Bothwell Families

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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 (2); bur: aft 22 Jul 1866, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Magdalene Grayson.

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

Children of Job Sims and Magdalene Grayson:

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

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

  3. Job Sims - b: 14 Oct 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania (20).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

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).