Francis William Monkhouse Bowker

1871 - 1942  (70 years)

• Name	Francis William Monkhouse Bowker
  Birth	11 Dec 1871	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Baptism	25 Jan 1872	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Baptised: 1872, January 25 Born: Dec 11 1871 Parents: Miles Robert & Emma BOWKER Occupation: Farmer Residence: Olifants Kloof Witnesses: Walter Currie Jnr, William Monkhouse Bowker (by proxy) May Ellen White (by Proxy) Baptised by: Robert J. Mullins Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Baptism register, 1869-1908, page 16, entry number 3049. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 878-4.
  		Bowker, Francis William Monkhouse baptism Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-54370-73?cc=1468076 : accessed 22 February 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1869-1908 > image 17 of 194; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Keywords: Baptism
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	21 May 1942
  		Bowker Graveyard at ThornKloof Caption Note: photo by Flemming or Angela Pedersen Media Date: 1882 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I1006	master
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Miles Robert Bowker,   b. 25 Dec 1837, Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 23 Aug 1913, Oliphant's Kloof, North Fish River, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Emma Beddoe,   b. 1834   d. 2 Nov 1882, Olifant's Kloof farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geraldine Elphinstone Reid   d. 24 Apr 1954, Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Marriage	29 Apr 1913	St James, Graaf-Reinett, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, Francis William M to Geraldine E Reid marriage Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-58921-49?cc=1468076&wc=MCM6-WMW:44975801,44975802,49802601,49820401 : accessed 11 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Marriages 1836-1849 > image 7 of 63; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 29 APR 1913 Keywords: Marriage
  		Bowker, Francis William M and Geraldine E Reid licence Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23581-9273-76?cc=1468076&wc=MCMD-BZ9:44975801,44975802,49157301,47837101 : accessed 11 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > George, Graaff-Reinet, St James > Marriages 1849-1955 > image 170 of 209; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 26 APR 1913 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	+ 1. Francis William Monkhouse Bowker,   b. 5 May 1914, Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 15 Mar 1994, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2015

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Dec 1871 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 25 Jan 1872 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Settlers Stories Complete by Frank Bowker

  
  

  Settler Photos

  Bowkers and Hart hunters Caption Note: At the back Francis William Monkhouse Bowker (Frank)(Thornkloof). Front left Stephanus Mentjes Hart (Mentjes)(Happy Valley) and front right Meyrick Brabbin Bowker(Dunskye) Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  St Andrew's College Register 1855-1959: Page 69 Entry 581 Francis William Monkhouse BOWKER Bro. of no. 580; Left Jun 1889; Day. Form I - Inter. Cpl. C.C. XI.* VIII. Matriculated 1.88. Int. 1889; Farmer; Boer War; F.G.S. 1908; Pres. O.A. Club 1930; Thornkloof, P.O. Grahamstown, C.P.; died May 21st 1942. From http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=320 Francis William Monkhouse (Frank) Bowker was a son of Miles Robert Bowker (1837-1913) and his wife Emma Beddoe, and a grandson of William Monkhouse Bowker (1803-1876), member of a large 1820 settler family. Frank was educated at St. Andrews College, Grahamstown, and passed the matriculation examination of the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1888. The next year he passed the university's intermediate examination (equivalent to the first year of the BA degree) but did not complete the degree. He was a man of quiet disposition and wide interests, who collected much information about the Bowker family which he published in local newspapers. He was both a big game hunter and an outstanding farmer on his farm Thorn Kloof, in the Grahamstown district. His contribution to science consisted of an important collection of almost 200 skulls of South African mammals which he donated to the Albany Museum in 1909. Frank was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. By 1920 he was still living on Thorn Kloof and was a member of the South African Biological Society. In 1930 he became the founding president of the Carlisle Bridge Farmer's Association. In April 1913 at Graaf Reinett he married Geraldine Elphinstone Reid. They had one son, who was named after his father. see also Record: "Settlers Stories Complete by Frank Bowker"