Thomas Holden BOWKER

1807 - 1885  (78 years)

• Name	Thomas Holden BOWKER
  Born	24 Feb 1807	Mitford Hall, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Oct 1885	Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Notes	He was also a member of the 1828 campaign against the M'fecani, and served as Lieutenant, Provisional Colonial Infantry in the 1834-1835 war, as Captain, Grahamstown Native Levy in the war of 1846-1847 and as Commandant of Burghers at Whittlesea in that of 1850-1853. Distinguished himself in action in the Sixth Kaffir War in 1835.
  Person ID	I6040	My Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2007

  
  

  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	Julia Eliza MCGOWAN
  Married	18 Oct 1854	Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Emily Atherstone BOWKER,   b. 1855, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 23 Oct 1937, Craigie Burn  (Age 82 years)   2. Thomas Holden BOWKER,   b. 1857, Somerset East, Eastern, South Africa ,   d. 1932, Kitale, Kenya  (Age 75 years) + 3. Katherine Mitford BOWKER,   b. 1860, Cape Town, South Africa ,   d. 1927, Transkei, South Africa  (Age 67 years) + 4. Mary Layard BOWKER,   b. 26 Apr 1863, Roeland St, Cape Town, South Africa ,   d. 8 Mar 1928, died of Blackwater fever, Nanyuki, Kenya  (Age 64 years)   5. John Mitford BOWKER,   b. 1864, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 1929, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia  (Age 65 years)   6. Julia Eliza BOWKER,   b. 1867, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 1872, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 5 years) + 7. Miles McGowan BOWKER,   b. 1869, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 4 Mar 1961, Marandellas, Rhodesia  (Age 92 years)
  Photos		Thomas Holden BOWKER and wife Julia
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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