Bothwell Families

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David Wylie (1845-1927)
Margaret Apted (1840-1870)
Mary Ann Mason (1844-1894)

David Wylie, son of William Wylie and Isabella Adams.

b: 28 Sep 1845, Fife, Scotland (1); d: 11 Mar 1927, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 13 Mar 1928, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse (1) - Margaret Apted.

b: abt 1847, place unknown (4); m: 29 Sep 1869, Den Hill, Tasmania (5); d: 17 May 1870, Apsley, Tasmania (4); bur: aft 17 May 1870, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (6).

There were no children in this marriage.

Spouse (2) - Mary Ann Mason, daughter of Joseph Mason and Jane Barker.

b: 1 Jun 1844, Hobart, Tasmania (7); m: 26 Feb 1876, Hobart, Tasmania (8); d: 4 Nov 1894, Hobart, Tasmania (9); bur: 6 Nov 1894, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (10).

Children of David Wylie and Mary Ann Mason:

  1. Florence Isabella Wylie - b: 29 Jan 1877, Hobart, Tasmania (11); d: 28 Aug 1877, Green Ponds, Tasmania (12).

  2. Louis Alfred Wylie - b: 8 Jun 1878, Bothwell, Tasmania (13); d: 11 Nov 1956, Tasmania (14); bur: aft 11 Nov 1956, Copping Cemetery, Sorell, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Evelyn Liza Branch, daughter of Matthew Branch and Frances Sims, b: 10 Jan 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); m: 3 Dec 1902, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); d: 11 May 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bur: 14 May 1911, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (18).

  3. William Joseph Wylie - b: 6 May 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); d: Jan 1915, Tasmania (20); bur: 15 Jan 1915, Queenstown Lyell Cemetery, Tasmania (20).

  4. Charles Oswald Wylie - b: 1 Jan 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 23 Jul 1946, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (22); bur: 25 Jul 1946, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (23). Spouse - Elizabeth Hutchinson, b: abt 1883, Scotland (24); m: 17 Aug 1927, Bothwell, Tasmania (25); d: 29 Nov 1949, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (26); bur: 1 Dec 1949, Beaconsfield Cemetery, Tasmania (26).

  5. Mary Ann Wylie - b: 21 Dec 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (27); d: 18 May 1970, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); aft 18 May 1970, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (28). Spouse - Roland Gossage, son of Charles Gossage and Sarah Hunt, b: 22 May 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bap: 18 Oct 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania (30); m: 22 Apr 1909, Bothwell, Tasmania (31); d: 10 Apr 1947, Bothwell, Tasmania (32); bur: 11 Apr 1947, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (33).

  6. John Adam Wylie - b: 13 Jan 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 3 Jul 1966, Hobart, Tasmania (35); bur: 6 Jul 1966, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (36). Spouse - Magdalene Mary Crawford, daughter of William Crawford and Mary Jane Hoed, b: 5 Sep 1890, Buckland, Tasmania (37); m: 17 Apr 1919, Hobart, Tasmania (38); d: Aug 1974, Tasmania (39); 5 Aug 1974, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (39).

Sources

Sources

Family of David Wylie

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Register of Ships' Arrivals with Lists of Passengers (CB7, CUS30), William Wylie, p50/1857 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CB7-12-1-7P41J2K).

  2. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Wylie, 12 Mar 1927, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29666165).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, David Wylie, 1927, site unknown.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Wylie-Apted, no 118/1869, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-28p74j2k).

  5. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Margaret Wylie, no 8/1870, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-39p34j2k).

  6. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Margaret Wylie, 1870, site unknown.

  7. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Mason, no 259/1844, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-2-p488j2k).

  8. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Wylie-Mason, no 330/1876, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-35p158j2k).

  9. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Mary Ann Wylie, no 1415/1894, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-14p175j2k).

  10. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Ann Wylie, 1894, section A, site unknown.

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Florence Isabella Wylie, no 2533/1877, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-11-p770j2k).

  12. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Florence Wylie, no 356/1877, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-46p99j2k).

  13. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Louis Alfred Wylie, no 14/1878, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-56p494j2k).

  14. ancestry: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, Louis Alfred Wylie, 1956, Sorell, Tasmania (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/409531:1266).

  15. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Effie Eliza Branch, no 439/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-57p802j2k).

  16. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Wylie-Branch, marriage, no 26/1902, Bothwell.

  17. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Evelyn Eliza Wylie, RGD17/1/2, no 775/1911.

  18. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Evelyn Liza (Effie) Wylie, 1911, section A36, site 12.

  19. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Joseph Wylie, no 504/1880, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p330j2k).

  20. Find A Grave, William Joseph Wylie, 1915, Memorial ID 215363765, citing Queenstown Lyell Cemetery, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215363765/william_joseph-wylie).

  21. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Oswell Wylie, no 698/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-60p198j2k).

  22. TROVE: The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths," Wylie, 24 Jul 1946, p2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96482357).

  23. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Oswald Wylie, 1946, site unknown.

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Peter Kirkwood, no 72/1910, Beaconsfield (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-31/903eeecb-f86d-4877-a5d4-7ad265e7d9c0).

  25. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Wylie-Kirkwood, marriage, no 877/1927, Bothwell.

  26. The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Wylie, 30 Nov 1949, p 13 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52706935).

  27. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Ann Wylie, no 817/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-63p154j2k).

  28. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Ann Gossage, 1970, section A32, site 4-5.

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Roland Gossage, no 837/1885, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-64p545j2k).

  30. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Roland Gossage, no 762/1885.

  31. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Gossage-Wylie, marriage, no 29/1909, Bothwell.

  32. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Gossage,11 Apr 1947, p14 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26394978).

  33. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Roland Gossage, 1947, section A32, site 4-5.

  34. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), John Adam Wylie, no 829/1886, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd33-1-65p105j2k).

  35. Libraries Tasmania: Copies of Wills Recording Granting of Probate, 1825-1989 (AD960), John Adam Wylie, no 47921/1966 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/ad960-1-106-47921).

  36. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, John Adam Wylie, 1966, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=101421).

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Magdalene Mary Crawford, no 3200/1890, Spring Bay (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-70p424j2k).

  38. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Wylie-Crawford, marriage, no 573/1919, Hobart.

  39. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Magdalene Mary Wylie, 1974, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=57339).