Map 1 - Section G
The information in these reports provides a timeline of occurrences for each property up to 1919, including details such as conveyances and occupancy. Compiled from records at the Tasmanian Archives, the Land Titles Office, Hobart Town Gazette Valuation Rolls, and newspaper articles, this is a work in progress and will be continually updated.
All map sections below have been modified from the Tasmanian Archives: Map - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26
View original map on the Tasmanian Archives website: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AF819-1-26
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The Bothwell History pages are undergoing a major review and redesign. Information is being reorganised, new research is being added, and some pages may appear in different formats during this process.
[G3-G5] High Street - 2 acres 35 perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, Edward Bowden (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, Edward Bowden, enrolled (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Article: 14 May 1885, Henrietta Lewis named under "Real Property Act Notices" (MERC: "Real Property Act Notices," 14 May 1885, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9104954)
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to Henrietta Lewis, married woman (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
For more information, go to [G3] High St, [G4] High St, & [G5] High St]
[G3] High Street - 2 roods 37¼ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Census: 1 Jan 1842, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), brick house, completed (CEN1: Edward Bowden, p273/1842, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-2-273)
Census: 1 Jan 1848, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), brick house, completed (CEN1: Edward Bowden, p249/1848, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CEN1-1-74-249)
Residence: 18 May 1858, Jonathan Bowden (occupier), Edward Bowden Snr (owner), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p696-697, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VZVR)
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, Jonathan Bowden (occupier, erased), Edward Bowden Snr (owner, erased), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1859, p1556-1557, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-JT43)
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, Mrs Diana Bowden (owner, inserted), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1859, p1556-1557, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-JT43)
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £25 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1864, p2076-2077, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3K4)
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, Estate Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £25 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p468-469, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-V3G3)
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £22 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1871, p186-187, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KSSD)
Residence: 11 Mar 1873, Thomas Perkins (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1873, p252-253, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VVQ5)
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1877, p188-189, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KV7W)
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, William Lewis (owner, occupier), house, garden, capital value £350, annual rateable value £18 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1899, p326-327, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-V4YV)
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, William Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to William Lewis, stonemason (LIST: William Lewis, title historic, vol 119, fol 103)
Residence: 21 Nov 1905, William Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, capital value £350, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1905, p1632-1633, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SF6)
Electoral Roll: 1914, William Lewis, stonemason; Kate Rosina Lewis, domestic duties (ELEC: p10-11/1914, https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00913)
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, William Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £18 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2010-2011, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-974D)
Property Transfer: aft 18 Dec 1917, Estate of William Lewis to his widow, Kate Rosina (Woodruff) Lewis (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p494-495, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-S7JK)
Electoral Roll: 1919, Kate Rosina Lewis, domestic duties (ELEC: p8-9/1919, https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00974)
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, Mrs Kate Rosina Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £18 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p494-495, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-S7JK)
[G4] High Street - 2 roods 37½ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Advertisement: 8 Feb 1856, "Valuable Houses" Weather-boarded cottage (COUR: "Valuable Houses," Bowden, 8 Feb 1856, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2498566)
Residence: 18 May 1858, George Smith (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 10s (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p700, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VZH5)
Residence: 19 Nov 1861, James Powell Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 10s (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1860, p1884-1885, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VQYQ)
Residence: 17 Nov 1863, Mrs Mary Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1863, p2130-2131, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-V992-K)
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Mrs Mary Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £4 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1864, p2078-2079, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V3JQ)
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, [G3-G5], Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, Daniel Gibbons (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p466-467, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK)
Residence: 19 Mar 1878, Mrs Maria Burrows (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £3 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1878, p493, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-J97V-D)
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to [G3-G5], Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, John Finley (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), cottage, capital value £80, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1899, p324-325, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V8FR)
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, [G3-G5], Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, Thomas Edwin Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to Thomas Edwin Lewis, stonemason (LIST: Thomas Edwin Lewis, historic title, vol 119, fol 104)
Residence: 21 Nov 1905, owner, cottage, capital value £250, annual rateable value £15 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1905, p1632-1633, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SF6)
Conveyed: 8 May 1907, Thomas Edwin Lewis to Elizabeth (Whiteway) Sims (LIST: Thomas Edwin Lewis, historic title, vol 119, fol 104)
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, Charles Sims (occupier), Mrs Elizabeth Sims (owner), cottage, annual rateable value £18 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2010-2011, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-974D)
[G5] High Street - 2 roods 37½ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled (RD1: Edward Bowden, p124/1839, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-5/RD1-1-5P124JPG)
Advertisement: 8 Feb 1856, "Valuable Houses" Half an Acre of Land (COUR: "Valuable Houses," Bowden, 8 Feb 1856, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2498566)
Residence: 17 Nov 1863, Henry Hunt (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1863, p2128-2129, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V9Z1-J)
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, William Dalby (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £6 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1864, p2076-2077, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3K4)
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, [G3-G5], Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, William Dalby (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p466-467, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-V3LK)
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, William Dalby (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1871, p186-187, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-KSSD)
Residence: 19 Mar 1878, Richard Shepherd (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1878, p496-497, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-J97K-M)
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to [G3-G5], Henrietta Lewis, married woman (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, [G3-G5], Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, Edward John Lewis (LIST: Henrietta Lewis, title historic, vol 47, fol 166)
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to Edward John Lewis, stonemason (LIST: Edward John Lewis, title historic, vol 119, fol 105)
Electoral Roll: 1914, Edward John Lewis, stonemason (ELEC: p10-11/1914, https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00913)
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, Edward John Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £7 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2010-2011, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-974D)
Electoral Roll: 1919, Edward John Lewis, stonemason (ELEC: p8-9/1919, https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00974)
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, Edward Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £6 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p494-495, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-S7JK)
[G6] High Street - 2 acres 1 rood 14 perches
Land Grant: 1 Feb 1849, Edward Andrews, in consideration of £42 (RD1: Edward Andrews, p105/1849, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-23/RD1-1-23P111JPG)
Land Grant: 3 Feb 1849, Edward Andrews, enrolled upon payment of £42 (RD1: Edward Andrews, p105/1849, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-23/RD1-1-23P111JPG)
Land: 18 May 1858, Edward Andrews (owner), barn, cultivated land, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p696-697, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98F-VZVR)
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Edward Andrews (owner), cultivated land, annual rateable value £2 10s (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1867, p465, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-VS6C)
Property Transfer: 1 Mar 1871, Estate of Edward Andrews to his widow, Catherine (Curtin) Andrews & son, Charles Edward Andrews (PROB: Edward Andrews, no 613/1871, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD961-1-4-613)
Land: 19 Mar 1878, Mrs Catherine Andrews (owner), annual rateable value £2 10s (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1878, p493, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-J97V-D)
Advertisement: 31 Jan 1879, "Properties in Bothwell" Paddock of 2 acres (MERC: "Properties in Bothwell," 31 Jan 1879, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8973242)
Land: 14 Jan 1890, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1890, p176-177, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VD2J)
Conveyed: 25 Mar 1890, Catherine (Curtin) Andrews & Charles Edward Andrews to Roberts & Co Ltd for £150 (LIST: Catherine Edwards, historic deed, no 08/4062)
Land: 24 Feb 1891, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1891, p488-489, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98N-9QFF)
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, capital value £100, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1899, p326-327, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998F-V4YV)
Land: 21 Nov 1905, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, capital value £100, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1905, p1632-1633, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SF6)
Land: 4 Mar 1919, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p494-495, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-S7JK)
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