Mary Elizabeth BOWKER

1818 - 1899  (81 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth BOWKER
  Born	5 Jan 1818	England
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Sep 1899	Pietermaritzburg
  Person ID	I28341	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Miles BOWKER,   b. 1765, England ,   d. 25 Mar 1839, Albany  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Maria MITFORD,   b. 1782, Northumberland, England ,   d. 8 Jul 1868, Albany  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	8 Mar 1800	Mitford, Northumberland
  Family ID	F2342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick William BARBER,   b. 20 May 1813, England ,   d. 2 Jan 1892, Grahamstown  (Age 78 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1842	Grahamstown
  Children	1. Frederick Hugh BARBER,   b. 8 Jan 1847, Grahamstown ,   d. 17 May 1919, Kenya  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   2. Henry MITFORD-BARBERTON,   b. 7 Sep 1850, Grahamstown ,   d. 25 May 1920, Transvaal  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Ellen BARBER,   b. 14 Sep 1853, Grahamstown ,   d. 16 Mar 1938, London  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. She was born at Manor farm, South Newton and became a noted botanist a nd an authority on SA flora. 2. She helped Charles Darwin with his "Orig in of the Species". 3. Her drawings are to be seen in the Albany Museum