See also

Thomas Bowker's parents: Miles Bowker (c. 1758-1839) and Anna Maria Mitford (1782-1868)
Thomas Bowker's siblings: John Mitford Bowker (1801-1847), William Monkhouse Bowker (1803-1876), Miles Brabbin Bowker (1805-1864), Bertram Egerton Bowker (1808-1904), Robert Mitford Bowker (1810-1892), Septimus Bourchier Bowker (1812-1895), Octavius Bourchier Bowker (1815-1899), Mary Elizabeth Bowker (1818-1899), Anna Maria Bowker (1820-1895) and James Henry Bowker (1822-1900)

Family of Thomas Holden Bowker and Julia Eliza McGowan

Husband:	Thomas Holden Bowker (1807-1885)
Wife:	Julia Eliza McGowan (1825-c. 1904)
Marriage	18 Oct 1854	Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa

Husband: Thomas Holden Bowker

Thomas Holden Bowker

Thomas Holden Bowker

Thomas Holden Bowker

Thomas Holden Bowker

St Mary's Parish Church, Almer, Dorset

Manor Farm House, South Newton

Manor Farm House, South Newton

Manor Farm House, South Newton

Name:	Thomas Holden Bowker^1,2,3
Sex:	Male
Father:	Miles Bowker (c. 1758-1839)
Mother:	Anna Maria Mitford (1782-1868)
Baptism or Christening:	Baptised 10 March 1807 in Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
Birth	24 Feb 1807	Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England⁴
Baptism (1)	10 Mar 1807 (age 0)	Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England
Baptism (2)	4 Oct 1813 (age 6)	Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
	Parish of Almer BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879 These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.
Residence	1816 (age 8-9)	'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England²
1820 Settler	7 Jan 1820 (age 12)	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
	Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
Death	26 Oct 1885 (age 78)	Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER 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
Burial		Tharfield farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa⁵

Wife: Julia Eliza McGowan

Julia Eliza McGowan

Julia Eliza McGowan

Julia Eliza McGowan, 1899

Name:	Julia Eliza McGowan^2,5,6,7
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	18 Dec 1825	London, England
Death	c. 1904 (age 78-79)
Burial		Tharfield, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sources

1	M D Nash, ""The Settler Handbook"" (Chameleon Press ISBM 0 620 10940 8). p 47. Cit. Date: 11 February 2003.
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.

2	Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, "BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM" (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820).
	http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820. Web: http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820.

3	M D Nash, ""The Settler Handbook"" (Chameleon Press ISBM 0 620 10940 8).
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.

4	"Baptism Records - 1813, Parish of Almer, Dorset".

5	Morse Jones, E, ""Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa"" (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town).
	Port Alfred Library.

6	Thorpe, C, ""Tharfield - An Eastern Cape Farm"".
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.

7	Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, ""Some Frontier Families"" (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa).
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.