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  1. 1.  Stephen Thomas Bourchier Bowker

    Family/Spouse: Karen Leigh Kruger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hubert Newton Bourchier BowkerHubert Newton Bourchier Bowker was born on 23 Aug 1922 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Sep 1922 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P. and Gladys Elaine Hart); died on 10 Sep 1967; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Occupation: farmer

    Notes:

    Hubert was a Flight Sergeant Gunner in the SAAF during WWII. He bailed out over the battlefield of El Alamein from his burning bomber during it's crash. He had just shot down a Messerschmidt.

    Hubert married Constance Marion Currie on 20 Dec 1947 in Grahamstown Church (St Andrew's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Constance (daughter of Reginald Carlisle Currie and Kathleen Noreen Scallan) was born on 27 Apr 1927 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Sep 2003; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Constance Marion Currie was born on 27 Apr 1927 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Reginald Carlisle Currie and Kathleen Noreen Scallan); died on 11 Sep 2003; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Occupation: Nurse

    Children:
    1. Reginald Carisle Bourchier Bowker
    2. Marion Elizabeth Bowker was born on 26 Jan 1952; died on 14 Mar 2021.
    3. 1. Stephen Thomas Bourchier Bowker


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P.Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P. was born on 28 Sep 1889 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Nov 1889 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Bourchier Bowker and Charlotte Jemima Hallier); died on 21 Jul 1964 in Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Residence: 1915, Signal Hill, Albany, 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."

    see His letter re the 1820 Settlers Monument Trust

    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 (daughter of Stephanus Jacobus Hart and Mary Jane Cottingham) was born on 9 Nov 1884 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Apr 1885 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]


  2. 5.  Gladys Elaine HartGladys Elaine Hart was born on 9 Nov 1884 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Apr 1885 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Stephanus Jacobus Hart and Mary Jane Cottingham); 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.
    Children:
    1. John Bourchier Bowker was born on 13 Dec 1915 in Dunskye, Cathcart district Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Jan 1916 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 1991 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Waainek New Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Cecily Bourchier Bowker was born on 23 Dec 1918 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Feb 1919 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Aug 2011 in Damant Lodge, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. 2. Hubert Newton Bourchier Bowker was born on 23 Aug 1922 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Sep 1922 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Sep 1967; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 6.  Reginald Carlisle Currie was born on 9 Feb 1882 (son of William Leopold Currie and Ann Currie); died on 31 Aug 1945 in Nababeep, Northern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Reginald married Kathleen Noreen Scallan in 1910 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Kathleen (daughter of John Scallan and Annie O'Connor) was born in May 1881 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Kathleen Noreen Scallan was born in May 1881 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of John Scallan and Annie O'Connor); died on 24 Nov 1934.
    Children:
    1. Russell Carlisle Currie was born on 17 Jun 1914; died in 1969.
    2. Joan Carlisle Currie was born on 7 Jul 1916; died on 4 Aug 1930 in OKiep, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    3. John William Carlisle Currie
    4. Walter Carlisle Currie was born on 31 Mar 1922 in Springbok, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 2011 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 3. Constance Marion Currie was born on 27 Apr 1927 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Sep 2003; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Bourchier BowkerBourchier Bowker was born about Feb 1845 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of John Mitford Bowker and Mary Anne Standen); died on 24 May 1891 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    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 (daughter of Thomas Benoni Hallier and Elizabeth Dorkin) 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]


  2. 9.  Charlotte Jemima Hallier was born after 1854 (daughter of Thomas Benoni Hallier and Elizabeth Dorkin); died on 6 Mar 1928; was buried in Signal Kop farm cemetery, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    19 Apr 1888
    1888, April 19
    Bourchier Bowker
    aged: Full, Widower
    Farmer
    residence: Signal Kop Albany
    and
    Charlotte Jemima Hallier
    aged: Minor, Spinster, Magistrate
    residence: Signal Kop Albany
    married by Banns by Robert J. Mullins
    groom signature: Bourchier Bowker
    bride signature: Charlotte Jemima Hallier
    witnessed by: J.K.B. Hallier, Alice E Hallier
    Transcriber remarks: Minister's name unclear
    Source: Grahamstown - Christchurch (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1879-1904, page 41, entry no 79. Repository: Cory Library, MS 17 631/1.

    Married:
    19 Apr 1888
    1888, April 19
    Bourchier Bowker
    aged: Full, Widower
    Farmer
    residence: Signal Kop Albany
    and
    Charlotte Jemima Hallier
    aged: Minor, Spinster, Magistrate
    residence: Signal Kop Albany
    married by Banns by Robert J. Mullins
    groom signature: Bourchier Bowker
    bride signature: Charlotte Jemima Hallier
    witnessed by: J.K.B. Hallier, Alice E Hallier
    Transcriber remarks: Minister's name unclear
    Source: Grahamstown - Christchurch (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1879-1904, page 41, entry no 79. Repository: Cory Library, MS 17 631/1. Transcribed by Eileen de Jager and Fay Lea as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P. was born on 28 Sep 1889 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Nov 1889 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jul 1964 in Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Reginald Bourchier Bowker was born on 3 Jan 1891 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 28 Jan 1891 in St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Mar 1981.

  3. 10.  Stephanus Jacobus HartStephanus Jacobus Hart was born on 31 May 1839 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Robert Hart and Johanna Christina Meintjes); died on 22 Feb 1914 in 'Happy Valley', Klipplaats River, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Stephanie May Perks (Hart) their grand-daughter remembers them having "long prayers before and after meals - each person kneeling by his or her chair."

    Stephanus married Mary Jane Cottingham on 16 Sep 1863 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Wolfran Cottingham and Mary Jane Bannister) was born on 14 Mar 1846 in Devonshire, England; died on 22 Dec 1920 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Jane CottinghamMary Jane Cottingham was born on 14 Mar 1846 in Devonshire, England (daughter of Wolfran Cottingham and Mary Jane Bannister); died on 22 Dec 1920 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    With reference to the photo of Mary Jane and her daughters:
    She made all the dresses herself including her own and was very cross because no-one had told her that her cap wasn't straight.
    From Left to Right:
    Lilly (John Duthie)
    Ida (first to be engaged, showing her ring, Horace Nelson Maggs)
    Gladys (Tom Bowker)
    Mother (SJ Hart)
    Eulalie (Miles Duthie Bowker)
    Lylie (died of cancer)
    Myrtle (Charles Roberts)
    Front:
    Pearl (Fred Hutchinson)
    Amy or Amie (adopted grandchild married Leo Barnes)

    Children:
    1. Horace Newton Hart was born on 30 Jun 1864 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jul 1935 in Cathcart Cottage Hospital, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Sidney Lawrence Hart was born on 19 Mar 1866 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jun 1922 in Luftha, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Ida May Hart was born on 16 Nov 1867 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Sep 1952 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. William Osborne Hart was born on 29 Jan 1870 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 May 1926 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    5. Annie Margaret Hart was born on 6 Feb 1872 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Mary Lillian Hart was born on 14 Dec 1874 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Georgia Eulalie Hart was born on 22 Apr 1877 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Nov 1961 in Dickenson St., Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Settlers Methodist Church Cemetery, Port Alfred, Easten Cape, South Africa.
    8. Lylie Blanch Hart Hart was born on 30 Apr 1879 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1916 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Stephanus Meintjies Hart was born on 29 Oct 1880 in 'Happy Valley', Klipplaats River, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 20 Dec 1880 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Oct 1969 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    10. Muriel Violet Hart was born on 9 Apr 1882 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 May 1883 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    11. 5. Gladys Elaine Hart was born on 9 Nov 1884 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Apr 1885 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.
    12. Pearl Hart was born on 23 Nov 1886 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 May 1964 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 12.  William Leopold CurrieWilliam Leopold Currie was born on 3 Mar 1856; was christened on 30 Mar 1856 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Joseph Currie and Frances Jemima Carlisle); died on 23 May 1929 in Cottage Hospital, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    Served in Nesbitt's Horse during the Anglo-Boer War

    William L. Currie (Major)
    Reg. No. 27
    Age: 43
    Trade: Civil Service
    Previous Service: Brokers Robers 77-78
    Address: Grahamstown
    Enlisted: Grahamstown 8 January 1900

    William married Ann Currie on 14 Jul 1880 in St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ann (daughter of Henry Frederick Currie and Nellie Johanna Bowker) was born on 23 Dec 1859 in 'Waterval', Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Jan 1860 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Mar 1928 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Ann CurrieAnn Currie was born on 23 Dec 1859 in 'Waterval', Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Jan 1860 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Henry Frederick Currie and Nellie Johanna Bowker); died on 3 Mar 1928 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    She lived in Hartfield Farm, Cathcart, Cape Province, Union of South Africa.

    DEATH NOTICE:
    MOOC 6/9/
    Name of Deceased: Ann CURRIE
    Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope
    Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Henry CURRIE
    Mother: Nellie BOWKER
    Age of the Deceased: 68 years (b 1860)
    Ordinary Place of Residence: Hartfield, Cathcart
    Married
    Name of Surviving Spouse: Walter Leopold CURRIE
    Place of Last Marriage: Grahamstown 14 July 1880
    Date of Death: 3 March 1928
    Place of Death: Nursing Home, Grahamstown
    Names of Children and whether Major or Minor:
    Reginald Carlisle CURRIE
    Walter John CURRIE
    Helen Louise CURRIE married CLARKE

    Signed: William L. Currie Surviving Spouse

    Children:
    1. 6. Reginald Carlisle Currie was born on 9 Feb 1882; died on 31 Aug 1945 in Nababeep, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Henry Russell Leopold Currie was born in 1884; died on 27 Feb 1914 in Morokweng, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Constance Marion Currie was born in 1886; died on 11 Jul 1923 in Paardekraal farm, Southwell, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Southwell, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Walter John Currie was born on 18 Sep 1891; died on 23 Jul 1951 in Langley Park, South Africa.
    5. Helen Louise Currie was born on 1 Mar 1893; died on 30 May 1951; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Joan Carlisle Currie was born on 28 Jun 1899; died on 6 Jul 1990.

  7. 14.  John Scallan was born on 22 Oct 1854 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Scallan and Ann Madden); died on 28 May 1916.

    John + Annie O'Connor. Annie was born in 1864; died on 22 Jan 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Annie O'Connor was born in 1864; died on 22 Jan 1905.
    Children:
    1. 7. Kathleen Noreen Scallan was born in May 1881 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 1934.


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