Robert Mitford Bowker

1874 - 1916  (41 years)

• Name	Robert Mitford Bowker
  Birth	19 Aug 1874	Grootehoek farm, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Baptism	7 Jan 1876	Die Vrye Kerk, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	Lawyer
  Death	5 May 1916	East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Cause: Miners Phthisi Heart Failure
  	Occupation: Municipal Compound Manager Residence: Vistor From Jhb Died: 05 May 1916 Age at death: 41 3/4 yrs Buried: 06 May 1916, 3:00 Additional notes: buried: East Bank Cemetery, section: 6 C, grave no: 568 Marital status: Married nationality: RSA Cause of death: Miners Phthisi Heart Failure Place of death: East London Source: East London - East Bank Cemetery, East London, Eastern Cape. burial register. Repository: East London Municipality.
  Burial	Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
  Person ID	I153	master
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Mitford Bowker,   b. 16 May 1848, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 17 Feb 1934, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Agnes Sarah Bowen,   b. 1854, Grootrock, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1905, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hilda May Perks,   b. 25 Oct 1876   d. 5 May 1964 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1901	St John the Evangelist, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  		Bowker, Robert Mitford to Hilda May Perks - marriage Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-66162-79?cc=1468076&wc=MCM6-4PX:44975801,44975802,49930601,49948001 : accessed 11 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, East London, St Alban > Marriages 1890-1903 > image 57 of 101; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 16 JAN 1901 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. Robert Mitford Bertram Bouchier Bowker,   b. Abt 1901   d. Abt 1901 (Age 0 years) + 2. Lilian Claire Mitford Bowker,   b. 19 Nov 1902   d. 1986 (Age 83 years)   3. Eileen Mavis Ivy Mitford Bowker,   b. 20 Oct 1904, Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa   4. Agnes Bowker,   b. Abt 1908
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 19 Aug 1874 - Grootehoek farm, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 7 Jan 1876 - Die Vrye Kerk, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 16 Jan 1901 - St John the Evangelist, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - Cause: Miners Phthisi Heart Failure - 5 May 1916 - East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S245] Familia, magazine of Genealogy Society of SA, 1970 Vol 7 Issue 4 Pg 109. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-493T-N?i=352&cat=1155616 (Reliability: 3). [S18] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, F166413 sheet 031.