Susannah Turner

1851 - 1926  (75 years)

• Name	Susannah Turner
  Born	18 May 1851	Southwark, London, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Sep 1926	Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Buried	Main cemetery, Oudtshoorn, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  		Bowker, Francis William and Susannah headstone Picture Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1337040 Media Date: 24 Nov 1929 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I116854	master
  Last Modified	13 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John Turner,   b. Abt 1814
  Mother	Jane Banks,   b. Lynn, Norfolk
  Family ID	F42269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis William Bowker,   b. 10 Mar 1843, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 24 Nov 1929, Kirkwood, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 86 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1869	St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England   [1]
  	Q3 1869 Newington vol 1d page 305 http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_195116-00535/2455008
  		Bowker, Francis William and Susannah Turner banns Picture Note: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_195116-00535/2455008?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dLMAmarriages%26h%3d2455008%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d8912&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord Media Date: 8 Aug 1869 Keywords: Marriage
  		Bowker Francis William and Turner Susannah Marriage Certificate 1869 Picture Note: Q3 1869 Newington vol 1d page 305 Media Date: 31 Aug 1869 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. Frank Bowker,   b. 10 Jan 1870, Lambeth, Surrey, England ,   d. 8 Jun 1946, Notley Nursing Home, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa  (Age 76 years)   2. Alfred Bowker,   b. 31 Jan 1872, Lambeth, Surrey, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1941, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 69 years)   3. Lilian Bowker,   b. 12 Jun 1873,   d. 10 Jan 1953, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa  (Age 79 years)   4. May Bowker,   b. 1 Sep 1874, London, England ,   d. 1 Jan 1894, South Africa  (Age 19 years)   5. Frederick John Bowker,   b. 24 Aug 1876, Lambeth, Surrey, England ,   d. 25 Jul 1936, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa  (Age 59 years)   6. Charles Bowker,   b. 8 Oct 1878, Fulham. London, England ,   d. 7 Jul 1926, Paerdeberg, Jacobsdal district, Free State, South Africa  (Age 47 years)   7. Arthur Edwin Bowker,   b. 9 Oct 1879, London, England ,   d. 15 Dec 1944, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa  (Age 65 years)   8. Daisy Jane Bowker,   b. 3 Feb 1882, George, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 14 Dec 1962, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 80 years)   9. Violet Helen Bowker,   b. 27 Apr 1883   10. Mary Myrtle Bowker,   b. 28 May 1885   11. William Henry Bowker,   b. 22 Mar 1888,   d. 8 Sep 1955  (Age 67 years)   12. Albert Bowker,   b. 29 Mar 1889, George, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 9 Aug 1972, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)  (Age 83 years)   13. Edmund Walter Bowker,   b. 17 Apr 1891, Woodville, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 6 Apr 1963, Cosy Hook, Ridge Road, Margate, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F41803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 18 May 1851 - Southwark, London, England Died - 25 Sep 1926 - Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage certificate between Susannah and Francis William Bowker. This is the one that caused all the problems because her age is listed as 22, giving a birth date around 1847. We now know (from her gravestone) that she was born 10th May 1851, making her 18 on her wedding day. Why this was falsified is a mystery, as her father was at the wedding and could have consented to the marriage even if she as a minor. We now know that Susannah was the natural daughter of Jane Banks, John Turner’s wife, and their marriage was recorded in the official BMD as 25th December 1848. Jane died at some stage. from Peter Brigg/Shelagh Brigg

  
  

• Sources

  [S2471] Allwright, Darryl, 20 Feb 2015.