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


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  • 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
    Marriage  9 Sep 1836  United Church of England and Ireland, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  (8) Miles Bowker | F253 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anna Maria Mitford | F253 Group Sheet 

    Hester Susannah Oosthuisen Female
    Hester Susannah Oosthuisen

    Birth  4 Jul 1816  'Rietvlei', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  6 Aug 1911  Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Aug 1911  Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
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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)