Bertha Bowker

1848 - 1946  (98 years)

• Name	Bertha Bowker
  Birth	24 Mar 1848	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Bowker, Bertha - bapt Caption Note: "South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12377-221-47?cc=1463648&wc=MFVW-CNG:1029190301,1029191801,1029193701,1029194001 : accessed 23 February 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown > Baptisms 1844-1876 > image 25 of 163; Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Grahamstown. and per Lynn McLeod Media Date: 24 MAR 1848 Keywords: Baptism
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Burial	May 1946	Settlers Methodist Church Cemetery, Port Alfred, Easten Cape, South Africa
  	Grave H5
  		Bowker, Bertha headstone Caption Note: photo by Beverley Young of Port Alfred, posted on fb. Media Date: MAY 1946 Keywords: Gravestone
  		Bowker, Bertha Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=698579 Media Date: MAY 1946 Keywords: Gravestone
  Death	24 May 1946	Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 2]
  		Bowker, Bertha -CCD Keywords: Civil Death Certificate
  		Bowker, Bertha [200] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-P9HB-R Keywords: Death Notice
  Person ID	I200	master
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler,   b. 24 Nov 1808, Morpeth, Northumberland, England d. 28 Dec 1904, Santa Clara, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Anne Maria Simpson,   b. Abt 1815   d. 31 Oct 1879, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 24 Mar 1848 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - May 1946 - Settlers Methodist Church Cemetery, Port Alfred, Easten Cape, South Africa Death - 24 May 1946 - Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Settler Photos

  Bowker, Bertha Caption Note: from Ammy's albums Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Bertha never married. She always accompanied her father to Cape Town whenever he attended sessions of the Legislative Assembly. She was known to have a 'sharp tongue' and ill-temper. DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/17934 R2668 Name of Deceased: Bertha BOWKER Birthplace of the deceased: Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Bertram BOWKER Age of the deceased: 98 years Born about 1848 Ordinary Place of Residence: Port Alfred Never Married Date of Death: 24 March 1946 Place of Death: Inverness, Port Alfred No Children Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable Signed: E.G. Bowker, Cousin

  
  

• Sources

  [S2133] Cape Civil Death Registers 1895-1972, (www.familysearch.org), 1946 Bathurst image 100. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-P9HB-R (Reliability: 3).