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Frances Martha Forward

Frances Martha Forward[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1831 - 1929  (97 years)

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  • Name Frances Martha Forward 
    Nickname Fanny 
    Birth 1 Nov 1831  Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Frances "Fanny" Forward 
    Death 2 Jan 1929  'Woodlands', Southwell District, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • DEATH NOTICE:
      MOOC 6/9/3469 R21314
      Name of Deceased: Frances Martha FORWARD
      Place of Birth: Bathurst, Albany, Cape of Good Hope
      Age of Deceased: 97 years 2 months 11 days
      Widow
      Place of Residence: 'Woodlands', Albany, Cape, South Africa
      Pre-deceased Spouse: Septimus Bourchier BOWKER died 2nd March 1893
      Date of Death: 2nd January 1929
      Place of Death: 'Woodlands', Albany, Cape, South Africa
      Names of Children and whether major or minor:
      John Bourchier BOWKER died before 1929
      William Henry Egerton BOWKER
      Alice Jessie BOWKER married Harry SPENCER
      Bertram Mitford BOWKER
      Frances Martha BOWKER m Maurice Walter GRADWELL (died before 1929)
      Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind. Movable.
      Signed B.M. Bowker, Son
    Forward, Frances Martha - ccd
    Forward, Frances Martha - ccd
    Picture Note: "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22078-25928-74?cc=1779109&wc=9DCL-3TL:139968901,139967502 : accessed 22 Nov 2014), 1928 > Albany > image 1076 of 1480; National Archives, Pretoria.
    Keywords: Civil Death Certificate
    Burial 'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1057  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2014 

    MARL: Marriage Licence 2 Mar 1826  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Marriage 1 Jun 1826  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • Description: Rev Thomas Ireland
    MARL: Marriage Licence 1 Jun 1826  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Septimus Bourchier Bowker,   b. 10 Aug 1812, Almer, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1895, 'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 1853  [3
    Family ID F473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2014 

  • Sources 
    1. [S361] Bathurst English Episcopal Church, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1829 Bathurst English Episcopal Church, (Cory PR 3448).

    2. [S352] Thorpe, C, "Tharfield - An Eastern Cape Farm".

    3. [S418] Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820).

    4. [S367] Morse Jones, E, "Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa", (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town).

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

    6. [S377] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 126), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.

    7. [S454] Lower Albany Chronicle, Lower Albany Chronicle, (p 6), Part 2 1826 - 1840.

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

    9. [S377] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 129), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.