When Matthew Boskell was born on 13 March 1828, in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, his father, James Bowskill, was 33 and his mother, Mary Platts, was 34. He married Margaret Ellen Leonard on 25 August 1873, in Somerset, Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 23 March 1902, in Somerset, Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 74.
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Australia is claimed as British territory.
George Grey explores Western Australia.
Somerset River Cam Post Office opened on 5 November 1864. It was renamed Somerset Cam around 1934 and Somerset in 1963
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville-la-Giffard in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the ancient Germanic personal name Boso + ville ‘settlement’. The final element has been altered as a result of association with the common placename ending -well ‘spring, stream’. Some instances of Bovill may have the same origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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