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.
James Taylor (1833-1894)
Margaret Jane Taylor (1836-1880)
🏠 Property History
Family of James Taylor and Margaret Jane Taylor
James Taylor, son of William Taylor and Sarah Harrison.
b: 17 Oct 1833, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (1); bap: 18 Oct 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (1); d: 22 Oct 1894, St John St, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (2).
Spouse - Margaret Jane Taylor, daughter of William Taylor and Sarah Ann Reid.
b: abt 1836, Tasmania, Australia (3); m: 13 Oct 1853, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (4); d: 17 Jun 1880, Brisbane St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 20 Jun 1880, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (5).
Children of James Taylor and Margaret Jane Taylor:
William James Taylor - b: 12 Nov 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (6); d: 28 Jul 1920, Tullah, Tasmania, Australia (7); bur: 1 Aug 1920, Queenborough Cemetery, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (8). Spouse - Mary Louisa Lynch, daughter of John Lynch, b: abt 1856, place unknown (9); m: 23 Mar 1878, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (10); d: 4 Dec 1913, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (9); bur: 6 Dec 1913, Queenborough Cemetery, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (9).
Arthur Augustus Taylor - b: 18 Nov 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (11); d: 4 Apr 1927, Derwent Park, Tasmania, Australia (12); bur: 6 Apr 1927, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (12). Spouse - Harriett Brent, b: abt 1872, place unknown (13); m: 29 Apr 1893, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (14); d: Apr 1958, Tasmania, Australia (13); bur: 9 Apr 1958, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (13).
Edwin Taylor - b: 15 Mar 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (15); bap: 12 Jun 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (16); d: date and place unknown. Spouse - Lydia Mason, b: abt 1861, place unknown (17); m: 23 Jul 1885, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (17); d: date and place unknown.
Humphrey Charles Taylor - b: 9 Feb 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (18); bap: 14 Apr 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (19); d: 10 Jan 1939, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (20); bur: 11 Jan 1939, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (20). Spouse - Mona May Ellis Bagley, daughter of George Bagley and Prudence Dickson, b: 23 Aug 1870, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (21); m: 4 Jun 1887, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia (22); d: 21 Jun 1910, Tullah, Tasmania, Australia (23).
Alfred Taylor - b: 18 Mar 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (24); d: 19 Nov 1919, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (25); bur: 21 Nov 1919, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (25). Spouse - Agnes Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Edward Thomas Brown and Elizabeth Worthen, b: 8 Dec 1864, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia (26); m: 20 Jul 1892, Dysart, Tasmania, Australia (27); d: 12 Feb 1936, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (28); bur: 13 Feb 1936, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (29).
George Taylor - b: 5 Mar 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (30); bap: 28 Mar 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (31); d: 19 Jun 1889, Mowbray, Tasmania, Australia (32).
Herbert Taylor - b: 10 Nov 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (33); d: date and place unknown.
Ernest Octavius Taylor - b: 20 Jul 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (34); bap: 9 Sep 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (35); d: 26 Jan 1888, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (36).
Blanche Adelaide Taylor - b: 11 Aug 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (37); bap: 11 Oct 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (38); d: 15 Apr 1912, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (39). Spouse - Robert Atkinson, b: date and place unknown; m: 3 Jan 1912, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (40); d: date and place unknown.
Constance Alberta Taylor - b: 16 Aug 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (41); bap: 12 Oct 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (42); d: 25 Apr 1934, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (43); bur: 27 Apr 1934, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (43). Spouse (1) - Lewis Booth - b: abt 1868, place unknown (44); m: 26 Dec 1890, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (45); d: 26 Dec 1912, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (44); bur: 28 Dec 1912, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (44). Spouse (2) - Percy Haynes, son of Henry Edward Haynes and Florence Tatnell, b: 16 Jul 1892, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (46); m: 31 Aug 1915, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (47); d: 30 Aug 1919, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (48); bur: 31 Aug 1919, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (48). Spouse (3) - Harold Llewellyn Boden - b: abt 1876, place unknown (49); m: 22 Mar 1926, New Town, Tasmania, Australia (50); d: 6 Dec 1939, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (49); bur: 8 Dec 1939, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (49).
Ada Lauretta Taylor - b: 9 Oct 1875, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (51); d: 29 Mar 1930, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (52). Spouse - Henry Bennett - b: abt 1872, place unknown (53); m: 3 Jun 1894, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (53); d: date and place unknown.
Percy Clyde Taylor - b: 4 Aug 1878, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (54); bap: 17 Oct 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (55); d: 26 Apr 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (56); bur: aft 26 Apr 1879, General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia (57).
Ella Louise Taylor - b: 5 May 1880, Green Ponds, Tasmania, Australia (58); d: date and place unknown.
Properties in Bothwell purchased by James Taylor
For more information on these properties click on the links under each map.
Complete and downloadable maps of the township are on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives Maps - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)
Sources
(1) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, James Taylor, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, 18 Oct 1835.
(2) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, James Taylor, no 312/1894 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-63p26j2k).
(3) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Margaret Jane Taylor, no 2533/1880 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-9p288j2k).
(4) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, James Taylor-Margaret Jane Taylor, no 13/1853 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-12p5j2k).
(5) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Margaret Jane Taylor, 1880, section A18, site 5.
(6) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, William James Taylor, no 41/1854 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-32p245j2k).
(7) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, William James Taylor - Deaths, 29 Jul 1920, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11484253).
(8) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, William James Taylor - Funerals, 31 Jul 1920, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11484601).
(9) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Mary Louisa Taylor - Deaths & Funerals, 6 Dec 1913, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10309537).
(10) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, William James Taylor-Mary Louisa Lynch, no 365/1878 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-37p191j2k).
(11) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Arthur Augustus Taylor, no 41/1856 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-34p539j2k).
(12) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE (https://trove.nla.gov.au), Arthur Augustus Taylor - Deaths & Funerals, 5 Apr 1927, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29668717).
(13) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Harriett Taylor, 1958 (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=46672).
(14) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Arthur Augustus Taylor, no 374/1893 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-52p210j2k).
(15) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Edward Taylor, no 14/1859 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-37p377j2k).
(16) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Edwin Taylor, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 238/1859.
(17) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Edwin Taylor-Lydia Mason, no 535/1885 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-44p259j2k).
(18) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Humphrey Charles Taylor, no 475/1861 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-39p116j2k).
(19) Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Humphrey Charles Taylor, microfilm Z2338, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 281/1861.
(20) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Humphrey Charles Taylor - Deaths, 11 Jan 1939, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25579638).
(21) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Mona Mary Ellis Bagley, no 1247/1870 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-48p147j2k).
(22) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Humphrey Charles Taylor-Mona May Alice Bagley, no 762/1887 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-46p391j2k).
(23) "Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930", Libraries Tasmania, Mona May Taylor, death, no 1008/1910, Tullah.
(24) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Alfred Taylor, no 15/1863 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-41p601j2k).
(25) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Alfred Taylor - Deaths & Funerals, 21 Nov 1919, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12390495).
(26) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Agnes Elizabeth Brown, no 46/1864 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-43p314j2k).
(27) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Taylor-Brown - Marriages, 28 Jul 1892, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13306116).
(28) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Agnes E Taylor - Deaths, 13 Feb 1936, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30077088).
(29) Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries (https://www.millingtons.com.au), Agnes Elizabeth Taylor, 1936 (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=31150).
(30) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, George Taylor, no 10/1865 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-43p308j2k).
(31) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, George Taylor, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 324/1865.
(32) "The Daily Telegraph", (Launceston, TAS : 1883-1928), TROVE, George Taylor - Deaths, 20 Jun 1889, p2, c2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150335584).
(33) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Herbert Taylor, no 40/1866 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-44p548j2k).
(34) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Ernest Octavius Taylor, no 26/1869 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-47p553j2k).
(35) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Ernest Octavius Taylor, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 402/1869.
(36) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Ernest Octavius Taylor, no 88/1888 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-57p6j2k).
(37) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Blanche Adelaide Taylor, no 22/1871 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-49p283j2k).
(38) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Blanche Adelaide Taylor, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 446/1871.
(39) "Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930", Libraries Tasmania, Blanche Adelaide Atkinson, death, no 1796/1912, Launceston.
(40) "Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930", Libraries Tasmania, Robert Atkinson-Blanche Adelaide Taylor, marriage, no 1010/1912, Launceston.
(41) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Constance Alberta Taylor, no 18/1873l (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-51p764j2k).
(42) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Constance Alberta Taylor, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 491/1873.
(43) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Constance Alberta Boden - Deaths & Funerals, 26 Apr 1934, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24928748).
(44) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Louis Booth - Deaths & Funerals, 28 Dec 1912, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10268945).
(45) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Lewis Booth-Constance Alberta Taylor, no 817/1890 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-49p445j2k).
(46) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Percy Douglas Haynes, no 1222/1892 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-18-p390j2k).
(47) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Percy Haynes-Constance Alberta Booth, no 2078/1915 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD1-1-30$init=RGD1-1-30p00032jpg).
(48) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Percy Douglas Haynes - Deaths & Funerals, 1 Sep 1919, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193338097).
(49) "The Mercury", (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), TROVE, Harold Llewellyn Boden - Deaths & Funerals, 7 Dec 1939, p15, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25762524).
(50) "Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930", Libraries Tasmania, Harold Llewellyn Boden-Constance Alberta Haynes, marriage, no 411/1926, New Town.
(51) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Ada Lauretta Taylor, no 1556/1875 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-11-p659j2k).
(52) "The Age", (Melbourne, VIC : 1854-1954 , TROVE, Ada Bennett - Deaths, 31 Mar 1930, p1, c1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202267070).
(53) "Register of Marriages, Tasmania, 1839-1899 (RGD37)", Libraries Tasmania, Henry Bennet-Ada Lauretto Taylor, no 547/1894 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-53p291j2k).
(54) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Percy Clyde Taylor, no 208/1878 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-12-p143j2k).
(55) Baptism Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart, Percy Clyde Taylor, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, no 573/1878.
(56) "Register of Deaths, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD35)", Libraries Tasmania, Percy Clyde Taylor, no 6/1879 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-48p37j2k).
(57) Bothwell Cemetery Records transcribed by Central Highlands Council from parish registers, Percy Clyde Taylor, 1879, section A18, site 5.
(58) "Register of Births, Tasmania, 1838-1899 (RGD33)", Libraries Tasmania, Ella Louise Taylor, no 1336/1880 (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-58p426j2k).