Miles Egerton Bowker b. 14 Jun 1860 Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 5 Apr 1933 Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

1860 - 1933 (72 years)

1810 - 1892 (81 years)

Birth 30 Aug 1810 Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England

Christened 4 Oct 1813 Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England

Died 24 Aug 1892 Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Buried Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Father Miles Bowker, 1820 Settler, b. 1758, Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England

Mother Anna Maria Mitford, 1820 Settler, b. 1782, Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England

Family Sarah Elizabeth Hart, b. 16 Jun 1820, Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Married 19 Dec 1838 Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Children

	1. Anna Maria Bowker, b. 18 Jan 1840, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	2. Ellen Tamplin Bowker, b. 19 Mar 1841, 'Thornkloof', Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	3. Anne Stretch Bowker, b. 7 Feb 1843, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	4. James Frederick Fleischer Bowker, b. 21 Feb 1845, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	5. Effie Mitford Bowker, b. 7 Jun 1846, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	6. John Mitford Bowker, b. 1847
+	7. Robert Mitford Bowker, b. 16 May 1848, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	8. Septimus Bourchier Bowker, b. 27 Mar 1850, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	9. William Henry Bowker, b. 25 Nov 1851, Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	10. Robert Hart Bowker, b. 7 Mar 1853, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	11. Charles Lennox Bowker, b. 19 Aug 1854, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	12. Sarah Elizabeth Bowker, b. 24 Jan 1856, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	13. Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker, b. 29 Sep 1857, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
+	14. Miles Egerton Bowker, b. 14 Jun 1860, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Name	Miles Egerton Bowker
Birth	14 Jun 1860	Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gender	Male
1820 Lineage	Yes
Occupation	1920	Farm no 3, Trans Nzoia, Soy, Kenya
farmer
Death	5 Apr 1933	Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa [1]
Death		Bowker, Miles Egerton - CCD Media Date: 5 APR 1933 Keywords: Civil Death Certificate
Burial	Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Burial		Bowker, Miles Egerton (1860-1933) headstone Keywords: Gravestone
Person ID	I145	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 Katherine Mitford Bowker, b. 3 Apr 1860, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa d. 25 Feb 1927, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 66 years)

Marriage 30 Jul 1896 St John the Evangelist, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa [2]

Bowker, Miles Egerton and Katherine Bowker mariage
Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SW8L
Keywords: Marriage

Children

+	1. Henry Mitford Barber Bowker, b. 16 Jun 1897, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Apr 1972, Mombasa, Kenya (Age 74 years)

Family ID F107 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Sep 2024

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	Birth - 14 Jun 1860 - Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	Death - 5 Apr 1933 - Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	Burial - - Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Bowker, Miles Egerton
Caption Note: from Meryl Angela Duncan
Keywords: Picture

Sources

[S2133] Cape Civil Death Registers 1895-1972, (www.familysearch.org), 1933 Somerset East image 63.
[S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SW8L (Reliability: 3).

Miles Egerton Bowker

Robert Mitford Bowker, 1820 Settler

Sarah Elizabeth Hart

Katherine Mitford Bowker

Henry Mitford Barber Bowker