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.

Robert Swindells (1864-1951)
Ethel Matilda Lilian Hayers (1874-1964)

🏠Property History

Robert Swindells, son of George Swindells and Sarah Smith.

b: 8 Dec 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 13 May 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); d: 4 Aug 1951, Hobart, Tasmania (3); bur: 7 Aug 1951, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (4).

Spouse - Ethel Matilda Lilian Hayers, daughter of John Hayers and Matilda Parker.

b: 25 Jul 1874, Sorell, Tasmania (5); m: 19 Mar 1895, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); d: 5 Jul 1964, Tasmania (7); bur: aft 5 Jul 1964, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (7).

Children of Robert Swindells and Ethel Matilda Lilian Hayers:

  1. Minnie Swindells - b: 12 Mar 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bap: 14 Mar 1897, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 8 Sep 1974, Tasmania (10); bur: aft 8 Sep 1974, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (10). Spouse - Frederick Omant, b: abt 1900, place unknown (11); m: 25 Feb 1926, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 15 Feb 1958, Tasmania (13); bur: aft 15 Feb 1958, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (13).

  2. Amy Louie Swindells - b: 18 Mar 1899, Bothwell, Tasmania (14); d: 25 Jun 1988, Tasmania (15); bur: 27 Jun 1988, Kingston Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania (15). Spouse - Claude Albert Reardon, son of Walter Robert Nash Reardon and Ann Hale, b: 6 Jun 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); bap: 31 Jul 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); m: 22 Jan 1920, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 20 Jul 1983, Hobart, Tasmania (19); bur: aft 20 Jul 1983, Kingston Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania (19).

  3. Edward Glenville Swindells - b: 10 Mar 1901, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 30 Dec 1968, Tasmania (21); bur: aft 30 Dec 1968, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (21).

  4. Dulice May Swindells - b: 26 Oct 1903, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 19 Jul 1982, New Norfolk, Tasmania (23); bur: aft 19 Jul 1982, Huon Lawn Cemetery, Huonville, Tasmania (24). Spouse - George Harold Bennett, son of Robert Bennett and Kate Woods, b: 19 Aug 1902, Ranelagh, Tasmania (25); m: 17 Nov 1923, Ranelagh, Tasmania (26); d: 23 Jun 1981, Hobart, Tasmania (27); bur: aft 23 Jun 1981, Huon Lawn Cemetery, Huonville, Tasmania (28).

  5. Edna Swindells - b: 14 Aug 1906, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); d: 1993, Ringwood East, Victoria (30). Spouse - Jack Kenneth Fry, son of Sidney Fry and Barbara Louisa Goulay, b: 5 Dec 1906, Hobart, Tasmania (31); m: 28 Jul 1926, Bothwell, Tasmania (32); d: 1982, Ringwood East, Victoria (33).

  6. Lily Swindells - b: 18 Aug 1908, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 19 Aug 1908, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bur: aft 19 Aug 1908, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36).

  7. Jack Bothwell Swindells - b: 6 Sep 1909, Bothwell, Tasmania (37); d: 1 Dec 1971, Tasmania (38); bur: 3 Dec 1971, Carr Villa Memorial Park, Launceston, Tasmania (38).

  8. Ivy Irene Swindells - b: 25 Sep 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania (39).**

  9. Roy Swindells - b: 6 Mar 1914, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); d: 25 Sep 1988, Hobart, Tasmania (41); bur: aft 25 Sep 1988, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (41).

  10. Leila Lexie Swindells - b: 13 Jan 1917, Bothwell, Tasmania (42).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Properties in Bothwell purchased by Robert Swindells

[2-Gg2] - Schaw St

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) & Bothwell B38, AF819/1/27 (modified)

Sources

Family of Robert Swindells

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Robert Swindells, no 36/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p067j2k).

  2. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Robert Swindells, baptism, no 338/1865.

  3. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Swindells, 6 Aug 1951, p11 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27036882).

  4. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Robert Swindells, 1951, section A29, site 2-4.

  5. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ethel Mtlda Lillian Hears, no 1705/1874, Sorell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-52/RGD33-1-52_391).

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Swindells-Hayers, no 15/1895, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p8j2k).

  7. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Lillian Swindells, 1964, section A29, site 2-4.

  8. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Minnie Swindells, no 134/1897, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-83p109j2k).

  9. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Minnie Swindells, no 1175/1897.

  10. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Minnie Omant, 1974, section B4, site 3.

  11. Find A Grave, Frederick Omant, 1958, Memorial ID 240668464, citing Bothwell Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by 44, contributor 49052521 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240668464/frederick-omant).

  12. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Omant-Swindells, marriage, no 9/1926, Bothwell.

  13. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Frederick Omant, 1958, section B4, site 2.

  14. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Amy Louie Swindells, no 109/1899, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-87p108j2k).

  15. Find A Grave, Amy Louie Reardon, 1988, Memorial ID 212742485, citing Kingston Lawn Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212742485/amy-louie-reardon).

  16. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Claude Albert Reardon, no 876/1887, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p499j2k).

  17. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Claude Albert Reardon, no 838/1887.

  18. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Reardon-Swindells, marriage, no 17/1920, Bothwell.

  19. Find A Grave, Claude Albert Reardon, 1983, Memorial ID 212741175, citing Kingston Lawn Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212741175/claude-albert-reardon).

  20. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Edward Glenville Swindells, birth, no 2426/1901, Bothwell.

  21. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Glenville Swindells, 1968, section B2, site 6.

  22. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Dulcie May Swindells, birth, no 1796/1903, Bothwell.

  23. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), Dulcie May Bennett, no 71327/1982 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-183-71327).

  24. Find A Grave, Dulcie May Bennett, 1982, Memorial ID 249138356, citing Huon Lawn Cemetery, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249138356/dulcie-may-bennett).

  25. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, George Harold Bennett, birth, no 4610/1902, Ranelagh.

  26. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Bennett-Swindells, marriage, no 243/1923, Ranelagh.

  27. Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), George Harold Bennett, no 69499/1981 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AD960-1-178-69499).

  28. Find A Grave, George Harold Bennett, 1981, Memorial ID 249138357, citing Huon Lawn Cemetery, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Tanya V, contributor 49442830 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249138357/george-harold-bennett).

  29. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Ethel Edna Swindells, birth, no 2425/1906, Bothwell.

  30. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history), Ethel Edna Fry, death, no 2394/1993, Ringwood East.

  31. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Jack Kenneth Fry, no 197/1907, Hobart.

  32. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Fry-Swindells, 21 Sep 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29459380).

  33. Victoria: Births, Deaths & Marriages, Jack Kenneth Fry, death, no 12572/1982, Ringwood East.

  34. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Lily Swindells, birth, no 2204/1908, Bothwell.

  35. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Lily Swindells, death, no 111/1908, Bothwell.

  36. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Lily Swindells, 1908, section A29, site 6-7.

  37. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Jack Bothwell Swindells, birth, no 3045/1909, Bothwell.

  38. Find A Grave, Jack Bothwell Swindells, 1971, Memorial ID 212958341, citing Carr Villa Memorial Park, Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212958341/jack-bothwell-swindells).

  39. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Ivy Irene Swindells, birth, no 5233/1911, Bothwell.

  40. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Roy Swindells, birth, no 2715/1914, Bothwell.

  41. Find A Grave, Roy Swindells, 1988, Memorial ID 231404057, citing Bothwell Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by Julie Henderson & Lacey Milier, contributor 49446508 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231404057/roy-swindells).

  42. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Leila Lexie Swindells, birth, no 1260/1917, Bothwell.