Octavius Bourchier BOWKER

1816 - 1899  (83 years)

• Name	Octavius Bourchier BOWKER
  Born	1816
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Jul 1899	"Champagne", Zastron, South Africa
  Notes	Aided his fellow-burghers of the Orange Free State during the Basuto Wars against Moshesh in Basutoland - 1852. He was known as a wonderful marksman with a rifle, and on one occaision he killed seven and wounded three springbok with just nine bullets!
  Person ID	I6281	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	Mary Anne STUBBS
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth BOWKER + 2. Ella Shaw BOWKER,   d. 1932 + 3. Annie O. BOWKER + 4. James Wilmot BOWKER,   b. 1847,   d. 12 Dec 1909  (Age 62 years) + 5. John Mitford BOWKER,   b. 1849,   d. 1927  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Octavius Bourchier BOWKER

  
  

  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