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.

Edward Swindells (1860-1940)
Lois Abigail Medhurst (1857-1920)

🏠Property History

Edward Swindells, son of George Swindells and Sarah Smith.

b: 24 May 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 2 Jul 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); d: 15 Jul 1940, Bothwell, Tasmania (3); bur: 17 Jul 1940, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (4).

Spouse - Lois Abigail Medhurst, daughter of Trayton Medhurst and Jane Christina Baker.

b: 5 Jun 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); bap: 20 Jul 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania 6); m: 3 Sep 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); d: 22 Dec 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bur: 25 Dec 1920, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (9).

Children of Edward Swindells and Lois Abigail Medhurst:

  1. Edmund Swindells - b: 24 Apr 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 24 Apr 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bur: aft 24 Apr 1890, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (12).

  2. Ethel Swindells - b: 6 Mar 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); d: 6 Mar 1893, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); bur: aft 6 Mar 1893, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (15).

Sources

Property in Bothwell purchased by Edward Swindells

For more information click on the link under the map.
Complete maps located on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)

Sources

Family of Edward Swindells

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Swindells, no 526/1860, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-38p662j2k).

  2. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Edmund Swindells, baptism, no 261/1860.

  3. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Swindells, 16 Jul 1940, p6 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25813897).

  4. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Swindells, 1940, section A29, site 6-7.

  5. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Louis Abigail Medhurst, no 26/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p710j2k).

  6. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Lois Abigail Meadows, no 188/1857.

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Swindells-Medhurst,  no 27/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-43p12j2k).

  8. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Swindells, 24 Dec 1920, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187553762).

  9. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Lois Abigail Swindells, 1920, section A29, site 6-7.

  10. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edmund Swindells, no 837/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p123j2k).

  11. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Edmund Swindells, no 456/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-59p48j2k).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edmund Swindells, 1890, section A29, site 6-7.

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ethel Swindells, no 87/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-75p106j2k).

  14. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ethel Swindells, no 28/1893, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-62_43).

  15. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ethel Swindells, 1893, section A29, site 6-7.