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Bones in Tasmania

The earlist record of Bones in Tasmania is the baptism of Edwardus Bones son of Mariae Ryan and Edwardi Bones at Hobart on 15-Aug 1832

Benjamin Bones aged 36 wed 28-Apr 1845 to Mary Hawthorn aged 29 at Hamilton 1. Mary Ann Bones 23-Jul 1845 at Hamilton

Francis Bones 1807 - 5-Dec 1865 aged 58, wed 22-Mar 1853 to Lucy Gibbons 1831 - 14-Sep 1854 aged 23, died with her daughter at Launceston Francis Bones aged 52 wed 9-Nov 1862 to Mary Ann Mickderny aged 30, at Oatlands

Stephen Bones aged 29 wed 14-Aug 1854 to Margaret Anderson aged 21 at Hobart

James Bones 1821 - 31-Jul 1899 aged 78 died at Gordon, came to Hobart c1852 with Ann Cohen then moved to Point Cygnet

12 Children

1. James Bones 1851
2. Male (William) Bones 29-Mar 1853
3. Thomas Bones 1856
4. Henry Bones 21-Nov 1857 died
5. Richard Bones 1859
6. Mary Ann Bones 24-Oct 1862 wed 23-Oct 1889 to Sarsfield Alexander Benbow 1870 at Hobart
7. Henry Bones 26-May 1865 wed 4-Jun 1888 to Elizabeth Ann Brittain 1868 at Pt Cygnet
8. Emey (Amy) Bones 13-Oct 1867 wed 16-Aug 1890 to Henry Smith 1862 at Hobart
9. Benjamin Bones 5-Apr 1870 wed 20-Jun 1894 to Rachel Pearsall 1868 at Pt Cygnet
10. Sarah Ann Bones 26-Aug 1872 wed 23-May 1899 to John Thomas Lovell 1877 at Hobart
11. Eliza Bones 9-Aug 1875 wed 23-Dec 1897 to Thomas William Turnbull 1877 at Gordon
12. Edward Robert Bones 27-Jun 1879

James Bones 1851 wed 24-Feb 1875 to Sarah Jane Lancaster 1853 at Hobart, and lived at Pt Cygnet

9 Children

1. James Bones 23-Dec 1878
2. Adaline (Adelaide) Bones 11-Mar 1877 wed 16-Dec 1896 to Richard Brittain 1874 at Pt Cygnet
3. Charles Bones 21-Nov 1880
4. William Bones 29-Aug 1881
5. Henry Bones 3-Jan 1886
6. Harriet Bones 23-Mar 1888
7. Eva May Bones 22-Nov 1890
8. Bertie Edwin Bones 29-Sep 1893
9. Walter Bones 14-Apr 1897

Surnames are a feature for Elizabeth, born Backhouse. She took the surname Smith when her sister married, and after her husband Joseph Dooling died she became Elizabeth Bones by marrying William Bones on 2 Nov 1898 at Point Cygnet, Tasmania.
Elizabeth gave her age as 39, William said he was 44.

William Bones 1853 wed 20-Nov 1879 to Emily Mills 1859 - 21 Nov 1891 aged 30, at Pt Cygnet
William Bones 1854 wed 2-Nov 1898 to Elizabeth Dooling 1859 at Pt Cygnet

8 Children

1. Emily Bones 3 Apr 1881 wed 5-Dec 1899 to Henry Cowen 1875 at Pt Cygnet
2. Edith Bones 21 Jan 1883
3. Caroline Bones 27 Dec 1884
4. Mary Ann Bones 15 Sep 1886 - 20 Feb 1887
5. Ada Bones 8 Jan 1888
6. Twin Ethel Bones 28 Apr 1890
7. Twin Florence Bones 28 Apr 1890
8. Amy Bones 17 Nov 1891 - 25 Nov 1891

Thomas Bones 1856 wed 28-Oct 1880 to Charlotte Elizth Sculthorp 1858 at Pt Cygnet

7 Children

1. Joseph Bones 22-Sep 1881
2. Osbourne Bones 26-Apr 1887
3. Maurice Benjn Chas Bones 18-Sep 1889
4. Twin Violet Gertrude Bones 28-Dec 1892
5. Twin Walter Bones 28-Dec 1892
6. Anthony Bones 30-Oct 1895
7. Harold Eric Bones 19-Mar 1898 - 26-Oct 1898 aged 6 months

Richard Bones 1859 wed 24-Dec 1881 to Elizabeth Mary Ann Lockley 1864 at Pt Cygnet

12 Children

1. Denis Henry Bones 9-May 1883
2. Virtue Bones 2-Aug 1884
3. Victor Bones 6-Dec 1885
4. Edgar Richard Bones 23-Feb 1887
5. Patience Victoria Bones 16-Apr 1888
6. Lucy Bones 11-Oct 1889
7. Lewis Bones 11-Dec 1890
8. Clement Oscar Bones 15-Dec 1892
9. Lance Douglas Percy Bones 23-Jul 1894
10. Olive Maude Bones 26-Aug 1896
11. Ruth May Bones 10-Jul 1898
12. Grace Angela Bones 1-Oct 1899

William Bones wed c1898 to Eliza Priest at Pt Cygnet

2 children

1. Twin Eva Maud Bones 15-Dec 1898
2. Twin William James Bones 15-Dec 1898 - 30-Jan 1899 lived 6 weeks

Dear Elizabeth, email address now defunct 26 Nov 2004
I am searching for more information on William BONES and Eliza PRIEST, whose names appear on your website. Eliza's surname was registered at Priest, but her father's name was George PREECE. Eliza's siblings were registered as PREECE.

George Priest 1833 wed 1859 - LONGFORD, Tasmania, Australia to Elizabeth Wadley

8 Children

1. William Pries 1862
2. Sally Preece 1864
3. George Priest 1866 wed 1890 - Launceston, to Mary Jane Swain
4. Thomas Priest 1869
5. Percy James Ernest Priest 1871
6. Elizabeth M A Wadley Priest 1873
7. Ethel Louisa Preece
8. Frank Herbert Preece 1880

George Priest wed 1859 - LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Australia to Mary Ann Woolley

3 Children

1. George Priest 1857
2. Elizabeth Priest 1854
3. Thomas Priest 1856

Mary Ann Cowan's parents
Thomas Cowen, free by servitude, wed c1834 to Mary Bleeze came free on America 18 Nov 1835

7 Children

1. Mary Anne Cowen 1834
2. Thomas George Cowen 1837
3. Joseph Cowen 1839
4. Richard Cowen 1842
5. Sarah Cowen 1844
6. Matilda Ann Cowen 1847
7. Henry Cowen 1849

James Bones 1821 born in England wed c1850 to Mary Anne Cowen born in Hobart

12 Children

1. James Bones 1851
2. William Bones 1853
3. Thomas Bones 1856
4. Henry Bones 1857
5. Richard Bones 1859
6. Mary Ann Bones 1862
7. Henry Bones 1865
8. Amy Bones 1867
9. Benjamin Bones 1870
10. Sarah Ann Bones 1872
11. Eliza Bones 1875
12. Edward Robert Bones 1879

Robert Priest wed 1843 at Hobart to Mary Ann Wherrett 1825

12 Children

1. Jane Frances Chtte Priest 1844
2. Fanny Eleanor Priest 1846
3. Mary Agnes Priest 1848
4. Elizabeth Emily Priest 1850
5. John Thomas Edward Priest 1853
6. George Henry Priest 1855
7. Robert Walter Priest 1857
8. Frank James Priest 1859
9. Herbert Arthur Priest 1862
10. Ida Rachel Priest 1865
11. Milly Mabel Priest 1868
12. Kate Flora Priest 1870

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