Sarah Jane Bowler: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Sarah Jane Bowler was born in 1845; was christened on 23 Jun 1845 in St George's Church, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (daughter of Thomas William Bowler and Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne).

Notes:

https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser/170-sac-1845-apr-jun
CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 23rd June by the Rev George Hough MA:
A daughter of Mr. Thomas William BOWLER, baptised Sarah Jane.

Generation: 2

Thomas William Bowler was born on 9 Dec 1812 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England (son of William Bowler and Sarah Butterfield); died on 24 Oct 1869 in London, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Artist

Notes:

settled in SA in 1833

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Bowler - Artist

His paintings
http://www.artnet.com/artists/thomas-william-bowler/2

https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/thomas-william-bowler-prolific-painter-cape-born
English born Thomas William Bowler was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his life at the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived at the Cape with astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom he worked for until his dismissal in 1835. After marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set himself up as a ‘professor of drawing and landscape painter’ in 1839. Bowler spent five years studying and practising drawing before he reached master status in the craft. His subject matter focused mostly on events that were taking place in the Cape and Natal as well as landscapes.

Bowler began teaching art to children to supplement his income and subsequently opened his own art school in 1861. He took up lessons with famous watercolourist J.D Harding on a brief visit to Britain and brought back this knowledge to share with his students. On encountering financial hardships in South Africa, Bowler returned to England. He died of bronchitis in the Middlesex Hospitals in London.

Thomas married Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne on 5 Mar 1838 in St Paul Anglican, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa. Jane was born about 1808; died on 12 Sep 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne was born about 1808; died on 12 Sep 1849.

Notes:

Died:
https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser/195-saca-1849-jul-sep
DEATHS
Sept 12: Mrs. James [sic] BOWLER, wife of Mr. Thos. BOWLER Esq, aged 41 years.

Children:

Henry Robert Bowler was born in 1839; was christened on 9 Jun 1839; died on 28 Jun 1877 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
Mary Anne Bowler
1. Sarah Jane Bowler was born in 1845; was christened on 23 Jun 1845 in St George's Church, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Thomas Hawthorne Bowler was born in 1848; was christened on 20 Apr 1848 in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Charles Croft Bowler was born in 1849; was christened on 21 Oct 1849 in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 3

4. William Bowler
William + Sarah Butterfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Sarah Butterfield
Children:

2. Thomas William Bowler was born on 9 Dec 1812 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England; died on 24 Oct 1869 in London, England.