William Monkhouse BOWKER^{[1, 2]}

1803 - 1876  (73 years)

• Name	William Monkhouse BOWKER
  Born	1803	Mitford Hall, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1876
  Person ID	I2547	My Family Tree | Ancestors and descendants of Nesta Marion HILL
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Miles BOWKER,   b. 1765, Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, England ,   d. 25 Mar 1839, Tharfield, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria MITFORD,   b. 1782,   d. 8 Jul 1868, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Photos		Anna Maria MITFORD Painting by W. G. Bevington Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Family ID	F899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hester Susannah OOSTHUISEN,   b. 04 Jul 1816,   d. 04 Aug 1911, Thorn Kloof Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 95 years)
  Children	+ 1. Miles Robert BOWKER,   b. 25 Dec 1837,   d. 1913  (Age 75 years) + 2. Nellie Johanna BOWKER,   b. 22 Oct 1842, Elands Kop, Koonap River ,   d. 06 Oct 1929, Adelaide, Cape Province  (Age 86 years) + 3. Anna Maria BOWKER,   b. 1844,   d. 1929, Nairobi, Kenya  (Age 85 years) + 4. Mary Elizabeth Monkhouse BOWKER,   b. 27 Mar 1847, Coldspring, near Grahamstown. ,   d. 24 Feb 1936, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 88 years)   5. Sybil Mitford BOWKER,   b. 1849 + 6. Williamina BOWKER,   b. 1852, Somerset East + 7. Hester Francina BOWKER,   b. 1855,   d. 1923, Westerford, Albany  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Monkhouse BOWKER
  		William Monkhouse BOWKER Found at Thorn Kloof 2008.
  		William Monkhouse BOWKER Found at Thorn Kloof 2008. Portrait crop.

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Bowkers of Tharfield Extract of F. C. Metrowich's book "Assegai Over the Hills". The Story of the Eastern Cape. First published July 1953 by Howard B. Timmins, 58, Long Street, Capetown. Chapter XXV: Bowkers of Tharfield
  		Letters from Miles BOWKER to Secretary of State for the Colonies. From 18 Jul 1819 to 26 Dec 1819. Transcript of CO48/41 National Archives, Kew, London
  		Log of the HMSS Weymouth (1819 - 1820) From Portsmouth, England to Algoa Bay, East Cape Province (Port Elizabeth). 16 December 1819 to 20 May 1820

  
  

• Sources

  [S7146] PN Thompson, Notebook, PN Thompson (Reliability: 1), 06 Feb 2007. He was also a member of the 1828 campaign against the M'fecani. He was Commandant, Corps of Guides in the war of 1834-1835, being mentioned in despatches and appointed Commisioner for Native Locations. He was Commandant, Thorn Kloof Station in the war of 1846-1847 and Field-Commandant, Somerset Volunteers in that of 1850-1853. He was Field-Cornet , North Fish River in 1858 and Member of the House of Assembly from 1864 to 1865. [S7147] Roland's genealogy files, Roland MITFORD-BARBERTON (Reliability: 2). He was 17 when he arrived at Tharfield with his father. He served in a number of frontier wars as Commandant. He moved to Water Fall on the Fish River in 1845 and in 1846 helped the family defend Thorn Kloof. In 1864 he represented Albany in the House of Assembly. He is buried in the Thorn Kloof cemetary.