Meyrick Richard Bowker

1902 - 1945  (42 years)

• Name	Meyrick Richard Bowker
  Birth	2 Aug 1902	Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	4 Aug 1902  [2]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Name	Meyrick (Dick) Richard Bowker  [2]
  Name	Richard Meyrick Bowker  [3]
  Occupation	'Dunskye', Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  a Farmer
  Death	18 Jul 1945	Alice Hospital, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 4]
  		Bowker, Meyrick Richard [1238] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-8SYP Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Waainek New cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, Meyrick Richard headstone Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2684624 Media Date: 18 JUL 1945 Keywords: Gravestone
  		Bowker, Meyrick Richard full headstone Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1643031 Media Date: 18 JUL 1945 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I1238	master
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Meyrick Brabbin Bowker,   b. 20 Jan 1870, Olifant's Kloof farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 28 Dec 1938, 'Dunskye', Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Edith Jessie Brunette Smith,   b. 24 Oct 1868, South Africa d. 28 May 1935, Marine Hotel, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Frances White,   b. 29 Apr 1904, Fish River, Cradock District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 13 Jan 1989, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1931	St Andrews, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Married	15 Dec 1931	Bedford,,Cape Province,South Africa   [2]
  Married	15 Dec 1931	Bedford, , Cape Province, South Africa   [2]
  Children	+ 1. John Meyrick Bowker,   b. 30 Sep 1932, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Aug 2016 (Age 83 years) + 2. Julian Richard Meyrick Bowker
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Aug 1902 - Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - a Farmer - - 'Dunskye', Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 15 Dec 1931 - St Andrews, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  St Andrew's College Register 1855-1959:Page 249 Entry 2703 Meyrick Richard BOWKER son of no. 580; Left June 1920; b. 4.8.1902; Upper; Form IV - U.C. RQMS C.C. 2nd XV. J.C. Feb 1917. Mat. Feb 1919. Farmer; Dunskye, P.O. Winston, Cathcart, C.P.; died at Alice C.P. July 18th 1945. DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/12173 R1019 Name of Deceased: Meyrick Richard BOWKER Age of Deceased: 42 years 4 months (b 4 August 1902) Condition in Life: Farmer Ordinary place of residence: 'Dunskye', Cathcart Married Name of Surviving Spouse: Mary Frances WHITE (Remarried 1937) Place of last marriage: Bedford 1931 Date of Death: 18 July 1945 Place of Death: Alice Hospital Names of Children of the deceased and whether major or minor: John Meyrick BOWKER 30 September 1932 Julian Richard Meyrick BOWKER 18 October 1935 Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable & immovable Signed: Matron, Alice Hospital Dick & Molly farmed at Dunsky near the Hogsback. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] W.E & R.J Hoole, "Descendants of James and Jane Hoole", (Published by W.E and R.J Hoole, 1993, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa), Page 115, ISBN 0-620-17462-5. [S5018] Jervois, Wiliam. [S5020] Jervois, William. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-8SYP (Reliability: 3).