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:
DEPOT KAB
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/15
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PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, MILES. DEATH NOTICE.
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:

• 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.
~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~

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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VOLUME_NO 6/9/42
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REFERENCE 8947
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, JOHN MITFORD. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 1847
ENDING 1847

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.

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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VOLUME_NO 6/9/154
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2591
PART 1
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:
DEPOT KAB
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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:
DEPOT KAB
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/226
SYSTEM 01
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:
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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
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/340
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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
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VOLUME_NO 6/9/464
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REFERENCE 4467
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOWKER, JAMES HENRY. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 19020000
ENDING 19020000

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
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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:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Baptism: 6 Nov 1889, Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Member of Parliament for Albany.
Thomas Bourchier BOWKER died 21 July 1964 in the Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape as per "Familia," 1964 Vol 1 Issue 1 Pg 6.

He was educated in 1907 Marist Brothers, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. Between 1936 and 1964 he was M.P. for Albany, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.
He was educated Hon.Dr.LLB, in 1964 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Albany, Republic of South Africa. He was educated Rockliffe School, Sidbury, Cape of Good Hope. He was Orange River Irrigation Scheme. He was an Ostrich Farmer with Norman White until the feather slump in 1914.
"Thomas Bourchier BOWKER, M.P. for Albany since 1936, had just applied for membership to the GSSA when he died suddenly of a stroke in the Bedford Hospital on the 21st July 1964. Affectionately known as Uncle Tom. He was the son of Bouchier BOWKER and was born in Bedford on 28th September 1889. He married Gladys Elaine HART who predeceased him earlier this year. They leave two sons and a daughter.
Tom Bowker worked for many years on the Orange River Irrigation Scheme and was at last successful in getting the Government to take up this work with its series of dams and waterways.
He was also the prime mover in the 1820 Settler Monument now being built in Grahamstown. Unfortunately he did not live to see these two projects realised.
I.B.M".

"1. Went to Rockcliffe School, Sidbury then wrote matric at Marist Brothers, Port Elizabeth in 1907. Ostrich farming with Norman White until the feather slump of 1914. Then Sheep Farming.
MP for Albany 1936 - 1964. Hon. Dr. of Law from Rhodes University in 1964.
2. He was the founder of the 1820 Settler Monument in Grahamstown for which he personally canvassed great sums of money. Allied to it were the Settler Museum, the Indigenous Nature Reserve and the Student Bursaries.
3. He published many books of Settler Memoirs and marked historical Settler sites.

Extract from 'The Bowkers of Tharfield' by Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton.
"The passing of the Marketing Act, Children's Act and the string of social legislation which has been placed on the statute books during the Smuts Regime received his particular attention. He was a personal friend of General Hertzog but voted in favour of the Declaration of War on the 4th September 1939. He was Captain on the Reserve of Officers and endeavoured to resign his seat in Parliament and volunteered for active service. General Smuts personally prevented this. He was the first Member of Parliament to take a Military Course at Roberts' Heights during World War II and passed his Captain's examination with merit."


Baptism:
Baptised: 1889, Nov 6
Born: September 28 1889
Parents: Bourchier & Charlotte Jemima BOWKER
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Signal Kop, Fish River, Albany
Witnesses: Benjamin Thos. Hellier & The Parents
Baptised by: Robert J Mullins
Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Baptism register, 1869-1908, page 103, entry number 4012. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 878-4.

Thomas married Gladys Elaine Hart on 14 Apr 1914. Gladys was born on 9 Nov 1884 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jan 1964 in Settler's Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Signal Hill farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Between 12 Jun 1890 and 27 Jun 1911, Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Family/Spouse: Stuart Aylward. Stuart was born on 16 Jun 1885 in Edmonton, Hornsey, London, England; died on 24 Apr 1976 in Welkom, Free State, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Glen Ovis farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa; farmer

Notes:

St Andrew's College Register 1855-1959: Page 353
Entry 3816
John Bourchier BOWKER
son of T.B.?, M.L.A.; Left Dec 1933; b. 13.12.1915; Mullins. Day. Form IV-VI. VIII*. J.C. Jan 1931. Matric Feb 1933. R.U.C. 1934. Farmer, Glen Ovis, Carlisle Bridge, C.P.; D.R.A. Comdts Gold Medal 1936; Pt. City V.R.; Intelligence W.O. 1940 (Egypt); Lieut. Staff H.Q. 2 Div., M.E. 1942; Capt. Cypher Coy., 6C.A.A.D. 1943. Farming since 1945 at Glen Ovis, Carlisle Bridge, C.P. 1951.

He set himself the task of creating a monument to his father, Thomas Bourchier Bowker, M.P. He collected sneezewood from which the bench was made. This was unveiled in December 1991.

John married Ethel Patricia Southey Stirk on 12 Jun 1948 in Grahamstown Church (St Andrew's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ethel was born on 20 Aug 1927 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Feb 1993 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Waainek New Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Susie-Bell married Henry Dirk Jackson on 6 Mar 1943 in St Wilfred's Church, Hillcrest, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Henry was born on 9 Mar 1918; died on 26 Oct 2008 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Anne Mary Collett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Janet married Paul Tanner-Tremaine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]