Octavius Bourchier BOWKER

1816 - 1899  (83 years)

• Name	Octavius Bourchier BOWKER
  Born	1816	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Jul 1899	Zastron, Free State
  Person ID	I28356	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	Mary Anne STUBBS
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth BOWKER,   d. 1899, Free State  [natural]   2. Annie O BOWKER  [natural]   3. James Wilmot BOWKER,   b. 1847,   d. 12 Dec 1909, Free State  (Age 62 years)  [natural]   4. John Mitford BOWKER,   b. 1849,   d. 29 Sep 1927, Zambia  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   5. Ellen Shaw BOWKER,   b. Abt 1851,   d. 1932, Free State  (Age ~ 81 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. He was known as the best shot on the eastern frontierand was report ed to have killed seven and wounded three Springbok with nine shots. 2. He was a burger of the Free State who participated in the war against M oshesh in 1852 and the farm Champagne in the Zastron district was given h im for his services during that war. 3. After his death on the farm it was passed to his daughter Ella and beca me part of her husband, William Henry Surmon's estate. The farm, Champag ne has been in the Surmon family for about 120 years. 3. Champagne obtained it's name due to it's many fountains. Some say the re were 80 in the early days. Many have since dried up. 4. Estate VAB MHG B1600