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Family of Robert Mitford Bowker and Sarah Elizabeth Hart

Husband: Robert Mitford Bowker (1810-1892)
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Hart (1820-1875)
Marriage 19 Dec 1838 'Glen Avon', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Husband: Robert Mitford Bowker

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Robert Mitford Bowker

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Robert Mitford Bowker

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St Mary's Parish Church, Almer, Dorset

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Manor Farm House, South Newton

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Manor Farm House, South Newton

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Manor Farm House, South Newton

Name: Robert Mitford Bowker1,2,3
Sex: Male
Father: Miles Bowker (c. 1758-1839)
Mother: Anna Maria Mitford (1782-1868)
Baptism or Christening: Baptised 4 October 1813 in Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
Birth 30 Aug 1810 Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England4
Baptism 4 Oct 1813 (age 3) Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
Parish of Almer
BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.
Residence (1) 1816 (age 5-6) 'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England2
1820 Settler 7 Jan 1820 (age 9) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
Residence (2) c. 1847 (age 36-37) 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death 23 Sep 1892 (age 82) 'Glen Avon', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
DEPOT KAB
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DESCRIPTION BOWKER, ROBERT MILFORD. DEATH NOTICE.
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DEATH NOTICE:
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Name of the Deceased: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Birth of Deceased: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Names of Parents of Deceased: Father: Miles BOWKER
Mother: Anna Maria MITFORD
Age of the Deceased: 82 years
Widower
Name of pre-deceased Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Date of Death: 23 September 1892
Place of Death: 'Glen Avon', Somerset East
Names of Children and whether major or minor:
Ellen BOWKER married Robert HART (deceased)
Ann Stretch BOWKER married James Scott PRINGLE
James Frederick Fleischer BOWKER
Robert Mitford BOWKER
Effie Mitford BOWKER (deceased) married John Ward STEVENS
Septimus Bouchier BOWKER
William Henry BOWKER
Sara Elizabeth BOWKER married John Mitford BOWKER
Robert Hart BOWKER
Oliver Osbaldiston BOWKER
Miles Egerton BOWKER
Signed J.F.F. BOWKER, Son

Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Hart

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Sarah Elizabeth Hart

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Sarah Elizabeth Hart

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Sarah Elizabeth Hart

Name: Sarah Elizabeth Hart2,5
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 16 Jun 1820 Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa2
Death 25 Aug 1875 (age 55) 'Craigie Burn', Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa2
DEPOT KAB
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DESCRIPTION BOWKER, SARAH ELIZABETH. DEATH NOTICE.
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DEATH NOTICE:
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Name of the Deceased: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Birthplace of Deceased: Somerset East
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Robert Hart
Hannah Hart
Age of the Deceased: 55 years
Condition in Life
Ordinary Place of Residence
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Last Marriage:
Date of Death: 25 August 1875
Place of Death: Craigie Burn, Somerset East
Names of Children of the Deceased and whether Major or Minor:
Ellen BOWKER married Robert HART (son of James HART)
Ann BOWKER married James Scott PRINGLE
James Frederick Fleischer BOWKER
Robert Mitford BOWKER
Effie Mitford BOWKER married John Ward STEVENS
Septimus Boucher BOWKER
William Henry BOWKER
Sarah Elizabeth BOWKER married John Mitford BOWKER
Robert Hart BOWKER
Oliver Osbaldiston BOWKER
Miles Egleton BOWKER
Whether the deceased left any property and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Has the Deceased left a will?
Signed R.M. Bowker Surviving Spouse

Sources

1M D Nash, ""The Settler Handbook"" (Chameleon Press ISBM 0 620 10940 8). p 47. Cit. Date: 11 February 2003.
Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.
2Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, "BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM" (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820).
http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820. Web: http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820.
3M D Nash, ""The Settler Handbook"" (Chameleon Press ISBM 0 620 10940 8).
Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.
4"Baptism Records - 1813, Parish of Almer, Dorset".
5Morse Jones, E, ""Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa"" (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town).
Port Alfred Library.