The Bourchier and Bowker Pages

Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers

Family: (8) Miles Bowker / Anna Maria Mitford (F253)

m. 8 Mar 1800


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  • (8) Miles Bowker Male
    (8) Miles Bowker

    Birth  Abt 1758  Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  25 Mar 1839  Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  27 Mar 1839  Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  8 Mar 1800  [1, 2, 3]  Morpeth, Northumberland, England  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  (7) Thomas Bowker, of Deckham Hall, Gateshead | F254 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Dorothy Falconer Monkhouse | F254 Group Sheet 

    Anna Maria Mitford Female
    Anna Maria Mitford

    Birth  1782  Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  8 Jul 1868  'Kruisfontein', Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  1868  Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Capt. John Mitford | F255 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Dorothy Young | F255 Group Sheet 

    Lieutenant John Mitford Bowker Male
    + Lieutenant John Mitford Bowker

    Birth  13 Apr 1801  Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  11 Apr 1847  'Oakwell', Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  Mary Anne Standen | F468 
    Marriage  26 Apr 1837  Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    William Monkhouse Bowker Male
    William Monkhouse Bowker

    Birth  10 Mar 1803  Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Feb 1876  Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Hester Susannah Oosthuisen | F469 
    Marriage  9 Sep 1836  United Church of England and Ireland, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Miles Brabbin Bowker Male
    Miles Brabbin Bowker

    Birth  27 Jan 1805  Mitford, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Jul 1864  'Thorn Kloof farm', Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  Barbara Petronella Oosthuisen | F470 
    Marriage  7 Oct 1827  Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Thomas Holden Bowker Male
    Thomas Holden Bowker

    Birth  24 Feb 1807  Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Oct 1885  Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Julia Eliza McGowan | F471 
    Marriage  18 Oct 1854  Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Bertram Egerton Bowker Male
    Bertram Egerton Bowker

    Birth  24 Nov 1808  Morpeth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Dec 1904  Santa Clara, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  Anne Maria Simpson | F472 
    Marriage  30 Aug 1838  Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Robert Mitford Bowker Male
    + Robert Mitford Bowker

    Birth  30 Aug 1810  Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  23 Sep 1892  'Glen Avon', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Elizabeth Hart | F465 
    Marriage  19 Dec 1838  'Glen Avon', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Septimus Bourchier Bowker Male
    Septimus Bourchier Bowker

    Birth  10 Aug 1812  Almer, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  2 Aug 1895  'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Frances Martha Forward | F473 
    Marriage  1853   

    Octavius Bourchier Bowker Male
    Octavius Bourchier Bowker

    Birth  27 May 1815  Almer, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  23 Jul 1899  'Champagne', Zastron, Orange Free State, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  Mary Anne Stubbs | F474 
    Marriage  25 Jan 1844  Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Mary Elizabeth Bowker Female
    Mary Elizabeth Bowker

    Birth  5 Jan 1818  'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  4 Sep 1899  Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Commercial Road Cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Frederick William Barber | F475 
    Marriage  19 Dec 1842  Church Of St George, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Anna Maria Bowker Female
    Anna Maria Bowker

    Birth  26 Apr 1820  Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  24 Apr 1895  Albany Road, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John Frederick Korsten Atherstone | F476 
    Marriage  6 Sep 1842  Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Colonel James Henry Bowker, J.P., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.S Male
    Colonel James Henry Bowker, J.P., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.S

    Birth  Aug 1822  'Oliveburn', Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  22 Oct 1900  Escombe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Escombe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S503] Shuttleworth, Stanley G, "1820 Settler Women".

    2. [S369] Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, Register 29/3/1822 -1860, (CORY MS 15 899/1).

    3. [S18] Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, "Some Frontier Families", (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa).