Nelly Johanna Bowker^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1929  (87 years)

• Name	Nelly Johanna Bowker
  Born	22 Oct 1841	'Elands Kop', Koonap River, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Died	6 Oct 1929	Bushnek farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  	Age: 88y
  	Cause: senile arterio sclerosis, apoplexy
  Buried	Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  Person ID	I177	master
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2020

  
  

  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	Henry Frederick Currie,   b. 5 Jan 1835, 'Waterval', Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 7 Oct 1879, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 44 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1858	St George, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa   [2, 4, 5]
  		Currie, Henry Frederick and Nellie Johanna Bowker marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-S7T7 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	+ 1. Ann Currie,   b. 23 Dec 1859, 'Waterval', Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 3 Mar 1928, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 68 years) + 2. William Cole Currie,   b. 27 May 1860, Groenfontein farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 Jul 1915, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa  (Age 55 years)   3. Helen Hester Mitford Currie,   b. 7 May 1864, Groenfontein farm, Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. Jun 1864  (Age 0 years) + 4. Henry Miles Bowker Currie,   b. 18 May 1868, Groenfontein farm, Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. Nov 1928, Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa  (Age 60 years) + 5. Nellie Hester Currie,   b. 10 Jun 1870, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 29 Aug 1962, Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 92 years) + 6. Ina Florence Currie,   b. 26 Oct 1872, Groenfontein farm, Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 May 1952  (Age 79 years) + 7. Walter Clement Leopold Currie,   b. 20 Dec 1875, Groenfontein farm, Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 27 Feb 1937, Bushnek farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 61 years) + 8. Helen Mary Currie,   b. 20 Apr 1878, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 27 May 1951, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 2 Nov 1858 - St George, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Died - Age: 88y,Cause: senile arterio sclerosis, apoplexy - 6 Oct 1929 - Bushnek farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa Buried - - Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Settler Photos » Slide Show	3 Settler Photos
  	Bowker, Nellie Johanna Keywords: Picture
  	Bowker, Nellie Johanna Caption Note: Painting Nellie Johanna BOWKER painting. Property of Ina Mary Hill JARVIS née HERON (Pamela) Keywords: Picture
  	5 generations of Bowker,Currie,Fords Caption Note: Picture taken 1908: Hester Susannah Bowker nee Oosthuizen in the centre. Her daughter Nellie Johanna is on the left - she married Henry Currie. Nellie's daughter Anne is on the right - she married William Leopold Currie. Anne's daughter Constance Marion Currie is in the white dress at the back - she married Frederick John Ford. Constance's son Harold John is on Hester's lap. Looks like Harold's baptism day. Media Date: 1908 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH NOTICE: 6/9/3609 R24215 Name of Deceased: Nelly Johanna BOWKER Place of Birth: 'Thorn Kloof', Bowden, Cape of Good Hope Names of Parentsof the Deceased: Father: William BOWKER Mother: Hester BOWKER Age of Deceased: 88 years 7months Condition in Life: Farmer Ordinary Place of Residence: 'Groenfontein', Albany, Cape Province Widow Name of Pre-deceased Spouse: Henry Frederick CURRIE Died about 1879 Date of Death: 6 October 1929 Place of Death: 'Bush Nek', Fort Beaufort, Cape Province Names of Children and whether Major or Minor: Ann CURRIE Died before 1929 William Cole CURRIE Died before 1929 Henry Miles Bowker CURRIE Died before 1929 Nelly Hester CURRIE Married to Binney Ina Florence CURRIE Married to LEX and to HILL Walter Clement Leopold CURRIE Helen Mary CURRIE Married to EMMS Movable Property? Yes Signed by W.C.L CURRIE Son

  
  

• Sources

  [S581] CURRIE 1820 GEDCOM, Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820). [S444] BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM, Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820). [S2133] Cape Civil Death Registers 1895-1972, (www.familysearch.org), 1928 Adelaide image 185. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-S7T7 (Reliability: 3). [S3798] SA Anglican Parish Registers 1801-2004, Cape Marriages [LDS], (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2338744), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-S7T7?i=65&cc=1468076 (Reliability: 3).