Bothwell Families

These pages provide a glimpse into the life of the Bothwell Families during the 1800s. You will find Family Trees and Individual Timelines which may not be exhaustive but will be updated as more research is conducted. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided.

Job Sims (1792-1866)
Magdalene Grayson (1808-1868)

Job Sims, son of Charles Sims.

b: abt 1792, Pentrich, Derbyshire, England (1); Bap: 25 Dec 1792, Pentrich, Derbyshire, England (1); d: 22 Jul 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (2); bur: aft 22 Jul 1866, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (3).

Spouse - Magdalene Grayson.

b: abt 1808, date and place unknown (4); m: 31 Dec 1844, Longford, Tasmania, Australia (5); d: 24 Nov 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (4); bur: 26 Nov 1868, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6).

Children of Job Sims and Magdalene Grayson:

  1. Frances Sims - b: abt 1845, Tasmania, Australia (7); d: 22 Apr 1928, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia (7). Spouse - Matthew (Saxon) Branch, son of Matthew Saxon and Eliza Pegram, b: 4 Aug 1845, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (8); m: 23 Dec 1868, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (9); d: 22 Aug 1896, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (10); bur: 23 Aug 1896, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11).

  2. Charles Sims -b: 3 May 1846, Tasmania, Australia (12); bap: 11 Nov 1846, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (12); d: 8 Apr 1926, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (13); bur: 10 Apr 1926, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (14). Spouse - Elizabeth (Ryan) Whiteway, daughter of Joseph Ryan and Ellen Wigmore, b: 26 Jun 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); bap: 13 Jul 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); m: 20 Feb 1864, residence of Job Sims, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: 11 Jan 1922, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bur: 13 Jan 1922, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19).

  3. Job Sims - b: 14 Oct 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (20). No further research has been carried out on this person.

Sources

Sources

Family of Job Sims

  1. ancestry: Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1912, Job Simms, 1792, Pentrich (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/3343542:61407).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Job Sims, no 12/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-35p33j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Job Sims, 1866, section A14, site 8.

  4. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Magdalen Sims, no 10/1868, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-37p4j2k).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sims-Grayson, no 875/1844, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-3p223j2k).

  6. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Magdalene Sims, 1868, section A14, site 7.

  7. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Branch, 23 Apr 1928, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29783977).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Matthew Saxon, no 904/1845, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-23-p811j2k).

  9. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Branch-Sims, no 105/1868, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-27p69j2k).

  10. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Matthew Branch, no 31/1896, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-65p48j2k).

  11. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Matthew Branch, 1896, site unknown.

  12. FamilySearch: Australia Births & Baptisms, 1792-1981, Charles Simms, 1846, Hobart, Tasmania (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTXL-129).

  13. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 9 Apr 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29440447).

  14. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Sims, 1926, section A21, site 1-3.

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Ryan, no 54/1846, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p218j2k).

  16. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Elizabeth Ryan, baptism, no 48/1846.

  17. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sims-Ryan, no 1/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-23p1j2k).

  18. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 13 Jan 1922, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23538461).

  19. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Sims, 1922, section A21, site 1-3.

  20. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Job Sims, no 165/1850, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p235j2k).