The Bourchier and Bowker Pages
Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers
Family: William Monkhouse Bowker / Hester Susannah Oosthuisen (F469)
m. 9 Sep 1836-
Male
William Monkhouse Bowker
Birth 10 Mar 1803 Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England 
Death 3 Feb 1876 Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage 9 Sep 1836 United Church of England and Ireland, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Father (8) Miles Bowker | F253 Group Sheet Mother Anna Maria Mitford | F253 Group Sheet
Female
Hester Susannah Oosthuisen
Birth 4 Jul 1816 'Rietvlei', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death 6 Aug 1911 Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial Aug 1911 Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Father Mother
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Notes - Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope
41. William Monkhouse Bowker, Bachelor, and Hessey Susannah Oosthuisen, Spinster, both of this District, were married by Banns according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland, at Bathurst on Friday the 9th day of September 1836 by me.
James Barrow, Colonial Chaplain
This marriage was solemnized between us { W. M. Bowker (signed)
{ H. S. Oosthuisen (signed)
in the presence of:
{ T. H. Bowker (signed)
{ B. E. Bowker (signed)
- Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope