Emily Atherstone Bowker^{[1, 2, 3]}

1855 - 1937  (82 years)

• Name	Emily Atherstone Bowker
  Birth	3 Sep 1855	Clumber, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Baptism	25 Oct 1855	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Baptised: 1855, 25th October Born: 3 September 1855 Parents: Thomas Holden & Julia Eliza BOWKER Occupation: Yeoman Residence: Grahamstown Witnesses: Wm. C. Atherstone, Cath: Atherstone, Sarah Bell Baptised by: J. Heavyside Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Baptism register, 1849-1869, page 54, entry number 532. Repository: Cory Library, Ms 14 878-3.
  		Bowker, Emily Atherstone baptism Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-57561-31?cc=1468076 : accessed 22 February 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1849-1869 > image 54 of 201; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 25 OCT 1855 Keywords: Baptism
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Residence	From 1881 to 1937	Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Death	23 Oct 1937	Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  	DEATH NOTICE: 6/9/50050 R 57170 Name of Deceased: Emily Atherstone BOWKER Place of Birth: Clumber, Albany District, Cape of Good Hope Names of Parents: Thomas Holden BOWKER Emily McGOWAN Age of Deceased: 82 years 1 month Ordinary Place of Residence: 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East Widow Name of Pre-Deceased Spouse: Robert Hart BOWKER died 3 July 1936 Date of Death: 23 October 1937 Place of Death: 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East Names of Children and whether major or minor: Robert Holden Ardene BOWKER Emily McGowan BOWKER Spinster Bertram Egerton BOWKER Dennis McGowan BOWKER Mary Russel BOWKER married Dennis Cotterill HOOLE Phyllis Beherens BOWKER married Lynn MacDONALD Raleigh Redesdale BOWKER Movable Property? Yes Immovable Property? Yes Will? Signed R.R. BOWKER, Son
  		Bowker, Emily Atherstone ccd Caption Note: "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159394-349770-70?cc=1779109&wc=9DHP-C68:139969501,142052901 : accessed 27 March 2015), 1937 > Somerset East > image 218 of 280; National Archives, Pretoria. Media Date: 23 OCT 1937 Keywords: Civil Death Certificate
  		Bowker, Emily Atherstone [185] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-CSLH-M Keywords: Death Notice
  Person ID	I185	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Holden Bowker, 1820 Settler,   b. 24 Feb 1807, Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England d. 26 Oct 1885, Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Julia Eliza McGowan,   b. 18 Dec 1825, London, England d. 26 Dec 1903, Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Hart Bowker,   b. 7 Mar 1853, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 7 Mar 1936, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 83 years)
  Marriage License	21 Jan 1881	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5, 6, 7]
  	Bowker, Robert Hart and Emily Atherstone Bowker marr licence Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SW8R Keywords: Marriage
  Marriage	25 Jan 1881	St John the Evangelist, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Robert Holden Arderne Bowker,   b. 12 Jan 1882, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1968 (Age 85 years)   2. Emily McGowan Bowker,   b. 8 Feb 1883, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 2 Jan 1976 (Age 92 years)   3. Egerton Mitford Bowker,   b. 3 Sep 1884, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Mar 1906, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 21 years)   4. Bertram Egerton Bowker,   b. 2 Aug 1886, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1 Jul 1961, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)   5. Bertha Bowker,   b. 17 Aug 1888   d. Abt 1893 (Age 4 years)   6. Dennis McGowan Bowker,   b. 22 Jan 1890, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 10 Dec 1964, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years) + 7. Mary Russel Mitford Bowker,   b. 1 Jan 1891, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Oct 1967, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 76 years) + 8. Phyllis Berners Bowker,   b. 14 Oct 1893, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   9. Bertha Monkhouse Bowker,   b. 8 Aug 1895, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1895, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 10. Raleigh Redesdale Bowker,   b. 22 Nov 1899   d. 20 Jul 1968 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2017

  
  

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  Baptism - 25 Oct 1855 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Residence - From 1881 to 1937 - Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage License - 21 Jan 1881 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 23 Oct 1937 - Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S444] Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM, (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S3117] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences - Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-CSLH-M (Reliability: 3). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 24), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SW8R (Reliability: 3). [S3117] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences - Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 24), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.