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.

James Taylor (1833-1894)
Margaret Jane Taylor (1836-1880)

🏠 Property History

James Taylor, son of William Taylor and Sarah Harrison.

b: 17 Oct 1833, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); bap: 18 Oct 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania (1); d: 22 Oct 1894, Launceston, Tasmania (2).

Spouse - Margaret Jane Taylor, daughter of William Taylor and Sarah Ann Reid.

b: abt 1836, Tasmania (3); m: 13 Oct 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); d: 17 Jun 1880, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (3); bur: 20 Jun 1880, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (5).

Children of James Taylor and Margaret Jane Taylor:

  1. William James Taylor - b: 12 Nov 1854, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); bap: 1 Jan 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); d: 28 Jul 1920, Tullah, Tasmania (8); bur: 1 Aug 1920, Queenborough Cemetery, Sandy Bay, Tasmania (9). Spouse - Mary Louisa Lynch, daughter of John Lynch, b: abt 1856, place unknown (10); m: 23 Mar 1878, Hobart, Tasmania (11); d: 4 Dec 1913, Launceston, Tasmania (10); bur: 6 Dec 1913, Queenborough Cemetery, Sandy Bay, Tasmania (10).

  2. Arthur Augustus Taylor - b: 18 Nov 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); bap: 11 Jan 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); d: 4 Apr 1927, Derwent Park, Tasmania (14); bur: 6 Apr 1927, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Harriett Brent, b: abt 1872, place unknown (15); m: 29 Apr 1893, Hobart, Tasmania (16); d: Apr 1958, Tasmania (15); bur: 9 Apr 1958, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (15).

  3. Edwin Taylor - b: 15 Mar 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 12 Jun 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (18).**

  4. Humphrey Charles Taylor - b: 9 Feb 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bap: 14 Apr 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 10 Jan 1939, New Town, Tasmania (21); bur: 11 Jan 1939, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (21). Spouse - Mona May Ellis Bagley, daughter of George Bagley and Prudence Dickson, b: 23 Aug 1870, Oatlands, Tasmania (22); m: 4 Jun 1887, Oatlands, Tasmania (23); d: 21 Jun 1910, Tullah, Tasmania (24).

  5. Alfred Taylor - b: 18 Mar 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); bap: 10 May 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 19 Nov 1919, Hobart, Tasmania (27); bur: 21 Nov 1919, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (27). Spouse - Agnes Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Edward Thomas Brown and Elizabeth Worthen, b: 8 Dec 1864, Brighton, Tasmania (28); m: 20 Jul 1892, Dysart, Tasmania (29); d: 12 Feb 1936, Hobart, Tasmania (30); bur: 13 Feb 1936, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (31).

  6. George Taylor - b: 5 Mar 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (32); bap: 28 Mar 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); d: 19 Jun 1889, Mowbray, Tasmania (34).

  7. Herbert Taylor - b: 10 Nov 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bap: 20 Jan 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (36).**

  8. Ernest Octavius Taylor - b: 20 Jul 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (37); bap: 9 Sep 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (38); d: 26 Jan 1888, Launceston, Tasmania (39).

  9. Blanche Adelaide Taylor - b: 11 Aug 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); bap: 11 Oct 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (41); d: 15 Apr 1912, Launceston, Tasmania (42). Spouse - Robert Atkinson, b: date and place unknown; m: 3 Jan 1912, Launceston, Tasmania (43).**

  10. Constance Alberta Taylor - b: 16 Aug 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (44); bap: 12 Oct 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (45).**

  11. Ada Lauretta Taylor - b: 9 Oct 1875, Hobart, Tasmania (46); bap: 19 Dec 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (47).**

  12. Percy Clyde Taylor - b: 4 Aug 1878, Hobart, Tasmania (48); bap: 17 Oct 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (49); d: 26 Apr 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); bur: aft 26 Apr 1879, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (51).

  13. Ella Jane Taylor - b: 5 May 1880, Green Ponds, Tasmania (52); bap: 23 Jun 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (53).*

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Properties in Bothwell purchased by James Taylor

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 James Taylor

  1. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, James Taylor, baptism, 18 Oct 1835.

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), James Taylor, no 312/1894, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-63p26j2k).

  3. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Margaret Jane Taylor, no 2533/1880, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-9p288j2k).

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Taylor-Taylor, no 13/1853, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12p5j2k).

  5. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Margaret Jane Taylor, 1880, section A18, site 5.

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William James Taylor, no 41/1854, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p245j2k).

  7. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William James Taylor, baptism, no 174/1855.

  8. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Taylor, 29 Jul 1920, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11484253).

  9. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Funerals," Taylor, 31 Jul 1920, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11484601).

  10. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Taylor, 6 Dec 1913, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10309537).

  11. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Taylor-Lynch, no 365/1878, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-37p191j2k).

  12. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Arthur Augustus Taylor, no 41/1856, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p539j2k).

  13. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Arthur Augustus Taylor, baptism, no 208/1857.

  14. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Taylor , 5 Apr 1927, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29668717).

  15. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Harriett Taylor, 1958, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=46672).

  16. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Taylor-Brent, no 374/1893, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-52p210j2k).

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Taylor, no 14/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p377j2k).

  18. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Edwin Taylor, baptism, no 238/1859.

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Humphrey Charles Taylor, no 475/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p116j2k).

  20. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Humphrey Charles Taylor, baptism, no 281/1861.

  21. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Taylor, 11 Jan 1939, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25579638).

  22. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mona Mary Ellis Bagley, no 1247/1870, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-48p147j2k).

  23. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Taylor-Bagley, no 762/1887, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-46p391j2k).

  24. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Mona May Taylor, death, no 1008/1910, Tullah.

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alfred Taylor, no 15/1863, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-41p601j2k).

  26. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Alfred Taylor, baptism, no 312/1863.

  27. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Taylor, 21 Nov 1919, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12390495).

  28. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Agnes Elizabeth Brown, no 46/1864, Brighton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-43p314j2k).

  29. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Marriages," Taylor-Brown, 28 Jul 1892, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13306116).

  30. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Taylor, 13 Feb 1936, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30077088).

  31. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Agnes Elizabeth Taylor, 1936, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=31150).

  32. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), George Taylor, no 10/1865, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-43p308j2k).

  33. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, George Taylor, no 324/1865.

  34. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), George Taylor, no 265/1889, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-58p25j2k).

  35. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Herbert Taylor, no 40/1866, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p548j2k).

  36. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Herbert Taylor, no 353/1867.

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ernest Octavius Taylor, no 26/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p553j2k).

  38. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ernest Octavius Taylor, no 402/1869.

  39. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ernest Octavius Taylor, no 88/1888, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-57p6j2k).

  40. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Blanche Adelaide Taylor, no 22/1871, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-49p283j2k).

  41. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Blanche Adelaide Taylor, no 446/1871.

  42. TROVE: The Daily Telegraph (Launceston, TAS : 1883-1928), "Deaths," Atkinson, 16 Apr 1912, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/152423805).

  43. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Atkinson-Taylor, marriage, no 1010/1912, Launceston.

  44. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Constance Alberta Taylor, no 18/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p764j2k).

  45. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Constance Alberta Taylor, no 491/1873.

  46. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ada Lauretta Taylor, no 1556/1875, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-11-p659j2k).

  47. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Ada Lauretta Taylor, no 526/1875.

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Percy Clyde Taylor, no 208/1878, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-12-p143j2k).

  49. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Percy Clyde Taylor, no 573/1878.

  50. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Percy Clyde Taylor, no 6/1879, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-48p37j2k).

  51. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Percy Clyde Taylor, 1879, section A18, site 5.

  52. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ella Louise Taylor, no 1336/1880, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p426j2k).

  53. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Elsie Jane Taylor, no 599/1880.