William Henry Bowker

1851 - 1927  (75 years)

• Name	William Henry Bowker
  Birth	25 Nov 1851	Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Farmer
  Residence	1920	Redesdale house, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Death	2 Aug 1927	Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  		Bowker, William Henry [143] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-2Q6S-P Media Date: 1927 Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Main cemetery, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, William Henry and Helena Snyman headstone Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1628517 Media Date: 15 JUL 1927 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I143	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	Helena Williamina Snyman,   b. Dec 1862, Klein Winterhoek, Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jul 1927, Grey Hospital, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1880	Ailsa, Thomas River, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  Married	14 Dec 1880	AILSA; THMS RIV,,Cape Province,South Africa   [4]
  Married	14 Dec 1880	AILSA; THMS RIV, , Cape Province, South Africa   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Lennox Stretch Bowker,   b. 24 Aug 1881, Thomas River, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 12 May 1935, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 53 years) + 2. William Henry Bowker,   b. 1 Jan 1883 + 3. Leith Bowker,   b. 28 Aug 1884, Guba, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 12 Jun 1970, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Age 85 years) + 4. Aubrey Snyman Bowker,   b. 1886, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1941, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Age 55 years)   5. Mitford Tamplin Bowker,   b. 15 Apr 1888   d. 1888, Ailsa farm, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 6. Mary Magdaline Snyman Bowker,   b. 6 Nov 1889, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 27 Oct 1932, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 42 years) + 7. Robert Mitford Bowker,   b. 2 Jul 1892, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 6 Jun 1938, Stoffberg, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 45 years) + 8. Rose Innes Bowker,   b. 11 Jul 1893, Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1927, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 33 years) + 9. Sarah Elizabeth Hart Bowker,   b. 20 Nov 1896, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 10. Graham Douglas Bowker,   b. 3 Dec 1897, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa   11. Kenneth Eric Bowker,   b. 9 Apr 1899, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 9 Jul 1919, Chiredzi Ranche, Ndanga, Zimbabwe (Age 20 years) + 12. Lyndon Erle Bowker,   b. 1900, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Jun 1962, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) (Age 62 years)   13. Egerton Bowker,   b. 1903, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1903 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Nov 1851 - Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - Farmer - - Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 14 Dec 1880 - Ailsa, Thomas River, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 2 Aug 1927 - Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Issue : 11 sons and 2 daughters DEATH NOTICE: 6/9/3183 R15675 Name of Deceased: William Henry BOWKER Place of Birth: Somerset East Names of Parents: Robert Mitford BOWKER Sarah HART Age of Deceased: 75 years 9 months Condition in Life: Farmer Place of Residence: Berlin, Eastern Cape Widower Name of pre-deceased wife: Helena Willamina SNYMAN D 15 July 1927 Date of Death: 2 August 1927 Place of Death: Readesdale, Berlin Names of Children: Charles Lennox Stretch BOWKER Mary Magdalene Snyman BOWKER Robert Mitford BOWKER Sarah Elizabeth BOWKER Graham Douglas BOWKER Lynda Pearl BOWKER Movable Property? Yes Immovable Property? Yes Will? Signed: C.L.S. BOWKER, Son

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-2Q6S-P (Reliability: 3). [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287) (Reliability: 3). [S18] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. [S5018] Jervois, Wiliam.