Agnes Bowker

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Robert Sayles. Robert was born about 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Lawyer

Notes:

Died:
Occupation: Municipal Compound Manager
Residence: Vistor From Jhb
Died: 05 May 1916
Age at death: 41 3/4 yrs
Buried: 06 May 1916, 3:00
Additional notes: buried: East Bank Cemetery, section: 6 C, grave no: 568
Marital status: Married
nationality: RSA
Cause of death: Miners Phthisi Heart Failure
Place of death: East London
Source: East London - East Bank Cemetery, East London, Eastern Cape. burial register. Repository: East London Municipality.

Robert married Hilda May Perks on 16 Jan 1901 in St John the Evangelist, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hilda was born on 25 Oct 1876; died on 5 May 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/4518 R43893
Name of Deceased: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth: Somerset East
Names of Parents of the Deceased:
Age of Deceased: 85 years 9 months
Condition in Life: Farmer
Widower
Name and approximate date of death of predeceased Spouse: Agnes Sara BOWEN
Date of Death: 17th February 1934
Place of Death: Napier Street, Graaff-Reinet
Names of Children and whether major or minor:
Mabel BOWKER married JUDD (Johannesburg)
Mary BOWKER married WALKER (Johannesburg)
Catherine BOWKER married BROOK (Port Elizabeth)
Effie M. BOWKER married BOWKER (Graaff-Reinet)
Constance Kent BOWKER (Springs)
Ellen Kelly BOWKER (Durban)
Whether deceased left any property, and of what kind: Nil
Signed E.M. Bowker, Daughter

Died:
18 Napier street

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/4518 R43893
Name of Deceased: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth: Somerset East
Names of Parents of the Deceased:
Age of Deceased: 85 years 9 months
Condition in Life: Farmer
Widower
Name and approximate date of death of predeceased Spouse: Agnes Sara BOWEN
Date of Death: 17th February 1934
Place of Death: Napier Street, Graaff-Reinet
Names of Children and whether major or minor:
Mabel BOWKER married JUDD (Johannesburg)
Mary BOWKER married WALKER (Johannesburg)
Catherine BOWKER married BROOK (Port Elizabeth)
Effie M. BOWKER married BOWKER (Graaff-Reinet)
Constance Kent BOWKER (Springs)
Ellen Kelly BOWKER (Durban)
Whether deceased left any property, and of what kind: Nil
Signed E.M. Bowker, Daughter

Robert married Agnes Sarah Bowen on 26 Oct 1871 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Agnes (daughter of George Bowen and Sarah Burrell) was born in 1854 in Grootrock, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1905 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Agnes Bowen

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 108
• Residence: 1816, Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Residence: 25 Jun 1820, Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, 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.

from:British South Africa
A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from its Conquest 1795 to the Settlement of Albany by the British Emigration of 1819 [A.D. 1795 - 1825] WITH NOTICES OF SOME OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820
BY
COLIN TURING CAMPBELL [Residient at Graham's Town, 1845-1871]:-
Robert Mitford Bowker, J.P., M.L.A. and M.L.C., served with the Corps of Guides during the war of 1835-36 ; was at the taking of Murray's Kranz and other engagements until close of the war. Served in the Zuurberg and other points during the war of 1846-47. Volunteered for the rescue of Winterberg families in 1851, was at Balfour and taking of Fort Armstrong, carried out a wounded comrade under close fire. Elected member of the House of Assembly for division of Somerset East in 1854, and served in Parliament for over thirty-six years.

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


Settler:
Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Died:
DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/308 R2995

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart on 19 Dec 1838 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Robert Hart and Hannah May Tamplin) was born on 16 Jun 1820 in Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1875 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/190 F 4878
Name of the Deceased: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Birthplace of Deceased: Somerset East
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Robert Hart
Hannah Hart
Age of the Deceased: 55 years
Condition in Life
Ordinary Place of Residence
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Last Marriage:
Date of Death: 25 August 1875
Place of Death: Craigie Burn, Somerset East
Names of Children of the Deceased and whether Major or Minor:
Ellen BOWKER married Robert HART (son of James HART)
Ann BOWKER married James Scott PRINGLE
James Frederick Fleischer BOWKER
Robert Mitford BOWKER
Effie Mitford BOWKER married John Ward STEVENS
Septimus Boucher BOWKER
William Henry BOWKER
Sarah Elizabeth BOWKER married John Mitford BOWKER
Robert Hart BOWKER
Oliver Osbaldiston BOWKER
Miles Egleton BOWKER
Whether the deceased left any property and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Has the Deceased left a will?
Signed R.M. Bowker Surviving Spouse

George + Sarah Burrell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]