Bertram Mitford Bowker

1865 - 1956  (90 years)

• Name	Bertram Mitford Bowker
  Birth	6 Mar 1865	'Olifant's Kloof', Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Baptism	14 Apr 1872	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Baptised: 1872, April 14 Born: March 6 1865 Parents: Septimus Bourchier & Frances Charlotte BOWKER Occupation: Farmer Residence: All Stone Field, Bedford Witnesses: William Monkhouse Bowker, Hester Bowker & The Father Baptised by: Robert J. Mullins Additional notes: Carlisle Bridge Note by transcriber: Child's name originally written as William Bertram Mitford with William scored out Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Baptism register, 1869-1908, page 17, entry number 3062. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 878-4.
  		Bowker, Bertram Mitford 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-1951-23580-54438-76?cc=1468076 : accessed 22 February 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1869-1908 > image 18 of 194; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 14 APR 1872 Keywords: Baptism
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	19 Feb 1956	Olive Fountain, Bedford District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I208	master
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Septimus Bourchier Bowker, 1820 Settler,   b. 10 Aug 1812, Almer, Dorset, England d. 2 Aug 1895, Alstonfields farm, Bedford district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Frances Martha Forword,   b. 1 Nov 1831, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 2 Jan 1929, Woodlands, Southwell District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Mary Stewart MacLaren,   b. Apr 1878, Queensland, Australia d. 15 Nov 1964, Olive Fountain, Bedford District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1908	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Married	28 Jul 1908	Grahamstown,,Cape Province,South Africa   [2]
  Married	28 Jul 1908	Grahamstown, , Cape Province, South Africa   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Bertram Bowker > 2. Helen May Bertram Bowker   3. Nancy Edith Bertram Bowker,   b. Jan 1916   d. 9 Jun 1916, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Baptism - 14 Apr 1872 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 28 Jul 1908 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  There is a stained glass window to Bertram and Ellen in the Anglican Church in Bedford, Cape, South Africa DEATH NOTICE: MOOC: 6/9/27934 R1088 Name of Deceased: Bertram Mitford BOWKER Birthplace of Deceased: Albany Names of Parents of Deceased: Father: Septimus Bourchier BOWKER Mother: Francis FORWARD Age of Deceased: 90 years 11 months Condition of Life: Farmer Ordinary place of Residence: Olive Fountain, Bedford Married Name of Surviving Spouse: Ellen Mary Stewart MacLAREN Date of Death: 19 February 1956 Place of Death: Olive Fountain, Bedford Names of Children and whether major or minor: Elizabeth Bertram BOWKER married Conlan Noel SOUTHERN (Divorced) Since then she has married Unknown ARNOLD Helen May Bertram BOWKER married Karl Emil KRETSCHMANN Whether deceased left any property, and of what kind: Movable & Immovable Signed E.H.S. BOWKER Surviving Spouse !MARRIAGE:(See source comments); ; ; ; ; [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton, "The Bowkers of Tharfield", (Oxford University Press, Cape Town SA, 1952), p280. [S5018] Jervois, Wiliam.