Bourchier Bowker

Abt 1845 - 1891  (46 years)

• Name	Bourchier Bowker
  Birth	Abt Feb 1845	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	Ostrich farmer
  Death	24 May 1891	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1]
  	DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 6/9/294 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1114 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BOWKER, BOURCHIER. DEATH NOTICE. STARTING 18910000 ENDING 18910000 DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/294 R1114 Name of Deceased: Bouchier BOWKER Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope Names of Parents: Father: John Mitford BOWKER Mother: Mary Anne BOWKER Age of Deceased 46 years 3 months Married Name of Surviving Spouse: Charlotte Jemima HILLIER Condition in Life: Farmer Name of Pre-Deceased Spouse and approximate Date of Death: Jane DUTHIE 22 August 1884 Date of Death: 24 May 1891 Place of Death: Grahamstown Hospital, Grahamstown Names of Children and whether Major or Minor: Jane Caroline BOWKER (From First Marriage) Thomas Bouchier BOWKER (From Second Marriage) Reginald Bouchier BOWKER (From Second Marriage) Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable & Immovable Signed: C.M. BOWKER, Surviving Spouse
  Burial	Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I1467	Bourchiers
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Lieutenant John Mitford Bowker,   b. 13 Apr 1801, Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England d. 11 Apr 1847, 'Oakwell', Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne Standen,   b. 1814, Hammersmith, London, England d. 25 Dec 1893, Signal Hill, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1837	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  	Description: Rev John Heavyside
  		Bowker, John Mitford to Mary Ann Standen marriage Picture Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-58921-49?cc=1468076&wc=MCM6-WMW:44975801,44975802,49802601,49820401 : accessed 11 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Marriages 1836-1849 > image 7 of 63; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Keywords: Marriage
  Notes	Grahamstown Journal, April 1837: Married on Wednesday 26th inst by the Rev.John HEAVYSIDE, John Mitford BOUKER Esq of Fort Peddie to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr.STANDEN, Graham's Town.
  Family ID	F468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Jemima Hallier,   b. Aft 1854   d. 6 Mar 1928 (Age < 72 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1888	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3, 4]
  	19 Apr 1888 1888, April 19 Bourchier Bowker aged: Full, Widower Farmer residence: Signal Kop Albany and Charlotte Jemima Hallier aged: Minor, Spinster, Magistrate residence: Signal Kop Albany married by Banns by Robert J. Mullins groom signature: Bourchier Bowker bride signature: Charlotte Jemima Hallier witnessed by: J.K.B. Hallier, Alice E Hallier Transcriber remarks: Minister's name unclear Source: Grahamstown - Christchurch (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1879-1904, page 41, entry no 79. Repository: Cory Library, MS 17 631/1. Transcribed by Eileen de Jager and Fay Lea as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois
  Notes	19 Apr 1888 1888, April 19 Bourchier Bowker aged: Full, Widower Farmer residence: Signal Kop Albany and Charlotte Jemima Hallier aged: Minor, Spinster, Magistrate residence: Signal Kop Albany married by Banns by Robert J. Mullins groom signature: Bourchier Bowker bride signature: Charlotte Jemima Hallier witnessed by: J.K.B. Hallier, Alice E Hallier Transcriber remarks: Minister's name unclear Source: Grahamstown - Christchurch (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1879-1904, page 41, entry no 79. Repository: Cory Library, MS 17 631/1.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Bourchier Bowker, Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P.,   b. 28 Sep 1889, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 21 Jul 1964, Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2020

  
  

• Photos

  Bowker, Bourchier Picture Note: from Ammy's albums Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Bourchier Bowker was one of the pioneers in the development of ostrich farming and farmed in partnership with the late Hon.Arthur Douglas M.L.A.at Southey's Hoek on the Fish River

  
  

• Sources

  [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-6JV2 (Reliability: 3). [S393] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 25/6/1836 - 16/1/1849, (CORY MS 14 879/2), (Entry# 35). [S1888] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, F166378 sheet 034. [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-9BR6 (Reliability: 3).