James Frederick Fleischer Bowker

1845 - 1909  (64 years)

• Name	James Frederick Fleischer Bowker
  Birth	21 Feb 1845	Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Baptism	9 Mar 1845	NGK Church, Someset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Name	James Frederick Fletcher Bowker  [2]
  Death	15 May 1909	Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  		Bowker, James Frederick Fleischer ccd Caption Note: "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21982-31758-47?cc=1779109&wc=9DC4-VZ3:139967601,142052901 : accessed 27 March 2015), 1909 > Somerset East > image 146 of 387; National Archives, Pretoria. Media Date: 15 MAY 1909 Keywords: Civil Death Certificate
  		Bowker, James F F [140] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-H93Z-4 Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Somerser East English Church, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I140	master
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Mitford Bowker, 1820 Settler,   b. 30 Aug 1810, Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England d. 24 Aug 1892, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Hart,   b. 16 Jun 1820, Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Aug 1875, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine Mary Smuts,   b. 23 May 1853, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 4 Feb 1928, Prince Alfred Infirmary, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1877	Craigie Burn, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Afrca   [4, 5]
  		Bowker, James Frederick Fleisher and Josephne Mary Smuts marriage Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-D9D5-K?i=682&cat=244034 Keywords: Marriage
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 21 Feb 1845 - Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 15 May 1909 - Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Fred was a Lieutenant in Bowker's Rovers in the Galaka War, and Captain in the Yeomanry in the Basuto War. He served as a Sgt-Major in the Somerset East DMT in the Boer war. Fred lived at Charlton, and also at 'The Retreat' (part of Glen Avon) and afterwards in Somerset East. He was scab inspector for many years. Died in Somerset. Following on in the estate files is some cirrespondence regarding the Swaziland Government owing £3/6 to the estate, and all the red tape that went on to get this small amount paid, as Josephine had not filed his will, and had to prove that she was heir to the sum of money! He was a Lieutenant in the Bowker Rovers in the Gaelaka War of 1878. A Captain in the Basuto War and a Sgt-Major in the Boer War. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-HS9D-M?i=26&cat=1152927 (Reliability: 3). [S5018] Jervois, Wiliam. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-H93Z-4? (Reliability: 3). [S18] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, F166369 sheet 023. [S3798] SA Anglican Parish Registers 1801-2004, Cape Marriages [LDS], (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2338744), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-D9D5-K?i=682&cat=244034.