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.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented.

William Nobes (1816-1895)
Margaret Ryan (1833-1878)

William Nobes.

b: abt 1816, place unknown (1); d: 10 Jun 1895, New Town, Tasmania (1); bur: 12 Jun 1895, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (2).

Spouse - Margaret Ryan.

b: abt 1833, place unknown (3); m: 3 Dec 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); d: 1 Apr 1878, Green Ponds, Tasmania (3).

Children of William Nobes and Margaret Ryan:

  1. William Nobes - b: 2 Aug 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); bap: 9 Aug 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (6).**

  2. Mary Ann Nobes - b: 26 Aug 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bap: 31 May 1872, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); d: 23 Feb 1928, Apsley, Tasmania (9); bur: 25 Feb 1928, St Mary’s Cemetery, Kempton, Tasmania (10). Spouse - Zacharias Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and Ann Hammond, b: 1838, Elmdon, Essex, England (11); bap: 3 Jun 1838, Elmdon, Essex, England (11); m: 7 Aug 1887, Apsley, Tasmania (12); d: 3 Jul 1898, Hobart, Tasmania (13); bur: 6 Jul 1898, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (14).

  3. Elizabeth Nobes - b: 17 Feb 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bap: 6 Feb 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (16).** Spouse - James Brandum, son of Daniel Brandum and Margaret Gunn, b: 1 Dec 1867, Longford, Tasmania (17); m: 1 Aug 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 21 Aug 1918, Queenstown, Tasmania (19); bur: 26 Aug 1918, St Mark’s Cemetery, Deloraine, Tasmania (20).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Family of William Nobes

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Nobes, no 180/1895, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-15p25j2k).

  2. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, William Robes, 1895, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=10189).

  3. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Margaret Nobes, no 272/1878, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-47p88j2k).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Nobes-Ryan, no 4/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p2j2k).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Nobes, no 31/1856, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p538j2k).

  6. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, William Nobes, no 191/1857.

  7. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Nobes, 1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-38p665j2k).

  8. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Mary Ann Nobes, no 461/1872.

  9. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Mary Ann Smith, death, no 464/1928, Apsley.

  10. Burial Records of the Kempton Anglican Church (NS356), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2269, NS356/1/17, Mary Ann Smith, no 482/1928.

  11. ancestry: Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms 1813-1921, Zacharias Smith, 1838, Elmdon (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/376355:61699).

  12. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Smith-Nobes, no 17/1887 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-46p10j2k).

  13. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Zachariah Smith, no 427/1898, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-68p365j2k).

  14. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Zachariah Smith, 1898, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=11482).

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Elizabeth Nobes, 1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p062j2k).

  16. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Elizabeth Nobes, no 338/1866.

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), James Brandum, 1867, Longford (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p110j2k).

  18. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Brandum-Nobes, 1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-52p14j2k).

  19. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, James Brandum, death, no 1013/1918, Queenstown.

  20. TROVE: The Daily Telegraph (Launceston, TAS : 1883-1928), "Funerals," Brandum, 24 Aug 1918, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/152982301).