See also

Septimus Bowker's parents: Miles Bowker (c. 1758-1839) and Anna Maria Mitford (1782-1868)
Septimus Bowker's siblings: John Mitford Bowker (1801-1847), William Monkhouse Bowker (1803-1876), Miles Brabbin Bowker (1805-1864), Thomas Holden Bowker (1807-1885), Bertram Egerton Bowker (1808-1904), Robert Mitford Bowker (1810-1892), Octavius Bourchier Bowker (1815-1899), Mary Elizabeth Bowker (1818-1899), Anna Maria Bowker (1820-1895) and James Henry Bowker (1822-1900)

Family of Septimus Bourchier Bowker and Frances Martha Forward

Husband:	Septimus Bourchier Bowker (1812-1895)
Wife:	Frances Martha Forward (1831-1929)
Marriage	1853¹

Husband: Septimus Bourchier Bowker

Septimus Bourchier Bowker

St Mary's Parish Church, Almer, Dorset

Manor Farm House, South Newton

Manor Farm House, South Newton

Manor Farm House, South Newton

1895, Bowker, Septimus Bourchier - CCD

Name:	Septimus Bourchier Bowker^1,2,3
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	10 Aug 1812	Almer, Dorset, England⁴
Baptism	4 Oct 1813 (age 1)	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	1816 (age 3-4)	'Manor Farm', South Newton, Wiltshire, England¹
1820 Settler	7 Jan 1820 (age 7)	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
	Bowker's Party on the Weymouth
Death	2 Aug 1895 (age 82)	'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa⁵
	DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 6/9/340 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1005 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BOWKER, SEPTINIUS B. DEATH NOTICE. STARTING 18950000 ENDING 18950000 DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/340 F1005 Name of Deceased: Septimus Bourchier BOWKER Birthplace of Deceased: Northumberland, England Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Miles BOWKER Mother: Anna Maria BOWKER Age of the Deceased: 81 years 0 months 18 days Condition in Life: Farmer Married Name of Surviving Spouse: Frances Martha FORWARD Date of Death: 2 August 1895 Place of Death: Bedford Names of children of the deceased and whether Major or Minor: John Bourchier BOWKER William Henry Egerton BOWKER Alice Jessie BOWKER Bertram Mitford BOWKER Francis Martha BOWKER married Maurice Walter GRADWELL Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind: Movable & Immovable Signed: F.M. Bowker, Surviving Spouse
Burial		'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Wife: Frances Martha Forward

Forward, Frances Martha - ccd

Name:	Frances Martha Forward^1,6,7,8,9
Sex:	Female
Nickname:	Fanny
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1 Nov 1831	Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa⁶
Death	2 Jan 1929 (age 97)	'Woodlands', Southwell District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/3469 R21314 Name of Deceased: Frances Martha FORWARD Place of Birth: Bathurst, Albany, Cape of Good Hope Age of Deceased: 97 years 2 months 11 days Widow Place of Residence: 'Woodlands', Albany, Cape, South Africa Pre-deceased Spouse: Septimus Bourchier BOWKER died 2nd March 1893 Date of Death: 2nd January 1929 Place of Death: 'Woodlands', Albany, Cape, South Africa Names of Children and whether major or minor: John Bourchier BOWKER died before 1929 William Henry Egerton BOWKER Alice Jessie BOWKER married Harry SPENCER Bertram Mitford BOWKER Frances Martha BOWKER m Maurice Walter GRADWELL (died before 1929) Whether deceased has left any property, and of what kind. Movable. Signed B.M. Bowker, Son
Burial		'Alstonfields', Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sources

1	Tanner - Tremaine, Paul, "BOWKER 1820 GEDCOM" (http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820).
	http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820. Web: http://www.geocities.com/settlers1820.

2	M 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.

Ibid.

4	"Baptism Records - 1813, Parish of Almer, Dorset".

5	"Cape Civil Death Registers 1895-1972" (www.familysearch.org). 1895 Bedford image 43.
	Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.

6	Bathurst English Episcopal Church, "Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1829 Bathurst English Episcopal Church" (Cory PR 3448).
	Cory Library, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.

7	Thorpe, C, ""Tharfield - An Eastern Cape Farm"".
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.

8	Morse Jones, E, ""Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa"" (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town).
	Port Alfred Library.

9	Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, ""Some Frontier Families"" (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa).
	Paul Tanner-Tremaine's Library, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Email: paul@1820settlers.com. Web: www.1820settlers.com.