Bothwell Families

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James Whiteway (1815-1892)
Eleanor Smith (1829-1897)

James Whiteway.

b: abt 1815, Highworth, Wiltshire, England (1); d: 16 Sep 1892, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 18 Sep 1892, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Eleanor Smith.

b: abt 1829, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England (4); m: 2 Feb 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); d: 2 Nov 1897, Hobart, Tasmania (6); bur: 3 Nov 1897, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (7).

Children of James Whiteway and Eleanor Smith:

  1. Edward Whiteway - b: 3 Aug 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (8); bap: 8 Oct 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); d: 11 Mar 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); bur: aft 11 Mar 1862, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (11).

  2. Frederick Whiteway - b: 27 Mar 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); bap: 2 Apr 1857, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); d: 29 Nov 1924, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (14); bur: 2 Dec 1924, Beaconsfield Cemetery, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Emily Bishop, daughter of Thomas Bishop and Jane Robertson, b: 27 Mar 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); bap: 29 Dec 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); m: 24 Jan 1881, Oatlands, Tasmania (17); d: 26 Aug 1919, New Norfolk, Tasmania (18).

  3. James Whiteway - b: 8 Jul 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); bap: 11 Jul 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 13 Jul 1863, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bur: aft 13 Jul 1863, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (22).

  4. Robert Whiteway - b: 8 Jul 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bap: 11 Jul 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania (24); d: 8 Jul 1887, Launceston, Tasmania (25).

  5. Christina Whiteway - b: 12 Sep 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 3 Apr 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (27); bur: aft 3 Apr 1869, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (28).

  6. Henry Whiteway - b: 4 Jun 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bap: 22 Aug 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (30).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of James Whiteway

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON33), James Whiteway, no 9778, image 292, 'Cressy' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-40/CON33-1-40p292).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), James Whiteway, no 52/1892, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-61p51j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, James Whiteway, 1892, site unknown.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Whiteway-Smith, no 19/1847, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p7j2k).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41), Eleanor Smith, no 1046, 'Sir Robert Seppings' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-34/CON41-1-34p186).

  6. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Eleanor Whiteway, no 1597/1897, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-15p204j2k).

  7. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Eleanor Whiteway, 1897, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=11179).

  8. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward James Whiteway, no 30/1855, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-33p382j2k).

  9. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Edward James Whiteway, baptism, no 190/1855.

  10. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Edward Whiteway, no 2/1862, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-31p24j2k).

  11. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edward Whiteway, 1862, site unknown.

  12. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Richard Whiteway, no 16/1857, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p709j2k).

  13. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Frederick Whiteway, baptism, no 212/1857.

  14. Find A Grave, Frederick Whiteway, 1924, Memorial ID 232422297, citing Beaconsfield General Cemetery, Beaconsfield, Tasmania; maintained by JandET, contributor 50196868. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232422297/frederick-whiteway).

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Emily Bishop, no 13/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-36p136j2k).

  16. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Emily Bishop, baptism, no 251/1859.

  17. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Whiteway-Bishop, no 170/1881, Oatlands (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-40p85j2k).

  18. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Emily Whiteway, death, no 1772/1919, New Norfolk.

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), James Whiteway, no 24/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p379j2k).

  20. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, James Whiteway, baptism, no 240/1859.

  21. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), James Whiteway, no 8/1863, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-32p26j2k).

  22. Bothwell Cemetery Records, James Whiteway, 1863, site unknown.

  23. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Robert Whiteway, no 25/1859, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p379j2k).

  24. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Robert Whiteway, baptism, no 241/1859.

  25. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Robert Whiteway, no 282/1887, Launceston (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-56p26j2k).

  26. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Christiana Whiteway, no 502/1861, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-39p120j2k).

  27. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Christina Whiteway, no 4/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-38p36j2k).

  28. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Christina Whiteway, 1869, site unknown.

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Henry Whiteway, no 15/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p064j2k).

  30. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Henry Whiteway, no 401/1869.