Bothwell Families
These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families. You’ll find family trees and historical events specific to the area. While not exhaustive, the information will continue to be updated as research progresses. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material presented.
James Moyes was born about 1841 in Tasmania, the son of William Moyes and Jessie Taylor. Harriet North was born at Bothwell on May 26, 1843, to William North and Sarah Bowden and baptised there the following month. On October 21, 1869, James married Harriet at St Luke’s Church in Bothwell. They had no children. During the 1870s, James worked variously as a butcher and publican and was regularly listed in rate books and licensing notices. In 1889, they acquired Clydeville, an 18-acre property bounded by Wentworth, Logan and River streets. James served as foreman of an inquest in 1880, a juror in several others during the 1880s, and held 120 shares in the Campbell’s Reward Gold Mining Company. By 1890, he was publican of the Castle Hotel. On December 6, 1892, at only 51, James Moyes died at Bothwell from chronic convulsions and was buried at Bothwell Cemetery two days later. Harriet remained at Clydeville for the next three decades. She died at her home on November 15, 1924, at the age of 81. She was also buried at Bothwell Cemetery.
James Moyes, son of William Moyes and Jessie Janet Taylor.
Born: abt 1841, Tasmania (CEN1: William Moyes, p297/1842, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-2-297)
Census: 1 Jan 1842, [B1] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; male, aged under 2, born in the colony, Church of England (CEN1: William Moyes, p297/1842, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-2-297)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [B1] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; Male, aged between 2 and under 7, born in the colony, Church of Scotland (CEN1: William Moyes, p257/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-257)
Article: 20 Aug 1859, named under "Bothwell Ploughing Match" (HTDM: "Bothwell Ploughing Match," 20 Aug 1859, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3257181)
Residence: 1867, Cluny, Bothwell, TAS; overseer (MCPD: 1867-68, p63, image 121, https:/nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3027675771/view)
Article: 11 Jul 1868, named under "Bothwell" Tenders for supplying & erecting the telegraph poles (MERC: "Bothwell," 11 Jul 1868, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8853299)
Married: 21 Oct 1869, Harriet North, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; James: 29, bachelor, farmer; Harriet: 25, spinster; witnesses: Kezia Gaby, William North (RGD37: Moyes-North, no 3/1869, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-28p1j2k)
Marriage Notice: MOYES-NORTH - On the 21st October, 1869, at St Luke's Church, Bothwell, the Rev A Wayn, James, eldest son of Mr W Moyes, to Harriet, only daughter of Mr W North, Grantham, Bothwell (MERC: "Marriages," Moyes-North, 26 Oct 1869, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8861957)Article: 4 Sep 1871, named under "Bothwell" Testimonial to Mr Quodling (MERC: "Testimonial to Mr Quodling," 4 Sep 1871, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8870526)
Shop: 19 Mar 1878, [C2] Butcher's Shop, Dalrymple St, Bothwell, TAS, Thomas Gaby (owner), butcher's shop, annual rateable value £2 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1878, p494-495, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-J97X-7)
Residence: 25 Feb 1879, [23.2] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; Henry Hurley (owner), house, butcher's shop, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1879, p372-373, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998N-9SKG)
Foreman: 6 Sep 1880, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS, inquest of George Gray (INQ: George Gray, no 8264/1880, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-61-8264)
Juror: 11 Feb 1881, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of John Roberts (INQ: John Roberts, no 8322/1881, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-61-8322)
Juror: 19 Dec 1881, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Alexander Timmins (INQ: Alexander Timmins, no 8439/1881, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-62-8439)
Death Informant: 29 Dec 1881, Sarah Bowden (RGD35: Sarah North, no 47/1881, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-50p48j2k)
Residence: 20 Feb 1883, [23.2] Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS; Henry Hurley (owner), house, shop, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1883, p386-387, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-9QDD)
Juror: 14 Apr 1884, [32.1] Priory, Wentworth St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Nathaniel Paul Allison (INQ: Nathaniel Paul Allison, no 8813/1884, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-63-8813)
Residence: 17 Feb 1885, [25.2] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell, TAS; Trustees Good Templars (owners), house, shop, annual rateable value £15 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1885, p304-305, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-S9XC)
Residence: 23 Jun 1885, [25.2] Dennistoun Rd, Bothwell, TAS; erased, Trustees Good Templars (owners), house, shop, annual rateable value £15 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1885, p860-861, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-S3MW)
Residence: 16 Feb 1886, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, assembly room, annual rateable value £80 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1886, p430-431, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-2XV)
Juror: 10 Jan 1887, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of John Shaw (INQ: John Shaw, no 9193/1887, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-66-9193)
Article: 1 Mar 1889, named under "The Campbell's Reward" Shareholder (MERC: "The Campbell's Reward," 1 Mar 1889, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9207588)
Conveyed: 17 Aug 1889, [35] Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; from Catherine (Curtin) Andrews & Charles Edward Andrews for 5 shillings, paid to Catherine, and £615 paid to William Lambert Dobson (mortgagor) (LIST: Catherine Andrews, historic deed, no 08/2956)
Hotel Licence: 22 Nov 1889, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, granted (MERC: "Licensing District of Bothwell," 22 Nov 1889, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9223875)
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, annual rateable value £85 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1890, p174-175, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VD5K)
Juror: 23 Jul 1890, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of John Stevens (INQ: John Stevens, no 9775/1890, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-68-9775)
Hotel Licence: 6 Nov 1891, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, granted (MERC: "Licensing District of Bothwell," 6 Nov 1891, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12730011)
Died: 6 Dec 1892, Bothwell, TAS; aged 51, chronic convulsions; informant: Charles Albert Nichols, undertaker (RGD35: James Moyes, no 57/1892, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-61p52j2k)
Buried: 8 Dec 1892, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: James Moyes, 1892, section A31, site 15)
Death Notice: MOYES - On December 6, 1892, at Bothwell, James, eldest son of the late William Moyes, aged 51 (MERC: "Deaths," Moyes, 17 Dec 1892, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13267873)
Spouse - Harriet North, daughter of William North and Sarah Bowden.
Born: 26 May 1843, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Harriet North, NS1854/1/1, no 33/1843)
Baptised: 18 Jun 1843, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Harriet North, NS1854/1/1, no 33/1843)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, Cape of Good Hope Inn, Black Marsh, TAS; female, aged between 2 and under 7, born in the colony, Church of England (CEN1: William North, p281/1848, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-281)
Marriage Witness: 17 Nov 1859, Job Geard & Maria Blake, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Geard-Blake, no 4/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-18p3j2k)
Marriage Witness: 27 Feb 1862, Frederick John White & Euphemia Moyes, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: White-Moyes, no 5/1862, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-21p3j2k)
Marriage Witness: 17 Sep 1864, Thomas Jones & Euphemia Merry, [C2] Bothwell Emporium, Dalrymple St, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Jones-Merry, no 5/1864, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-23p4j2k)
Married: 21 Oct 1869, Harriet North, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; James: 29, bachelor, farmer; Harriet: 25, spinster; witnesses: Kezia Gaby, William North (RGD37: Moyes-North, no 3/1869, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-28p1j2k)
Marriage Notice: MOYES-NORTH - On the 21st October, 1869, at St Luke's Church, Bothwell, the Rev A Wayn, James, eldest son of Mr W Moyes, to Harriet, only daughter of Mr W North, Grantham, Bothwell (MERC: "Marriages," Moyes-North, 26 Oct 1869, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8861957)
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, [35] Clydeville, Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; executors of Sir L Dobson's estate (owners), house, 19 acres, capital value £600, annual rateable value £25 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1899, p326-327, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-V4YV)
Electoral Roll: 1914, [35] Clydeville, Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p12-13/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00749)
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, [35] Clydeville, Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; owner, house, 19 acres, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2008-2009, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-977Y)
Electoral Roll: 1919, [35] Clydeville, Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p8-9/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00898)
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, [35] Clydeville, Logan St, Bothwell, TAS; owner, house, 19 acres, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p492-493, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SQ1F)
Died: 15 Nov 1924, Bothwell, TAS; aged 81 (TFI: Harriet Moyes, death, no 1594/1924)
Death Notice: MOYES - At her late residence, Clydeville, Bothwell, on Saturday, November 15, 1924, Harriet, relict of the late James Moyes, in her 82nd year (MERC: "Deaths," Moyes, 17 Nov 1924, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23778277)
Buried: 18 Nov 1924, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (BC: Harriett Moyes, 1924, section A31, site 15)
Probate: 13 Jan 1925, granted (PROB: Harriet Moyes, no 15034/1924, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-48-15034)
There were no children in this marriage.
Property in Bothwell purchased by James Moyes
For more information click on the link under the map.
Complete maps located on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell 2 (B38), AF819/1/27 (modified)
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BC - Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Transcribed from parish registers by the Central Highlands Council, Bothwell.
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