Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1666, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Thomas married Judith Scofeild on 2 Feb 1694 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Judith was born about 1672 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died in Dec 1739 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Dec 1697, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

David Bowker writes :"In 1720 John Bowker purchased part of the Dackham Hall property in Gateshead. John was the owner of Bowker's Chemical Works at Willington Quays, processing sulphate of alumina for the paper, glass and pottery industries."
The Deckham Hall property was left to Elizabeth Dackham, granddaughter of Thomas Dackham, the original builder and owner of the property. Elizabeth married Henry Mitford.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1701, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Probate: 27 May 1775, London, England

Notes:

His will is at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_309970-00571 which he wrote 20 days before his demise.
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He is registered as living at Mare Fair, Northampton Poll and Electoral registers in 1768 and 1774

UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 for Holden Bowker
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2410/32969_636672_1938-00012

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He had a Linnen Drapery in Compton Street, Soho, Westminster London from sometime before 1737, as he took on an apprentice John Reade of Covent Garden on 11th January 1737.
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It appears that Holden Bowker was a Constable in Westminster and on londonlives.org there are three cases

1.Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743

Westmr. to wit.

The King agt. William Giles at the
Prosecution of Holden Bowker (High
Constable for the City & Liberty of Westminster )
for Keeping a disorderly House.

John Ridgway of the Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields in the Liberty aforesd. Gentleman
maketh Oath That he this Deponent did on
Tuesday the 4th. Day of October Instant deliver to
the sd. Holden Bowker a true Copy of the Notice
hereunto annexed.

John Ridgway [..]

Sworn in Court
this 7th. day of
October 1743

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2. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743

The King agst. George May

Sir

Take notice that I will Appear at the next General Quarter
Session of the Peace of Our Lord the King to be Holden at the Town
Court House near Westmr. Hall in & for the Liberty of the Dea [..]
and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westmr .
the City Borough & Town of Westmr. in the County of Middx
and St. Martin Le Ground London on frydaythe Seventh day
of this Instant October at EightElevenof the Clock in the forenoon
of the Same day then & there will plead not Guilty and take my Tryal upon the
Indictment you have prefered Against me for keeping an ill
Governed Disorderly House dated the first day of October
1743

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3. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743

A list of Constables ordered to Atend his Majesty 's Justices of the Peace this October Sessions 1743
Holden Bowker high Constable on Wednesday 5.October.
{there were the normal swearing in seesions of the elected or deputised persons. Failute to be present could result in a fine of 40s. Similar to the Court Leets of Manchester}

Holden married Margaretta W Alliston on 14 Sep 1749 in St. Giles, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Margaretta (daughter of Bryan Alliston and Ursula) was born on 13 May 1704 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England; died before 31 Jan 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joseph Bouker
• Occupation: Chapman
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1703, St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Alternate parents of Thomas Bowker
Three possible Josephs:
1. b 25.4.1703 Manchester father Thomas
2. b 7 Nov 1702 Cromsall father Robert, siblings James and Peter - no
3. b 30.4.1704 Croston father John - Croston is too far from manchester

Joseph was Miles Bowker's grandfather! No question about it, from the death report of his father Thomas b 1726.

Joseph's father was Thomas b 1666 and mother Judith Scofield. See the baptism records of John b 1697, Houldon b 1701, Joseph b 1703 and Benjamin 1707. All 4 say their father was Thomas Bowker junior!

Joseph's occupation of Chapman : By 1600, the word chapman had come to be applied to an itinerant dealer in particular, but it remained in use for "customer, buyer" as well as "merchant" in the 17th and 18th centuries. The slang term for man, "chap" arose from the use of the abbreviated word to mean a customer, one with whom to bargain.
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chapman_(occupation)

Merchant - in the 17/18c, before the advent of factories, a Chapman would invest in the raw materials of the cotton, woolen or silk trade, put out the work to spinners and weavers at home on piece-rates, and sell the product for profit

Joseph married Elizabeth Brabbin on 4 Nov 1725 in Wigan Parish (By Licence). Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Brabbin and Judith) died in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Jun 1707, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Notes:

IM-B in Bowkers of Tharfield, page 2) has it that his will was proved on 5th December 1749 : Administrations of the goods and chattels of Benjamin Bowker, late of Manchester in the County of Lancashir
e, was granted to Zenobia Ann Bowker, widow of the relict, she having been first sworn, etc. Perogative Court of Canterbury, Admon. Act Book Decr 1749 Lancs, Seat 1
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From : https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp174-187#anchorn89
"The Jacobites in 1745 hoped that Manchester would give them substantial assistance. (fn. 89) Mr. Clayton, one of the chaplains of the collegiate church, was an ardent partisan, and the other clergy were sympathizers. (fn. 90) One of the nonjuring bishops, Dr. Deacon, lived in the town, ministering to a small congregation. On 28 November a daring sergeant of the Pretender's, having hurried forward, appeared in the town and began to invite recruits. (fn. 91) His reception was not cordial, but sufficient supporters were obtained to secure his safety and freedom until the vanguard of the army arrived in the evening. The whole force reached Manchester the following day, the prince himself riding in during the afternoon, when his father was proclaimed king as James III. Mr. Dickinson's house in Market Street was chosen as head quarters and was afterwards known as 'The Palace.' At night many of the people illuminated their houses, bonfires were made, and the bells were rung. Some three hundred recruits had joined the invaders, and were called 'The Manchester Regiment.' Money due to the government was seized. (fn. 92) The army marched south on Monday 1 December, and returned to Manchester in its retreat on the 9th. Out of a contribution of £5,000 then demanded, £2,500 was collected and accepted, and the prince and his forces left the town next day. The Manchester Regiment still accompanied him, and was entrusted with the defence of Carlisle, which surrendered at the end of the month. The officers were tried for high treason in July 1746, and some were executed at Kennington. (fn. 93) The heads of two—Thomas Theodorus Deacon and Thomas Siddall—were sent down to Manchester, and fixed on the Exchange. (fn. 94) The men of the regiment were tried at Carlisle in August and September, and many of them executed. The successful party had their celebrations, the news of the capture of Carlisle and the victory of Culloden being welcomed by public illuminations and the distribution of liquor. (fn. 95) The ill-feeling between the two parties in the town — the Jacobites and the Whigs—continued for many years afterwards."
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Reference: Historical Papers relating to the Jacobite Period 1699-1750, edited by Colonel James Allardyce, LL.D Volume Second printed in Aberdeen by Milne and Hutchison, 1896. PDF book in Paul TTs possesion.

It appears from the Depositions at the Jacobite Trials page 379 that Benjamin Bowker was a Deputy Constable in Manchester.

In the trial of George Fletcher, page 379: BENJ. BOWKER. The night the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester I saw the defendant amongst them, and several other Manchester men in a room at the Bull Head Inn with a white cockade in his hat.

In the trial of William Brittough alias Britter, page 435: BENJAMIN BOWKER. When the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester, I saw defendant along with them at the " Bull Head Inn," with a white cockade in his hat, and I believe he had then taken on with them.

In the trial of Thomas Chaddoch/Chadwick, page 441: Tuos. BRADBURY ; BENJAMIN BOWKER. Saw the defendant among several of the rebels, who were armed with sword and pistols, in the " Bull Head Inn " in Manchester the day the rebels came there, and was reputed then to have joined them.

In the trial of Thomas Deacon page 447: BENJAMIN BOWKER. The night the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester the witness saw the defendant among the crowd at the " Bull Head Inn," and desired him to go home, lest he should be hurt. Prisoner said he would, but the same evening witness saw him again at the same place with the rebels, with a white cockade in his hat, and believes he had then joined them.

#Thomas Deacon was executed for treason.

Reference : A Complete Collection of State Trials 1743 to 1753 PDF book in the possession of Paul TT:
512. The Trial of David Morgan, of Monmouth, but late of Derby, esq. for High-Treason, at St. Margaret’s-hill, Southwark, July 18: 20 George II. A. D. 1746. page 200/712
"King's Counsel. And what part did the prisoner at the bar act; and how did he behaveduring the time you were with the rebel army?
Barry. I saw him ride with the rebel army, from Preston to Manchester, and he was very active in encouraging the rebel officers and soldiers. After that 1 saw the prisoner at Ashhorn, and he said there that he would not leave
the army as long as he lived.—I cannot say that he bore any commission as an oficer : if he did, it is more than I know.

Benjamin Bowker called and sworn.
King’s Counsel. Mr. Bowker, acquaint my lord and the gentlemen of the jury, what you know of Mr. Morgan the prisoner.
Bowker. Upon the 29th of last November, 1 had this paper delivered to me (holding a paper in his hand, and looking at it). It is a paper ordering me to search for arms.
King’s Counsel. What are you, Sir?
Bowker. I am a deputy-constable of Manchester.
King’s Counsel. Who gave on that paper?
Bowker. The prisoner at the bar and Mr. Wallis, who was one of the head-constables.
King’: Counsel. Then the prisoner was with Mr. Wallis, when you had that paper delivered to you ?—B0wker. Yes, he was. ,
King’s Counsel. What were the contents of the paper?
Bowker. It was a warrant signed by Murray the Pretender’s secretary, to search for all the arms I could find ; and if any body refused to deliver up and surrender their arms, they were to suffer military execution against their goods and effects.
[Then this Paper was delivered by Mr. Bowker to the Clerk ol' the Arraigns, and was read in court; but it is so very treasonable, that it is improper to insert it. I‘he preamble called the Pretender’s son Regent of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and required all whom it may concern, to pay due obedience to that
0rtler.]
King’s Counsel. What, did you get any
arms ofthe town’s people of Manchester?
Bowker. I did, and carried them to the prisoner’s lodgings, and left them there, though did not see him, but I asked for esquire Morgan ; and one of the servants belonging to the house told me he would be there presently.
King’s Counsel. Do you know any thing farther ?
Bozvker. I do not: I have spoken all that I can recollect.

King’: Counsel. Call Samuel Maddox next, and swear him."

In summary on page 207:
Then there is Mr. Bowker, the deputy constable of Manchester, and he comes and swears, That the prisoner at the bar, with one Wallis (who is one of the head constables of Manchester, and Bowker's principal) came to him with a paper signed by the Pretender's secretary, ordering him to search for all arms, and carry them to the lodgings of David Morgan, esq. which he did accordingly, for in case of refusal, he, and all those who refused to deliver up their arms, were threatened with military execution. This witness is positive to the person of the prisoner; and I think there can be no plainer proof of high-treason than what has been sworn.
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David Morgan was found guilty of treason and executed.

Benjamin married (D) Zenobia Ann Illingworth on 18 Oct 1739 in Birch Chapel, Manchester, England. Zenobia (daughter of Thomas Illingworth and Elizabeth) died in 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

died without issue . see https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW3G-BTT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1726, Holy Trinity, Salford, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Ivan Mitford-Barberton's research show that Thomas' parents were Thomas Bowker and Elizabeth Brabbin.

PaulTT has found a marriage in Wigan of a Joseph Bowker marrying Elizabeth Brabbin, both of Manchester.
His death is recorded as being in Morpeth, and father being Joseph Bowker.
Name: Thos. Bowker
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Birth Date: 1726
Death Date: 3 Sep 1798
Burial Date: 5 Sep 1798
Burial Place: Morpeth Parish, Northumberland, England
Father: Joseph Bowker
FHL Film Number: 1469099
Reference ID: P. 7 No. 60
Therefore, Thomas' father was the Joseph Bowker who married Elizabeth Brabbin!

Thomas inherited Deckham Hall from his uncle John Bowker, who had purchased it in 1720..

Advertisement in the 'Newcastle Courant' May 27th 1809:
"DECKHAM'S HALL. To be sold by private contract, called Deckham's Hall, otherwise Mitford House...."

William James purchased 'Deckham's Hall' (otherwise Mitford House) in May 1817 for the sum of £7,100.
A.R.P.
Hall, Gardens & Orchard1" - 8" formerly in the occupation of J. Collins viewer (afterwards of Thomas Bowker & late of Wooler.)
Close adjoining 8. 3. 9
4 nooked close 18. 0.27
& 2 pieces of Gard held of Dean & Chapter of Durham on Lease, but afterwards made Freehold by said G. Wooler.
Dwelling house adjoining....formerly William Row Millright (afterwards Bowker)

Thomas married Dorothy Falconer Monkhouse on 16 Jul 1754 in Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England. Dorothy was born about 1725 in Bloan, Westmorland, England; died on 12 Sep 1810 in Walton, Near Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was buried on 15 Sep 1810 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is mentioned as an heiress in Holden Bowker's will.

Catherine married A Booth before 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1741

Notes:

never married - not mentioned in his mothers will.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 May 1743, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ann married George Bolton on 27 Feb 1766 in St George, Hanover sq, London, England. George was born in St George, Hanover sq, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Nov 1745, St Ann, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Family/Spouse: Lewis Mathias. Lewis was born in Gray's Inn, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Jun 1749, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Family/Spouse: Robert Haly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 May 1755, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1756, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Dorothy married William Scurfield, of Coatham Mandeville on 19 Dec 1781. William was born on 18 Mar 1755 in Coatham Mundeville, Durham, England; died on 12 Mar 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Miles Bowker 1820
• Occupation: a Gentleman Farmer
• Baptism: 19 Sep 1758, All Saint's, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 1800, Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England
• Residence: 1808, Charborough Park, West Almer, Dorsetshire, England
• Residence: 1817, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
• Residence: Jun 1820, 'Oliveburn', Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1833, Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Miles Bowker was born at Deckhams Hall in Gateshead.



Died:
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STARTING 1839
ENDING 1839

Miles married Anna Maria Mitford on 8 Mar 1800 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Anna (daughter of Capt. John Mitford and Dorothy Young) was born in 1782 in Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 8 Jul 1868 in 'Kruisfontein', Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1868 in Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Mar 1760, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Notes:

Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Did Benjamin have another child Dorothy?
Name Dorothy
Event Type Burial
Event Place Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Gender Female
Birth Date Sep 1787
Father's Name Benjn Bowker
Citing this Record
"England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-YLGG : 25 July 2018), Benjn Bowker in entry for Dorothy, .

Baptism:
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NL-231 : 30 December 2014), Thomas Bowker in entry for Benjamin Bowker, 17 Mar 1760; citing ST NICHOLAS PARISH REC AND NONCONF ,NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 95,017, 95,018, 847,912, 847,913.

Family/Spouse: Betty, - wife of Benjamin Bowker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Nov 1762, Heworth, Durham, England

Notes:

Of Stockton-on-Tees. Died aged 96. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Doctor

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Haughton le Skerne

Joanna married William Grey, of Norton on 2 Jul 1807 in Stockton on Tees, Northumberland, England. William was born about 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: John Mitford Bowker
• Baptism: 6 May 1801, Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• Residence: 1816, Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England

Notes:

John Mitford remained in England while he tied up his dad's affairs and only went out to South Africa 2 years later than the rest of the family, so he was not classified as an 1820 Settler.
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BOWKER, John Mitford, 1820
Written by .

National Archives, Kew, CO48/52, 58

Mr. Miles BOWKER late resident of South Newton near Salisbury in the County of Wilts with his party Embarked on board the Weymouth Store Ship the latter end of December last (1819) for the new settlement at the Cape of Good Hope sanctioned by His Majesty's Government. – John Mitford BOWKER of South Newton aforesaid aged 20 years and son of Miles BOWKER being one of the party is desirous to proceed to his Father at the Cape Settlement without delay and he most respectfully begs that Earl BATHURST His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonial Department will give the necessary instructions for him to proceed forthwith to the said Colony.

[Note from clerk on reverse]

Lord PEMBROKE called here to enquire whether Mr. BOWKER would be provided with a passage to the Cape. The Sir George Osborn was at Deptford on Saturday and the Navy Office say that if the passage is ordered immediately BOWKER can go on board.

Footnote from GOULBURN

Mr GOULBURN's complts and there is no longer any prospect of forwarding BOWKER.

7 March

The Lower Albany Chronicles state that John had arrived at Oliveburn on 31 December 1822.

Comment by PaulTT. It has been claimed that younger brother Bertram also stayed behind and only went to SA with John in 1822, yet the letter above has no mention of him. Bertram does feature in the Settler Returns, ie manifest, of the Weymouth as having gone to SA with his parents in 1820.
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He took part in the campaign against the M'fecani in 1828 and served as Lieutenant, 1st battalion Provisional Colonial Infantry in the war of 1834-1835, being appointed Resident Agent with the Fingo Settlement near Fort Peddie. He was signatory to the Treaty with the Gaika Chiefs at King William's Town in 1836. In the war of 1846-1847 he was Commandant, Lower Koonap River Burghers and Field-Cornet, Fish River in 1847. .

He was a member of the 1828 expedition party into Kaffirland, described in Harold Edward Hockly's book, 'The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa', on pages 117 and 118. " About the middle of the following year, 1828, news was received that Chaka's Zulus ( or the Fetcani), were again threatening to overrun Kaffirland, and once again the Kaffirs prepared for a wholesale migration into the Colony for protection. A small volunteer force of fifty men under Major Dundas was immediately despatched into Kaffirland to investigate the position, to persuade the Zulus or Fetcani, (whichever the raiders turned out to be), to retire, and if necessary, drive them back. Settlers who were members of this small expedition were J.M., W.M., and B.E. Bowker, James and John Cawood, W.Biddulph, C.Baillie, T.Foxcroft, Thomas Pullen and E.Phillips. Together with a body of friendly kaffirs, they advanced as far as the Bashee River without coming into contact with the enemy. With half a dozen of the settlers just named, Dundas then rode into Pondoland to make further reconnaissances: there they saw the ruin and desolation caused by the invaders (who turned out to be Fetcani, not Zulus), and narrowly escaped coming into conflict with them. After this small scouting party had again rejoined the main body, Dundas's force moved into Temboland, where they again saw the evidence of the terrible havoc wrought by the Fetcani. near the Umtata River, the opposing forces at last met, the Fetcani being defeated after a short but sharp encounter. On the return of the expedition to the Colony after an abscence of seven weeks, Col. Henry Somerset led a large and well equiped force into Kaffirland which overtook the Fetcani at the Kei River, defeated them in a decisive battle, and drove them back." . Distinguished himself in action in the Sixth Kaffir War in 1835, and became a Government Agent with the Fingoes after this war - Fort Peddie 1835. He died during the Seventh War.

Cape Frontier Times - June 1847:
THE LATE MR. JOHN MITFORD BOWKER
21st April 1847
To the Editor: Sir, I and two or three agriculturalists accidentally met the other day when each seemed more than another to deplore the loss of our valued countryman John Mitford BOWKER Esq.JP. We asked one another why such an eminently bold, fearless and honest advocate of colonial interests did not merit a testimonial of his countrymens’ esteem. At once we agreed that the erection of a Monument to his remains was the smallest tribute we could render to the memory of a true patriot and British subject, whose acts as a colonist must be embalmed while the history of our country exists. We have determined to enter into a Subscription to erect a Monument to record our sense of his moral worth, and we trust that the mere mention of such an intention will be sufficient to call forth general approbation among the Frontier inhabitants.
A. FARMER

John Mitford Bowker 13 Apr 1801 - 14 Apr 1847
'.. farmer and government agent, was the eldest son of Miles Bowker, leader of a party of 1820 Settlers, and his wife, Anna maria Mitford. Bowker did not accompany the family to the Cape but remained in England to settle family affairs and joined his parents only in 1822. He saw active service in the Sixth Frontier War (1834-5) and was specially mentioned for his bravery. He was subsequently appointed government agent to the Fingo people settled in the neighbourhood of Fort Peddie and to other tribes living adjacent to the frontier. In 1839 he was removed from this office because his administrative methods met with official disapproval, and he was moreover an implacable critic of the Stockenström treaty system under which he operated. .. In 1841 he became a sheep farmer at Willow Fountain, Fish River Rand, and being like other frontier farmers subjected to raids by Xhosa tribesmen he championed the cause of the White landowners on the frontier. In a series of speeches he criticised both the philanthropic ideas of the missionaries and the frontier policy of the government, and supported White farmers in their claim for more land and protection against cattle thieving by the Xhosa. His words were bitter and incisive, and in 1844, in a speech dubbed by W. Porter the Attorney General as the 'springbok speech', he drew a comparison between the Xhosa and a mustering of springbok in time of drought. .. When the Seventh Frontier War (War of the Axe, 1846-7) broke out most of the Bowker family went into lager at Thornkloof, the farm of Miles Bowker, but were forced to withdraw. Bowker left his family in safety on his brother Robert Bowker's farm near Somerset East and joined the burgher force mustered under Sir Andries Stockenström. .. His farm was in ruins, and it was while camping in a stable on the farm of his brother Bertram at Oakwell, near Grahamstown, that he caught pneumonia and died there at the age of forty-six. .. An anthology of Bowker's Speeches, letters and selections from important papers was compiled by his widow and in 1864 published in Grahamstown. They give valuable insight into the mind of a White frontier farmer during a turbulent period of frontier history.' (Dictionary of South African biography, Vol. III, pp. 94-5.) [(Pietermaritzburg), KZN, South Africa]


Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
DEPOT KAB
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DESCRIPTION BOWKER, JOHN MITFORD. DEATH NOTICE.
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DEATH NOTICE:
Name of Deceased: John Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth: England
Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER
Anna Maria BOWKER
Age of Deceased: 45 years
Condition in Life: Farmer
Married:
Name of Surviving Spouse: Mary Ann STANDEN
Date of Death: 11 April 1847
Place of Death: Palmietfontein, Albany, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Children:
Duncan Campbell BOWKER
John Mitford BOWKER
Thomas BOWKER
Miles Bouchier BOWKER
Mary Ann BOWKER
Signed by W.M. BOWKER, Brother.

MOOC 6/9/42 R8947
DEATH NOTICE:
Name of Deceased: John Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth: England
Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER
Anna Maria BOWKER
Age of Deceased: 45 years
Condition in Life: Farmer
Married:
Name of Surviving Spouse: Mary Ann STANDEN
Date of Death: 11 April 1847
Place of Death: Palmietfontein, Albany, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Children:
Duncan Campbell BOWKER
John Mitford BOWKER
Thomas BOWKER
Miles Bouchier BOWKER
Mary Ann BOWKER
Signed by W.M. BOWKER, Brother.

John married Mary Anne Standen on 26 Apr 1837 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born in 1814 in Hammersmith, London, England; died on 25 Dec 1893 in Signal Hill, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Apr 1807, Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
DEPOT KAB
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TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/154
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DESCRIPTION BOWKER, WILLIAM MONKHOUSE. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18760000
ENDING 18760000

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC6/9/134 R2591
Name of Deceased: William Monkhouse BOWKER
Place of Birth: England
Parents of Deceased: Miles BOWKER
Anna Maria BOWKER
Age at Death: 73 years
Married
Date of Death: 3rd February 1876
Place of Death: 'Tharkloof', Albany, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Children:
Miles Robert BOWKER
Nellie Johanna CURRIE
Anna Maria CLOETE
Mary Elizabeth MORTON
Wilhelmina CURRIE
Hester Francina BOWKER Minor
Signed by M.R. BOWKER

William married Hester Susannah Oosthuisen on 9 Sep 1836 in United Church of England and Ireland, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hester was born on 4 Jul 1816 in 'Rietvlei', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Aug 1911 in Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Aug 1911 in Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jan 1807, Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/108
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REFERENCE 1289
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, MILES BRABBIN. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 1864
ENDING 1864
REMARKS 1289 1/2.

MOOC 619/108 R1289.1
Name of Deceased: Miles Brabbin BOWKER
Place of Birth: Northumberland, England
Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER & Anna Maria BOWKER
Age of Deceased: 57 years
Condition in Life: Farmer
Name of Surviving Spouse: Barbara Petronella OOSTHUIZEN
Date of Death: 28 July 1864
Names of Children: No Children
Farmed at 'Chase's Grant'
Signed by W.M. BOWKER, Brother who farmed at 'Doornkloof'.

Miles married Barbara Petronella Oosthuisen on 7 Oct 1827 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Barbara was born on 6 Nov 1809 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Dec 1895 in 'Thorn Kloof farm', Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 'Thorn Kloof farm', Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Mar 1807, Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/226
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REFERENCE 1877
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, THOMAS HOLDEN. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18850000
ENDING 18850000

DEATH NOTICE:
6/9/226 R1877
Name of Deceased: Thomas Holden BOWKER
Place of Birth: Northumberland
Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER
Anna Maria MITFORD
Age of the Deceased: 79 years 8 months 12 days
Condition in Life: Farmer
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Julia Eliza McGowan
Date of Death: 26 October 1885
Place of Death: 'Tharfield', Albany, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Children and whether Major or Minor:
Emily Atherstone BOWKER
Thomas Holden BOWKER
Katherine Mitford BOWKER
Mary Layard BOWKER
John Mitford BOWKER
Miles McGowan BOWKER
Whether deceased has left any property and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Signed by J.E. McGowan Surviving Spouse

Thomas married Julia Eliza McGowan on 18 Oct 1854 in Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa. Julia was born on 18 Dec 1825 in London, England; died about 1904; was buried in Tharfield, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Bertram Egerton Bowker 1820
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
• Residence: Between 1825 and 1836, Tharfield, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
Estate File MOOC 6/9/1756 R7165 and TAB MHG 207 Death Notice Ref TAB MHG 6307

Bertram married Anne Maria Simpson on 30 Aug 1838 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anne was born about 1815; died on 28 Oct 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 108
• Name: Robert Mitford Bowker 1820
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
• Residence: 25 Jun 1820, Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Abt 1847, 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Abt 1847, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Initially thought that Robert was born at Morpeth in Northumberland, but then discovered that Miles and Anna and their sons must have moved to Charborough Park in Devon sometime in 1810, as I discovered that Miles was paying 'Land Tax' for rented lands at Lythchett Matravers from a William Trenchard, Esq. from 1811 through to at least 1816. Miles also paid £32 tax for the tithing of Charborough on 3rd May 1811, owned by the Earl Drax Grosvenor, Esq. When we found a transcription Robert's Death Notice, it stated that he was born in Newcastle, ie Deckhams Hall, which means that Miles and family would have only 'gone south' in the latter part of 1810.

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart of the farm Glen Avon, Somerset East. He farmed at Craigie Burn, Somerset East, which was formerly a part of Glen Avon. Craigie Burn was up in the Bosberg mountains above Glen Avon, and as it was isolated it remained unmolested throughout the many Kaffir Wars. It was used as a place of refuge for the rest of the family, and Robert's brothers often brought their stock, wives, families and left them there while they went to the wars.

On our (Janet & Paul TT) trip to South Africa in May 2014, we stayed at Glen Avon, and managed to get up the pass to Craigie Burn. The original house was in the process of being renovated by the current owners, Petri and Suzanne Snyman. We had parked our hire car, a VW Polo, at the entrance gate to the farm, and walked down to the house, as the humps and gulleys on the drive would have left our car high and dry. We met Suzanne briefly, and she advised that any non-4wd vehicle would not get further up the road towards Glen Craig!

Robert took part in the campaign against the M'fecani in 1828, and served in the war of 1850-1853. . Member of the House of Assembly from 1854 - 1873 and Member of the Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883.



Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.


Died:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/308
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REFERENCE 2005
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, ROBERT MILFORD. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18920000
ENDING 18920000

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/308 R2995
Name of the Deceased: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth of Deceased: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Names of Parents of Deceased: Father: Miles BOWKER
Mother: Anna Maria MITFORD
Age of the Deceased: 82 years
Widower
Name of pre-deceased Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Date of Death: 23 September 1892
Place of Death: 'Glen Avon', Somerset East
Names of Children and whether major or minor:
Ellen BOWKER married Robert HART (deceased)
Ann Stretch BOWKER married James Scott PRINGLE
James Frederick Fleischer BOWKER
Robert Mitford BOWKER
Effie Mitford BOWKER (deceased) married John Ward STEVENS
Septimus Bouchier BOWKER
William Henry BOWKER
Sara Elizabeth BOWKER married John Mitford BOWKER
Robert Hart BOWKER
Oliver Osbaldiston BOWKER
Miles Egerton BOWKER
Signed J.F.F. BOWKER, Son

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart on 19 Dec 1838 in 'Glen Avon', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah was born on 16 Jun 1820 in Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1875 in 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Septimus Bourchier Bowker 1820
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Died:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/340
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1005
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, SEPTINIUS B. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18950000
ENDING 18950000

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/340 F1005
Name of Deceased: Septimus Bourchier BOWKER
Birthplace of Deceased: Northumberland, England
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Miles BOWKER
Mother: Anna Maria BOWKER
Age of the Deceased: 81 years 0 months 18 days
Condition in Life: Farmer
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Frances Martha FORWARD
Date of Death: 2 August 1895
Place of Death: Bedford
Names of children of the deceased and whether Major or Minor:
John Bourchier BOWKER
William Henry Egerton BOWKER
Alice Jessie BOWKER
Bertram Mitford BOWKER
Francis Martha BOWKER married Maurice Walter GRADWELL
Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Signed: F.M. Bowker, Surviving Spouse

Septimus married Frances Martha Forward in 1853. Frances was born on 1 Nov 1831 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Jan 1929 in 'Woodlands', Southwell District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Octavius Bourchier Bowker 1820
• Baptism: 27 May 1815, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
• Residence: 1816, 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Baptism:
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Octavius married Mary Anne Stubbs on 25 Jan 1844 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born est 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Feb 1818, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Mary married Frederick William Barber on 19 Dec 1842 in Church Of St George, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Frederick was born on 20 May 1813 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 2 Jan 1892 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Address:
  Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
• Baptism: 20 Apr 1823, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Birth:
On board the Weymouth while docked in the harbour

Baptism:
Microfilm# 1560877
Methodist Parish Records
Somerset East Christenings: 1822-1858
Item 9
Entry #30
Child: Hannah Maria BOWKER
Parents: Miles and Hannah Maria
Born: 4/26/1820
Baptized: 4/20/1823
Abode: Lyndock
Minister: William THRELFALL

Died:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/340
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1020
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ATHERSTONE, ANNA MARIA. NEE BOWKER. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18950000
ENDING 18950000

DEATH NOTICE:
6/9/340 R1020
Name of Deceased: Anna Maria BOWKER
Place of Birth: Aboard HMSS Weymouth in Table Bay
HMSS Weymouth sailed from England 7.1.1820
Arrived Table Bay 26 April 1820
Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER
Anna Maria MITFORD
Age of Deceased: 72 years 11 months 30 days ( should be 74)
Widow
Pre-deceased Spouse: John Frederick Korsten ATHERSTONE born 1 October 1821, Uitenhage, Cape of Good Hope died 18 May 1894)
Date of Death: 24 April 1895
Place of Death: Albany Road, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Children:
Ine Ann ATHERSTONE 1848 d 20 June 1940 married Henry HAYTOR 1842 - 1911
Alice Grace ATHERSTONE 1852 married Richard S. STOCKDALE
Mary Elizabeth ATHERSTONE 1853 d 15 October 1939 married 1875 Edward SMITH
Sybil Mitford ATHERSTONE 1855 d 1934 married Charles PERKINS
Anna Maria ATHERSTONE 1857 married Harry Chalmers Anderson MORSHEAD
2nd husband Arthur C. Barraud
Hugh Mitford ATHERSTON 1861 d 1939 married Emily Porter HYDE
Harold Mitford ATHERSTONE
All Majors.
Signed by Sybil Mitford PERKINS (daughter)

Anna married John Frederick Korsten Atherstone on 6 Sep 1842 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. John was born on 1 Oct 1821 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 May 1894 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title: Colonel

Notes:

Died:
On His Estate, Escombe, Queensburgh, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/464
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 4467
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, JAMES HENRY. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 19020000
ENDING 19020000

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title: Lieutenant
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1794, Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Notes:

BOWKER. (COMMANDER, 1845. F-P., 20; H-P., 24.)
JOHN HARRISON BOWKER entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the CULLODEN 74, Capt. Harrington Dacres, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Edw. Pellew on the East India station; previously to proceeding whither he appears, on 2 Sept. 1803, to have assisted in chasing the French 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin and 40-gun frigate Guerrière into Corunna. In Sept. 1807, after a servitude of two years as Midshipman in the DUNCAN, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and BELDONE, Capt. John Bastard, both in the East Indies, Mr. Bowker was discharged; but he re-embarked, in Nov. 1809, on board the AMETHYST 36, Capt. Jacob Walton, and continued to serve in that ship on the Home station, until wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 16 Feb. 1811. He was subsequently, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 7 Feb. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the UNDAUNTED 38, Capt. Rich. Thomas, EURYALUS 36, Capt. Chas. Napier, STROMBOLI bomb, Capt. John Stoddart, EURYALUS again, Capt. C. Napier, VENERABLE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, and COLUMBINE 16, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle. While in the UNDAUNTED we find him engaged in co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and also in blockading the port of Toulon. On 28 July, 1815, being at the time Senior Lieutenant of the FAIRY sloop, Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, he was detached in command of the boats to cut out a convoy at St. François, Guadeloupe, in the execution of which service, however, he was desperately wounded by a musketball passing through the right lobe of the lungs. He invalided in consequence immediately afterwards; and, on 23 Jan. 1817, was awarded a pension of 91£ 5s. His subsequent appointments were – 21 April, 1821, and 26 March, 1823, to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and BRISK sloop, Capts. Edw. Stewart and Adolphus FitzClarence, both employed at Sheerness – 1 Jan. 1824, to the TRIBUNE frigate, Capt. Gardiner Henry Gnion, stationed in the Mediterranean – 4 Feb. 1825, to the WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, lying at Plymouth, where he was placed on half-pay in 1826 – and, 31 Aug. 1840, to the command of the SAVAGE 10, in which vessel he served in the Mediterranean until the close of 1844. He attained his present rank 17 Jan. 1845; and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS – Messrs. Stilwell.
from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary#Bo_._._. per Gerry Keenen

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Apr 1794, Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Ostrich farmer

Notes:

Bourchier Bowker was one of the pioneers in the development of ostrich farming and farmed in partnership with the late Hon.Arthur Douglas M.L.A.at Southey's Hoek on the Fish River



Died:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/294
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1114
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, BOURCHIER. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18910000
ENDING 18910000

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/294 R1114
Name of Deceased: Bouchier BOWKER
Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope
Names of Parents: Father: John Mitford BOWKER
Mother: Mary Anne BOWKER
Age of Deceased 46 years 3 months
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Charlotte Jemima HILLIER
Condition in Life: Farmer
Name of Pre-Deceased Spouse and approximate Date of Death: Jane DUTHIE 22 August 1884
Date of Death: 24 May 1891
Place of Death: Grahamstown Hospital, Grahamstown
Names of Children and whether Major or Minor:
Jane Caroline BOWKER (From First Marriage)
Thomas Bouchier BOWKER (From Second Marriage)
Reginald Bouchier BOWKER (From Second Marriage)
Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Signed: C.M. BOWKER, Surviving Spouse

Bourchier married Charlotte Jemima Hallier on 19 Apr 1888 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Charlotte was born after 1854; died on 6 Mar 1928; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Between 1857 and 1890, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1890 and 1951, Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Oliver married Susan Margaret Serrurier Smuts on 26 Sep 1889 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Susan was born on 9 Nov 1870 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Feb 1949 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jul 1830, Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Notes:

Listed as a Sergeant in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal North British), service number 1433 based in Dublin - per The National Archives, WO 12/546

in 1848 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Navy based in Plymouth.

Birth:
Name: John Find Durham Bourchier Bowker
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1830
Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Father: John Harrison Bowker
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 1469097
Reference ID: item 6 p 30

John married Elizabeth Cummins on 21 Nov 1856 in Greatconnel, Co. Kildare, ireland. Elizabeth was born about 1838 in Ireland; died about 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jan 1832, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Kensington, London, England; : 77y; Address:
  91 Abingdon Road
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Kensington, London, England; : 77y; Address:
  91 Abingdon Road

Notes:

never married

death ref Mar 1916 Kensington vol 1a page 161 age 83

Baptism:
Name: Elizabeth Margaret Bowker
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 22 Jan 1832
Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Father: John Harrison Bowker
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 1469097

Notes:

died young, never married

Notes:

died young, never married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Railway clerk
• Baptism: 17 Oct 1833, Bilton With Harrowgate, York, England
• Probate: 18 Jun 1896, London, England

Notes:

of the 12 Lancers, Indian Army. never married

in 1861 he was a sergeant with the 1st Royal based in the District Yorks baracks, Gate Fulford, Yorkshire

Never married - probated his effects to his sister Elizabeth with whom he lived in London (1891 census)

Notes:

died young and unmarried

Family/Spouse: Frances Maher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]