Mary Elizabeth Monkhouse Bowker^{[1, 2]}

1847 - 1936  (88 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Monkhouse Bowker
  Born	27 Mar 1847	'Coldsprings', Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	16 May 1847  [3, 4]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Died	24 Feb 1936	Mitford, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  	DEATH NOTICE: 6/9/4738 R49470 Name of Deceased: Mary Elizabeth BOWKER Birthplace and Nationality: Grahamstown Names of Parents: William Monkhouse BOWKER Hester BOWKER Age of Deceased: 88 years 11 months (DOB) 24 March 1847 Widow Name of Pre-deceased Spouse: John Ogilvie NORTON Died 9 August 1899 Place of last marriage: Grahamstown Date of Death: 24 February 1936 Place of Death: Grahamstown Names of Children and whether Major or Minor: Annie Mary NORTON married Alfred WHITE (Died before 1936) Hester Denison NORTON married Dennison Leslie CLARKE (Died before 1916) Mary Mitford NORTON married John Ogilvie Stanford DRIVER Bertram Bowker Stanley NORTON Sybil Maude NORTON married WILLIAMS Kathleen Ella NORTON married George Lorraine WHITE John Ogilvie NORTON died before 1916 (a) John Cyprian Ogilvie NORTON 26 September 1906 (b) Margaret Bronier Ogilvie NORTON 10 August 1918 Arthur William Monkhouse NORTON (Died before 1936) Dennis Ogilvie NORTON Athalie Mary Monkhouse NORTON married Douglas MALCOMESS Movable Property? Yes Immovable Property? Yes Signed: N.O. Norton, Son.
  Person ID	I176	master
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	William Monkhouse Bowker, 1820 Settler,   b. 10 Mar 1803, Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England ,   d. 3 Feb 1876, Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Hester Susannah Oosthuisen,   b. 4 Jul 1816, 'Rietvlei', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 6 Aug 1911, Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Ogilvie Norton,   b. 27 Jul 1840, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 9 Aug 1899, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 59 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1864	Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6, 7, 8]
  		Bowker, Mary Elizabeth Monkhouse and John Norton marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-SWMW Keywords: Marriage
  Notes	From "The Bowkers of Tharfield", page 127: Wed.April, 20th, 1864. Mary BOWKER was married to Mr. NORTON by Mr. HULT, a Grahamstown clergyman. Company present, Mr. and Mrs. CURRIE, CLOETE, Sept. BOWKER, WHITE, Misses ATHERSTONE, Mary BOWKER of Mitford Park, Bertha B. E. and S. B., 4 BOWKERs from Mitfrod Park, Walter ATHERSTONE, Mr. NORTON's brother, Rev. Mr. HULT a very agreeable man, Mr. LOW, John GRAHAM, Mr. AYTON and later in the day Fred BOWKER from Somerset and a Mr. STEVENs. Breakfast was laid in the shearing house; Mr. and Mrs. NORTON left at 4pm and some of us rode after them on horseback. Danced for a couple of hours in the evening.
  Children	+ 1. Anne Mary Norton,   b. 24 Jun 1865, Glen Ovis farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 Apr 1956  (Age 90 years) + 2. Hester Norton,   b. 30 Apr 1867, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 7 Feb 1941, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 73 years)   3. Emily Norton,   b. 14 Nov 1869,   d. 14 Nov 1869, Middleton farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 0 years) + 4. John Ogilvie Norton,   b. 14 May 1872, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 30 Oct 1926, 'Dikkop Flats', Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 54 years)   5. Edith Nelly Norton,   b. 18 Oct 1873, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 12 Nov 1874, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 1 years) + 6. Mary Mitford Norton,   b. 2 Sep 1875, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 22 Jun 1958  (Age 82 years) + 7. Arthur William Monkhouse Norton,   b. 4 Jul 1877, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 Apr 1931, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 53 years) + 8. Bertram Bowker Stanley Norton,   b. 16 Sep 1879, Middleton, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 Oct 1944, Middleton, Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 65 years) + 9. Norman Ogilvie Norton,   b. 11 May 1881, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 27 Jun 1968, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 87 years)   10. Sybil Maude Norton,   b. 4 Apr 1884,   d. 9 Oct 1969  (Age 85 years)   11. Dora Mitford Norton,   b. 12 Nov 1885, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 4 Mar 1887  (Age 1 years) + 12. Kathleen Ella Norton,   b. 1 Oct 1887, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 1960, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 20 Apr 1864 - Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died - 24 Feb 1936 - Mitford, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S444] BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM, Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820). [S384] NORTON 1820 GEDCOM, Norton, Chante, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820). [S4497] SA Dutch Reformed Church Records, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-65QS-H7Q?i=85 (Reliability: 3). [S4599] Petzer, Robert. [S2597] SA Cape Death Notices, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-77P3?i=1469&cc=2517051 (Reliability: 3). Bowker, Mary Elizabeth Monkhouse(1847-1936) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-77P3?i=1469&cc=2517051 Keywords: Death Notice [S682] McCathie, Pat, McCathie, Pat. [S7] "The Bowkers of Tharfield", Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton, (Oxford University Press, Cape Town SA, 1952). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-SWMW (Reliability: 3).