Any help here maybe: DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 13/1/4580 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 284 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BOWKER, ALAN D. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. ACCOUNT OF SUCCESSION DUTY. STARTING 19220000 ENDING 19220000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Hilton-Taylor" <craig.hilton-taylor@sky.com> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Alan Duthie BOWKER > Hi Tombi > > Many thanks for all the extra details, that helped fill a few gaps. The > one > big difference I have concerns: > > 5. Alan Duthie BOWKER born abt Feb 1879 Graham's Town, Albany Eastern > Cape > of Good Hope died 24 March 1918 Flanders during WW1 married Ethel Mary > ATHERSTONE born May 1881, Graham's Town, Albany, Eastern Cape of Good Hope > died 11 August 1963 Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. > > I have Alan's wife as Ethel Atherstone HILTON-BARBER (born 31 Mar 1878 in > the Cape and died BEF 1918). Ethel was the daughter of Hilton > HILTON-BARBER > (1842-1928) and Fanny ATHERSTONE. Alan and Ethel married on 10 Mar 1909 > in > St Michael's and All Angel's Church, Middleton, Cape, South Africa. > > In support of this, if you look at the Memorial Inscription to Alan on the > Commonwealth Graves Commission website > (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/309828/BOWKER,%20ALAN%20DUTHIE) > it reads: > > "In Memory of > Lieutenant ALAN DUTHIE BOWKER > > 4th Regt., South African Infantry > who died age 38 > on 24 March 1918 > Son of Miles and Elizabeth Mary BOWKER; husband of the late Ethel > Atherstone > BOWKER. > Remembered with honour > HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU" > > So his wife's 2nd name was Atherstone, and she had died before Alan was > killed in the Battle of the Somme. > There are so many cross linkages between these families and the same names > keep recurring hence it is very easy to get the wrong people linked up. So > I > am not sure which of us is correct - can anyone else help? > > Best wishes > Craig >
Thanks Marielle I shall most certainly go and check it out next time I am in Cape Town. They are so helpful at the archives there. Cheers Ian On 2012/10/15 05:33 PM, Marielle Ford wrote: > Any help here maybe: > > DEPOT KAB > SOURCE MOOC > TYPE LEER > VOLUME_NO 13/1/4580 > SYSTEM 01 > REFERENCE 284 > PART 1 > DESCRIPTION BOWKER, ALAN D. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. > ACCOUNT OF SUCCESSION DUTY. > STARTING 19220000 > ENDING 19220000 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Hilton-Taylor" <craig.hilton-taylor@sky.com> > To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Alan Duthie BOWKER > > >> Hi Tombi >> >> Many thanks for all the extra details, that helped fill a few gaps. The >> one >> big difference I have concerns: >> >> 5. Alan Duthie BOWKER born abt Feb 1879 Graham's Town, Albany Eastern >> Cape >> of Good Hope died 24 March 1918 Flanders during WW1 married Ethel Mary >> ATHERSTONE born May 1881, Graham's Town, Albany, Eastern Cape of Good Hope >> died 11 August 1963 Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. >> >> I have Alan's wife as Ethel Atherstone HILTON-BARBER (born 31 Mar 1878 in >> the Cape and died BEF 1918). Ethel was the daughter of Hilton >> HILTON-BARBER >> (1842-1928) and Fanny ATHERSTONE. Alan and Ethel married on 10 Mar 1909 >> in >> St Michael's and All Angel's Church, Middleton, Cape, South Africa. >> >> In support of this, if you look at the Memorial Inscription to Alan on the >> Commonwealth Graves Commission website >> (http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/309828/BOWKER,%20ALAN%20DUTHIE) >> it reads: >> >> "In Memory of >> Lieutenant ALAN DUTHIE BOWKER >> >> 4th Regt., South African Infantry >> who died age 38 >> on 24 March 1918 >> Son of Miles and Elizabeth Mary BOWKER; husband of the late Ethel >> Atherstone >> BOWKER. >> Remembered with honour >> HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU" >> >> So his wife's 2nd name was Atherstone, and she had died before Alan was >> killed in the Battle of the Somme. >> There are so many cross linkages between these families and the same names >> keep recurring hence it is very easy to get the wrong people linked up. So >> I >> am not sure which of us is correct - can anyone else help? >> >> Best wishes >> Craig >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >