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     John Bowker was christened on 1 November 1739 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of John Bowker and Elizabeth Lenton.
     John died before 19 April 1740 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. He was buried on 19 April 1740 in Yaxley.

     John Bowker was also known as Booker in records. He was christened on 14 December 1742 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. He may be the John (husband of Carrina) who was born c. 1745.. He was the son of John Bowker and Elizabeth Lenton. [CR:]John Bowker was listed as a Freeman of the city on 6 April 1757. Indenture for John Bowker, son of John Bowker of Yaxley, Huntingdon, tanner apprentice to Nicholas Parkes citizen of London, for 7 years.
     John Bowker and Arabella Bowker, Anna Maria Bowker, Sarah Bowker and William Bowker were beneficiaries in John Bowker's will dated 11 June 1770 in Yaxley. John Bowker was an executor of John Bowker's estate on 9 August 1770 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
     John was registered as John Bowker, residence London, holding land at Benwick, Cambridgeshire, on the 1780 electoral roll.
This may be the John Bowker of London who held land in Yaxley and voted there in 1807 for Lord Viscount Hinchingborough. There were no Bowkers in the 1826 poll book at Yaxley.
     John Bowker made a will dated 1812 in London. Will of John Bowker Upholsterer Postern Row near Tower Hill in Old Tower without, Middlesex.
     His will was proved in 1812.

     John Bowker was christened on 12 February 1735/36 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of Thomas Bowker and Mary Ann Riss.

     John Bowker was christened on 19 August 1792 in Langtoft, Lincolnshire. He was the son of Jeremiah Bowker and Mary Rowell.
John Bowker married Jane Hudson on 18 August 1814 in Langtoft, Lincolnshire. He was of Walpole, Norfolk, they married by licence.
John Bowker married Mary Unknown (Staines) in 1820 in Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire.
     John died in 1853? In England.

     John Bowker was also known as Booker in records. He was born circa 1650 in England.
John Bowker married Elizabeth Hodson on 3 November 1672 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
     John Bowker was also reported as having married Elizabeth Hodson on 15 December 1672 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

     John Bowker was christened on 12 December 1697? In Manchester, Lancashire. He was the son of Thomas Bowker.

     John Bowker was born say 1515. He was the son of Unknown Bowker and Margaret Unknown.
John Bowker married Eleanor Unknown.
     John Bowker made a will dated 4 August 1556 in All Saints, Northampton. The will of John Bowker, glover of All Saints Northampton mentions his mother Margaret Brayfield, his four daughters Anne, Margerie, Agnes & Margaret, all under 21; his brother Sir William Bowker, his brother Richard Brayfield and Richard's son John (his godson); his sister Alice and Henry Smith her son; his cousin Myles; and his wife Eleanor who is sole executrix.
     John died after 4 August 1556 in Northampton?, Northamptonshire.
     His will was proved in 1556 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

     John Bowker was the son of John Bowker and Carrina Ibberson.
     John Bowker made a will dated 30 April 1813 in 31 Old Street, London. This is the last will and testament of me John Bowker of no. 31 Old Street, London, upholsterer which I make and publish as follows in the first .... executor hereinafter named to pay all my just debts as soon as ... may be after my decease .. with ... on ... debts after the rate of five pounds per .... from the time ....respectively until the same shall be so paid
I give to .... or other the trustee or trustees for the .... of the Methodist Missionary Society the sum of fifty pounds for the ... benefit of the said Society and as to all the rest and residue of my estate and effects whatsoever ...beloved mother Carina Bowker of Greenfield Street .... Chapel for .... use and benefit and hereby revoking all the wills by me made and .... this to be my last and testament and hereof appoint my said dear mother? sole executrix ... this thirtieth day of April 1813 .... John Bowker, signed sealed published and ... by the said testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us ... Witnesses M Elizabeth Bowker ...64 Crowfield Street....
     John died before 3 July 1813 in London.
     His will was proved on 3 July 1813 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

     John Bowker was born on 14 January 1790? In Battersea, Surrey. He was the son of John Bowker and Susanna Hopkins.
John Bowker married Elizabeth Higgins in 1812 in All Saints, Fulham, London. John Bowker was baptized on 4 August 1827 in Cooks Ground Independent Chapel, Chelsea, London, Middlesex.
     John Bowker and Elizabeth Higgins were recorded on the 1841 census in Manor Lane, Clapham, Surrey. John Bowker 50, cow-keeper, Elizabeth Bowker 45, Edwin Bowker 15, Jane Bowker 15, Elizabeth Bowker 15, David Bowker 10, Alfred Bowker 5, Thomas Bowker 5, all born in the county.
     John Bowker and Elizabeth Higgins were recorded on the 1851 census in Manor Farm Dairy, Clapham. John Bowker 61, cow keeper; his wife Elizh Bowker 59, Edwin Bowker 29, cow-keeper's son, Jane S Bowker 26, David Bowker 21, brick layer, all born Batterseas, Sry; Alfred Bowker 17, sea app, born Claphan, Thomas Bowker 15, cow keeper's son, born Clapham.
     John Bowker and Elizabeth Higgins were recorded on the 1871 census in Private Rd, Theobald House, Stockwell, Lambeth St Mary, Surrey. John Bowker 81, Gardener, born Battersea, Sry, his wife Elizabeth Bowker 79, housekeeper, ditto, unmarried daughter Jane S Bowker, 43, charwoman, ditto.
This is next door to Theobald Farm.
     John's death was registered in the quarter ending in March 1874 in Lambeth RD, Surrey.

     John Bowker was born on 22 December 1815 in Battersea, Surrey. He was the son of John Bowker and Elizabeth Higgins. John Bowker was christened on 7 April 1830 in St Mary, Battersea, Surrey.

     John Bowker was born before 1768 in England. See Ian Bowker's e-mails from Sep 2009.
John Bowker married Susanna Hopkins on 1 March 1789 in St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey.
John Bowker married Rebecca Ayres on 8 November 1818 in St Martin in the Fields, London.

     John Bowker was born on 12 April 1757 in Finsbury, London. He was the son of James Bowker and Elizabeth Unknown. John Bowker was christened on 1 May 1757 in St Luke Old Church, Finsbury, London.

     John Bowker was born circa 1745.
     John Bowker and Carrina Ibberson obtained a marriage licence on 1 June 1769. John Bowker, aged 24, innholder, bachelor, and, Carrina Ibberson 19. Bondsman John Matthews of March, farmer. Parish of St Andrews, Holborn. Place Doddington.
John Bowker married Carrina Ibberson, daughter of Francis Ibberson, on 3 June 1769 in Doddington, Cambridgeshire.
John Bowker of Benwick in the Isle of Ely grazier & Carrina his wife .... who surrendered lands in Yaxley to Thomas Bowker the younger of Yaxley. This John's mother came from Thorner in Ely. [Yaxley Court Book 1772-1777].
     John Bowker was mentioned in the will of Francis Ibberson dated 19 August 1780.

     John Burnham Bowker was born on 23 July 1836 in Buckworth, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of Thomas Burgess Bowker and Rebecca Burnham. John Burnham Bowker was christened on 11 September 1836 in Buckworth.
     John Burnham Bowker was recorded on the 1841 census in Middlesex.
     John Burnham Bowker was recorded on the 1851 census in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire. John Bowker aged 14, born Buckworth, was an apprentice wheelwright in the household of the Allen family.
     John Burnham Bowker arrived in 1859 at USA. John was a rancher.
     John died in 1879 in Rulo, Nebraska, USA.

     John Harrison Bowker Commander, RN married Margaret Unknown. John Harrison Bowker Commander, RN was born on 30 October 1792 in Morpeth, Northumberland. He was the son of Benjamin Bowker RN and Betty Unknown. John Harrison Bowker Commander, RN was christened on 25 April 1794 in Morpeth.

     John Mitford Bowker was born on 13 April 1801 in Mitford?, Northumberland. He was the son of Miles Bowker and Anna Maria Mitford. John Mitford Bowker may have been also christened on 6 May 1801 in Mitford. He was christened on 4 October 1813 in Almer, Dorset.
     John died on 11 April 1847 in Oakwell, South Africa?, aged 45. He married Mary Anne Standen and had a large family. His homestead was burnt by Kaffirs in 1846.
The present head (1973) of the Bowkers is Mr Duncan Bowker, a prominent sheep farmer, of Doornberg, Schoombee. He is a descendant of the eldest son of Miles, John Mitford Bowker, a prominent figure in the Eastern Province before his early death of pneumonia in 1847.
John Mitford Bowker worked for the welfare of the Settlers during the Kaffir Wars, when the British Government failed to give adequate assistance. Mr. Duncan Bowker was named after his grandfather, Duncan Campbell, who made the move from the Albany area to farm near Middelburg. He married a daughter of William Dods Pringle of that well-known settler family, and was 94 when he died,
More recently this tradition of public life was carried on by the late Mr. Tom Bowker. MP for Albany from 1936 until his death in 1964, aged 74. His brother is the well-known Grahamstown golfer, Mr. Reg Bowker, who at 82 still plays every weekend. Mr. Tom Bowker's son, John, farms at Glen Ovis at Carlisle Bridge. This branch of the family is descended from John Mitford Bowker.

     John Nicolas Bowker was born on 9 October 1944 in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire. He was the son of William John Cooper Bowker and Norah Kathleen Phillips. John was a newspaper photographer and worked for the Coalville and Ashby Echo. from the 1970s.
     John resided at Coleorton, Leicestershire, England, 1994.
     John died on 30 July 2017 aged 72. At 4 am, possibly the 29th.

      He had a child with Elsie Emily Boyten (1886-1963) when boarding with her grandmother's family in England while studying. He served in WWI. He later residend at St Pancras. See Rbgin Hyland's notes on Ancestry.com. John Ryther Steer Bowker was born on 29 July 1888 in Darling Point, New South Wales. BOWKER - July 29, at her residence, Tredegar, Darling Point, the wife of R. Steer Bowker, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., L.M., Ed., of a son. He was the son of Dr Robert Steer Bowker and Florence Mary Marks.
     John was educated from between 1902 and 1906 at Barker College, Hornsby, New South Wales. He played in the 1st XV rugby team in 1905 and 1906. He matriculated in March 1909 at Sydney and trained at the Middlesex Hopsital from 13 June 1911.
     John Ryther Steer Bowker served in the War between 1914 and 1918 in France.
     John died on 29 June 1944 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, aged 55. John R S Bowker, only son of the late Dr & Mrs Robert Steer Bowker, and brother of Gladys (Mrs James Gordon), Barbara (Mrs Allan Potter), and Marjorie Bowker, loving nephew of Dr & Mrs Richard Bowker of Croydon. Fought with King Edward's Horse in France throughout the last war. Aged 54, privately cremated.
     The administration of his estate was granted to Gladys Noel Bowker on 21 February 1945 at New South Wales. John Ryther Steer Bowker, late Darlinghurst, died 29 June 1944, Letters of administration granted 22 Nov 1944, Gladys Noel Gordon, administrator.

     John Stanley Bowker was born on 19 October 1918 in 'Springwell', Hook, Waimate, New Zealand. He was the son of James Burnham Bowker and Ann Agnes Boag.
John Stanley Bowker married Judith Catherine Maxwell in New Zealand. John was a farmer in Amberley.
     John died on 13 April 1977 in 'Claremont', Amberley, New Zealand, aged 58.
     His will was proved in 1977 at Christchurch.

     John Weldon Bowker was born on 12 December 1883 in 5 Wellington Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk. He was the son of Francis Bowker and Margaret Ellen Peed. Ellen, Henry, Charles, Ethel, Frances, Mabel and John were listed as the children of Francis Bowker in the 1891 census in 152 Norwood Rd, Norwood, Surrey. John was a solicitor.
John Weldon Bowker married Annie Wharton in 1922 in Cambridgeshire. John Weldon Bowker was an executor of Thomas Bowker's estate on 10 November 1941 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
He wnt into partnership with John Peed, solicitor in Whittlesey. Lord of the Manor of Whittlesey 1945-52.
     John died on 10 June 1958 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, aged 74.
     His will was proved on 1 August 1958 at Peterborough, NTH. He was of 'The Elms' Whittlesey, his executor were Annie Bowker, widow and Narcy Wharton Bowker, spinster. Effects £52 140 5s 10d.

     Joseph Bowker was born circa 1788 in Huntingdonshire.
     Joseph died before 22 January 1829 in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire. He was buried on 22 January 1829 in Alconbury Weston.

     Joseph Bowker married Ellen Unknown. Joseph Bowker was christened on 10 November 1839 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire. Joseph, son of William & Sarah Bowker, wheelwright. He was the son of William Bowker and Sarah King/Tokins/Wheatley. Joseph, Martha and Emma were listed as the children of William Bowker in the 1851 census in High Street, St Neots, Huntingdonshire.
     Joseph Bowker and Ellen Unknown were recorded on the 1871 census in 12 Campbell Rd, Islington, London. Joseph Bowker, 30, boot maker, born St Neots, Hunts with his wife Ellen aged 31, born Kington, Hereford.

     Joseph Bowker was born on 13 July 1826 in Battersea, Surrey. He was the son of John Bowker and Elizabeth Higgins. Joseph Bowker was christened on 6 August 1826 in St Mary, Battersea, Surrey.

     Judith Bowker was christened on 17 March 1696/97 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of William Bowker and Mary Clark.

     Judith Bowker was christened on 24 June 1779 in Glatton, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Burgess Bowker and Sarah Robinson.
Judith Bowker married John Buck on 11 May 1806 in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire, England. Married by licence and witnessed by Mary Bowker & J Buck.
     Judith Bowker and George Robinson Bowker, Ann Robinson Bowker, Mary Bowker, Burgess Bowker, Thomas Bowker and Elizabeth Bowker were beneficiaries in Burgess Bowker's will dated 12 June 1810 in Alconbury Weston.

     Judith Bowker was christened on 12 September 1755 in Stanground, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Burgess Bowker and Elizabeth (Mary) Higby.
     Judith died before 5 October 1755 in Stanground, HUN. She was buried on 5 October 1755 in Stanground.

     Judith Bowker was christened on 2 March 1758 in Fletton, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Burgess Bowker and Elizabeth (Mary) Higby.
Judith Bowker married William Taylor on 18 September 1776 in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire.

     Kate Bowker was born on 6 October 1874 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was the daughter of Deacon Bowker and Ann Ward. Kate Bowker was christened on 7 November 1874 in St Peter, Wisbech. Lilian, Frederick, Kate, Ethel and Jessie were listed as the children of Deacon Bowker in the 1881 census in South Brink, St Peter Wisbech. Lilian, Kate, Ethel and Jessie were listed as the children of Deacon Bowker in the 1891 census in South Brink, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire.

     Katherine Mitford Bowker married Miles Egerton Bowker, son of Robert Mitford Bowker. Katherine Mitford Bowker was born on 13 April 1860 in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. She was the daughter of Thomas Holden Bowker and Julia Eliza MacGowan.
     Katherine died on 25 February 1927 in Transkei, South Africa, aged 66.

     Kenneth Bourchier Bowker was the son of John Harrison Bowker Commander, RN and Margaret Unknown.