).

  4. William McDowall - b: 21 Oct 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); bap: 25 Nov 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 2 Aug 1918, Queensland (27).

  5. Charlotte Jane McDowall - b: 10 Sep 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); bap: 5 Nov 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); d: 18 Oct 1928, Apsley, Tasmania (30); bur: 19 Oct 1928, St Bartholomew's Church Cemetery, Aspley, Tasmania (30). Spouse - George William Ibbott, son of John Mears Ibbott and Sarah Frances Colbeck, b: 30 Aug 1842, Bothwell, Tasmania (31); bap: 24 Sep 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (31); m: 16 Aug 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (32); d: 17 Sep 1926, Apsley, Tasmania (33); bur: aft 17 Sep 1926, St Bartholomew's Church Cemetery, Apsley, Tasmania (33).

  6. Frederick McDowall - b: 22 Jun 1851, Tasmania (34); bap: 6 Aug 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 18 Sep 1933, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bur: 19 Sep 1933, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36). Spouse - Lucy Isabel Allison, daughter of Nathaniel Paul Allison and Caroline Augusta Turnley, b: 7 Sep 1856, Campbell Town, Tasmania (37); m: 11 Sep 1895, Bellerive, Tasmania (38); d: 27 Aug 1929, Bothwell, Tasmania (39); bur: 28 Aug 1929, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (40).

  7. Eva Marion McDowall - b: 24 Aug 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania (41); bap: 21 Oct 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania (42); d: 1 Jul 1917, Bothwell, Tasmania (43); bur: 3 Jul 1917, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (44).

  8. Emma Eugenie McDowall - b: 8 Apr 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (45); bap: 21 Jun 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (46); d: 15 May 1939, Queensland (47). Spouse - Thomas Davenport Warner, son of Thomas Warner and Elizabeth Honoria Bebgy, b: abt 1847, place unknown (48); m: 6 Jan 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (48); d: 23 Dec 1937, Queensland (49).

  9. Elizabeth Reid McDowall - b: 3 Mar 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); bap: 24 Apr 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); d: 16 Mar 1935, Plenty, Tasmania (51); bur: 17 Mar 1935, St John's Cemetery, Plenty, Tasmania (51). Spouse - Norfolk John Wise, son of Frederick Henry Wise and Annie Hamilton, b: 20 Jun 1869, New Norfolk, Tasmania (52); m: 7 Jun 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania (53); d: 5 Apr 1944, Plenty, Tasmania (54); bur: 9 Apr 1944, St John's Cemetery, Plenty, Tasmania (54).

  10. Robert Grant McDowall - b: 18 Oct 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (55); bap: 2 Dec 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (56); d: 18 Dec 1940, Queensland (57). Spouse - Catherine Barry, daughter of Edmund Barry and Catherine Kelly, b: place unknown; m: 27 Apr 1901, Queensland (58); d: 11 May 1934, Queensland (59).

Sources

Sources

Family of Archibald McDowall

  1. FamilySearch: Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950, Archibald McDowall, 1818, Edinburgh, Midlothian (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQCC-TQP).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Archibald McDowall, no 69/1898, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-67p78j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Archibald McDowall, 1898, section A26, site 19-21.

  4. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Charlotte McDowall, no 32/1894, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-63p38j2k).

  5. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, McDowall-Gill, marriage, 8 Feb 1841.

  6. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charlotte McDowall, 1894, section A26, site 19-21.

  7. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Archibald McDowall, birth, no 728/1842, Moonee Ponds.

  8. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 14 May 1918, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11393080).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Archibald McDowall, 1918, section A26, site 19-21.

  10. Find A Grave, Annie McDowall, 1878, Memorial ID 181952056, citing Maryborough Cemetery, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; maintained by Stombell, contributor 48335209 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181952056/annie-mcdowall).

  11. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.qld.gov.au/law/rbdm), McDowall-Coutts, marriage, no 651/C/1871.

  12. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 24 Apr 1878, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8962472).

  13. Find A Grave, Ada Sarah McDowall, 1935, Memorial ID 247578160, citing Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247578160/ada_sarah-mcdowall).

  14. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, McDowall-Coutts, marriage, no 727/C/1880.

  15. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), James Gill McDowall, no 11/1844, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p210j2k).

  16. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, James Gill MacDowall, baptism, no 19/1844.

  17. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, James Gill McDowall, death, no 341/C/1881.

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Hughes, no 1877/1849, Hobart (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-3-p222j2k).

  19. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), McDowall-Hughes, no 6/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p7j2k).

  20. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 4 Jun 1924, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23740194).

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charlotte Jane MacDowall, no 57/1846, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p219j2k).

  22. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Charlotte Jane MacDowall, baptism, no 49/1846.

  23. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Charlotte Jane McDowall, no 18/1846, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-18p8j2k).

  24. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charlotte Jane McDowall, 1846, site unknown.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William McDowall, no 87/1847, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p224j2k).

  26. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William McDowall, baptism, no 61/1847.

  27. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, William McDowall, death, no 3717/C/1918.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  34. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick MacDowall, baptism, no 113/1851.

  35. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 19 Sep 1933, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24892313).

  36. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Frederick McDowall, 1933, section A42, site 14-15.

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Lucy Isabel Allison, no 216/1856, Campbell Town (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p557j2k).

  38. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), McDowall-Allison, no 51/1895, Clarence (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p34j2k).

  39. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 28 Aug 1929, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24284173).

  40. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Lucy Isabel McDowall, 1929, section A42, site 14-15.

  41. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Eva Marion McDowall, no 15/1853, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-31p114j2k).

  42. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Eva Marion MacDowall, baptism, no 153/1853.

  43. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," McDowall, 2 Jul 1917, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1079036).

  44. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Eva Marion McDowall, 1917, site unknown.

  45. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Emma Eugenia McDowall, no 13/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p380j2k).

  46. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Emma Eugenia McDowall, no 184/1855.

  47. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Emma Eugenie Warner, death, no 43601/B/1939.

  48. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Warner-McDowall, no 1/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-34p1j2k).

  49. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Thomas Davenport Warner, death, no 37982/B/1937.

  50. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Elizabeth Reid MacDowall, baptism, no 213/1857.

  51. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Wise, 18 Mar 1935, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29186320).

  52. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Norfolk John Wise, no 1047/1869, New Norfolk (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p666j2k).

  53. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Wise-Dowall, no 22/1899, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-61p23j2k).

  54. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Wise, 6 Apr 1944, p10 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26019209).

  55. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Robert Grant McDowell, no 41/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p141j2k).

  56. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Robert Grant McDowall, baptism, no 235/1858.

  57. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Robert Grant McDowall, death, no 50366/B/1940.

  58. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, McDowall-Barry, marriage, no 1966/C/1901.

  59. Queensland: Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Catherine McDowall, death, no 1994/C/1934.