Bothwell Families
These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families. You’ll find family trees and historical events specific to the area. While not exhaustive, the information will continue to be updated as research progresses. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material presented.
William Bowden (1859-1941)
Evelyn Gertrude Triffett (1870-1897)
Adelaide Edith Arnett (1873-1942)
William Bowden, son of Edward Bowden and Sarah Allen.
Born: 10 Sep 1859, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Mary Allen, aunt (RGD33: William Bowden, no 42/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37P381J2K)
Baptised: 6 Nov 1859, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: William Bowden, NS1854/1/1, no 231/1859)
Marriage Witness: 5 Dec 1883, Edward Bowden & Laura Savage, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Bowden-Savage, no 28/1883, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-42p16j2k)
Juror: 9 Jan 1885, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Andrew O'Hearns (INQ: Andrew O'Harris, no 8912/1885, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-64-8912)
Juror: 11 Oct 1889, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Isaac Avery (INQ: Isaac Avery, no 9639/1889, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-68-9639)
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, [D.4] Cnr Arthur Cres & High St, Bothwell, TAS; Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1890, p173, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VDGQ)
Shop: 14 Jan 1890, [C8.1] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, John White (owner), tannery, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1890, p173, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VDGQ)
Married (1): 6 Feb 1890, Evelyn Gertrude Triffett, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; William: 30, bachelor, farmer; Evelyn: 20, spinster; witnesses: Sarah J Triffett, Simon Arnett (RGD37: Bowden-Triffett, no 6/1890, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-49p3j2k)
Residence: 24 Feb 1891, [D.4] Cnr Arthur Cres & High St, Bothwell, TAS; Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £20 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1891, p485, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98N-9QYK)
Juror: 8 Nov 1892, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Dudley Cyril Blake (INQ: Dudley Cyril Blake, no 10169/1892 (https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-69-10169)
Juror: 18 Jan 1894, Police Office, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of John Gabbitas (INQ: John Gabitas, no 10345/1894, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-70-10345)
Article: 19 Oct 1894, named under "Bothwell" Enjoyable evening (MERC: "Bothwell," 19 Oct 1894, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9327742)
Shop: 28 Mar 1899, [D.2] Shop, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, Edward Bowden (owner), butcher's shop, slaughter-house, capital value £30, annual rateable value £2 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1899, p324-325, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98F-V8FR)
Married (2): 15 Nov 1899, Adelaide Edith Arnett, Bothwell, TAS; William: 40, widower, butcher; Adelaide: 26, spinster; witnesses: Effie Arnett, Cecil Bowden (RGD37: Bowden-Arnett, no 24/1899, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-61p25j2k)
Marriage Notice: BOWDEN-ARNETT - On November 15, 1899, at Bothwell, by the Rev L'Oste, William Bowden, second son of Edward Bowden, to Adelaide (Ada) E Arnett, sixth daughter of the late Simon Arnett (MERC: "Marriages," Bowden-Arnett, 6 Jan 1900, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12773320)
Juror: 23 Sep 1902, [D.1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Alfred Hunt (INQ: Alfred Hunt, no 11485/1902, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-75-11485)
Juror: 25 Jul 1904, Bothwell, TAS; inquest of Harry New Nichols (INQ: Harry New Nichols, no 11724/1904, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/SC195-1-76-11724)
Mortgagee: 30 Dec 1912, Cluny, Bothwell, TAS, loan £800 to his brother, Richard Bowden (LIST: Richard Bowden, historic deed, no 12/9248)
Electoral Roll: 1914, [A2-A3] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; butcher (ELEC: p2-3/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00853)
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, [A2-A3] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; Mrs Beatrice Edith North (owner), house, 22 acres, annual rateable value £8 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1914, p2006-2007, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998N-97MJ)
Electoral Roll: 1919, [D.3] Cnr Patrick St & Arthur Cres, Bothwell, TAS; butcher (ELEC: p2-3/1919, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00929)
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, [D.3] Cnr Patrick St & Arthur Cres, Bothwell, TAS, executors of Edward Bowden (owners), house, 1 acre, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p492-493, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SQ1F)
Shop: 4 Mar 1919, [D.2] Shop, Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS, executors of Edward Bowden (owners), butcher's shop, ¼ acre, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p492-493, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SQ1F)
Land: 4 Mar 1919, [E3-E4, G1] Arthur Cres, Bothwell, TAS, executors of Edward Bowden (owners), 8 acres, annual rateable value £5 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1919, p492-493, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898N-SQ1F)
Died: 19 Feb 1941, Devonport, TAS; aged 81 (FAG: William Bowden, 1941, Memorial ID 145956006, citing Devonport General Cemetery, Devonport, Tasmania; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/145956006/william-bowden)
Buried: aft 19 Feb 1941, General Cemetery, Devonport, TAS (FAG: William Bowden, 1941, Memorial ID 145956006, citing Devonport General Cemetery, Devonport, Tasmania; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/145956006/william-bowden)
Spouse (1) - Evelyn Gertrude Triffett, daughter of Sarah Jane (Whiteway) Triffett.
Born: 9 Jan 1870, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Emelina Gertrude Triffitt, NS1854/1/1, no 413/1870)
Baptised: 11 Apr 1870, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Emelina Gertrude Triffitt, NS1854/1/1, no 413/1870)
Married: 6 Feb 1890, William Bowden, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS; William: 30, bachelor, farmer; Evelyn: 20, spinster; witnesses: Sarah J Triffett, Simon Arnett (RGD37: Bowden-Triffett, no 6/1890, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd37-1-49p3j2k)
Article: 19 Oct 1894, named under "Bothwell" Enjoyable evening (MERC: "Bothwell," 19 Oct 1894, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9327742)
Died: 1 May 1897, Bothwell, TAS; aged 27, daughter of Sarah Jane Whiteway,, enteric fever; informant: Charles Albert Nichols, undertaker (RGD35: Evelyn Gertrude Bowden, no 55/1897, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/rgd35-1-66p60j2k)
Buried: 2 May 1897, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, TAS (BC: Evelyn Gertrude Bowden, 1897, section A32, site 17)
Death Notice: BOWDEN - On May 1, 1897, at Bothwell, Evelyn Gertrude, the dearly beloved wife of William Bowden, aged 27 years and 3 months (MERC: "Deaths," Bowden, 3 May 1897, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9396323)
Spouse (2) - Adelaide Edith Arnett, daughter of Simon Arnett and Mary Ann Whiteway.
Born: 12 Feb 1873, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Mary Arnett, sister (RGD33: Adelaide Edith Arnett, no 8a/1873, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p762j2k)
Baptised: 11 May 1873, Bothwell, TAS (ANG: Adelaide Edith Arnett, NS1854/1/1, no 480/1873)
Marriage Witness: 29 Nov 1888, James Emerson Hughes & Alice Sophia Arnett, St Michael & All Angels' Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Hughes-Arnett, no 19/1888, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-47p13j2k)
Married: 15 Nov 1899, William Bowden, Bothwell, TAS; William: 40, widower, butcher; Adelaide: 26, spinster; witnesses: Effie Arnett, Cecil Bowden (RGD37: Bowden-Arnett, no 24/1899, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-61p25j2k)
Marriage Notice: BOWDEN-ARNETT - On November 15, 1899, at Bothwell, by the Rev L'Oste, William Bowden, second son of Edward Bowden, to Adelaide (Ada) E Arnett, sixth daughter of the late Simon Arnett (MERC: "Marriages," Bowden-Arnett, 6 Jan 1900, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12773320)
Electoral Roll: 1914, [A2-A3] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p2-3/1914, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100678__0007-00853)
Electoral Roll: 1919, [D.3] Cnr Patrick St & Arthur Cres, Bothwell, TAS; domestic duties (ELEC: p2-3/1919, https:/www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_100682__0007-00929)
Died: 2 Oct 1942, East Devonport, TAS; aged 69, daughter of Simon Arnett and Mary Ann Whiteway, (MERC: "Deaths," Bowden, 5 Oct 1942, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25955781)
Buried: 4 Oct 1942, General Cemetery, Devonport, TAS (MERC: "Deaths," Bowden, 5 Oct 1942, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25955781)
Death Notice: BOWDEN - On October 2, 1942, at her son's (Mr Allen Bowden) residence, 53 Wright St, East Devonport, Adelaide Edith, relict of the late William Bowden, in her 70th year (MERC: "Deaths," Bowden, 5 Oct 1942, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25955781)
Children of William Bowden and Adelaide Edith Arnett:
Beatrice Mary Bowden.
Born: 22 Aug 1900, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Adelaide Bowden, mother (RGD33: Beatrice Mary Bowden, no 143/1900, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-1/RGD33-4-1-112)
No further research has been carried out at this timeWilliam Allen Bowden.
Born: 30 Aug 1901, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Ethel May Arnett, aunt (RGD33: Given Name Not Recorded Bowden, no 142/1901, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-3/RGD33-4-3-101)
No further research has been carried out at this timeRaymond George Bowden.
Born: 1 Jun 1904, Hobart, TAS; informant: William Bowden, father, butcher (RGD33: Raymond George Bowden, no 1321/1904, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-10/RGD33-4-10-168)
No further research has been carried out at this timeCecil Gordon Bowden.
Born: 16 Apr 1908, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Bowden, father, butcher (RGD33: Cecil Gordon Bowden, no 134/1908, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-24/49381160-E86F-45F5-A9B5-A0E8F79C93E8)
No further research has been carried out at this timeCorona Alison Bowden.
Born: 27 Jun 1911, Bothwell, TAS; informant: Richard Bowden, uncle (RGD33: Corona Alison Bowden, no 124/1911, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-4-37/2C698D04-CE56-43BD-B392-0E49F9D46FF8)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Bibliography of Sources
ANG - Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, Hobart. Microfilm. Anglican Parish of Bothwell (NG613).
BC - Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Transcribed from parish registers by the Central Highlands Council, Bothwell.
ELEC - ancestry: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980. Images. Australian Electoral Commission, [Electoral Roll]. https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1207 : 2023.
FAG - Find A Grave. Database. https://www.findagrave.com : 2023.
INQ - Libraries Tasmania: Findings relating to Coroner's Inquests (SC195). Images. Supreme Court, Registrar's Office (TA42). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
LIST - Tasmania: The List: Properties & Titles. Historic Deeds, Grants & Titles. Images. Land Information System Tasmania. Tasmanian Government. Australia. https://www.thelist.tas.gov.au : 2023.
MERC - TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954). Images. National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au : 2023.
PRES - Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office. Microfilm. Presbyterian Church of Tasmania (NG1965).
RGD33 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD35 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD37 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
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