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     Louisa Bowker was born before 7 July 1792 in Walton, Northamptonshire. She was christened on 7 July 1792 in Paston, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of James Bowker and Anne Lowe.
     Louisa Bowker married William Foster on 15 October 1821 in Witton, Huntingdonshire.

     Louisa Bowker was christened on 11 March 1821 in Paston, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of James Bowker and Ann Unknown.

     Louisa Bowker was born before April 1843 in Walton, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of James Bowker.
     Louisa Bowker and James Bowker were recorded on the 1851 census in the Union Workhouse, Peterborough. James Bowker, 2/38, a cripple; Louisia Bowker, 8, scholar, both born at Walton, his marital status is obscured.
     Louisa Bowker married an unknown person before 1 April 1863 in St Ives RD, Huntingdonshire.

     Lydia Bowker was born circa 1797 in Walton, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of James Bowker and Anne Lowe. Lydia Bowker was christened on 18 September 1797 in Paston, Northamptonshire.
     Lydia Bowker married George Page on 27 May 1824 in All Saints, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
     In 1838 application was made by William Bowker, his guardians and by his uncle George Page, St Neots, fishmonger and his Aunt Lydia to have his indentures with Samuel Tomblin, St Neots, wheelwright, cancelled because of Tomblin's cruelty. I have not yet identified whose son this William was.

     Lydia Augusta Phillips Bowker was born in 1865 in Newcastle, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Richard Ryther Steer Bowker and Lydia Frances Phillips.
     There is a charcoal drawing of head of Lydia Bowker c.1886 while holidaying at Ravensbourne, Dunedin NZ by Frances Hodgkins her cousin.
     Lydia Augusta Phillips Bowker married Tom Rolin on 28 April 1894 in St Paul's, Paterson. |An undated newspaper clipping: The marriage of Miss Joan Rolin to Mr W Owen yesterday calls to mind anold, old story, told by Rose Scott of her salon days. Two clever young barristers used to visit her, and also two of the prettiest girls of the Sydney of those days. Those barristers naturally fell in love with those pretty girls, and Livia ("Beauty") Bowker is now the wife of Judge Rolin and her sister Berthia (sic) is the wife of Mr Justice Rich. Rose Scott had a place of honour at the table of Judge & Mrs Rolin at the wedding reception yesterday . Lydia Augusta Phillips Bowker and Tom Rolin witnessed George Edward Rich KCMG, PC and Elizabeth Steer Bowker's wedding on 5 December 1894 in Paterson.
     An undated clipping: Mrs Rolin, of Sydney, has just come back from a visit to friends - the Gartside-Tippings - in Scotland, and will be more or less in London until she sails for Australia by the Oronsat on September 27. You will remember her as beautiful Lydia Bowker. Star tells me that she saw her at the Royal Garden Party looking most attractive in black, and that she was specially honoured by a handshake from the Queen.
     Lydia Augusta Phillips Bowker lived at 'Belwood', King St, Turramurra, 1910. Their home was illustrated in Our beautiful homes NSW by Michael Cannon p. 113-4.
     Lydia died in 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales.

     Lydia Mary Bowker was known as Mollie. She was born on 14 December 1902 in 20 Watt Street, Newcastle, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Edward Ballard Bowker and Laura Lillian Shelley. Lydia Mary Bowker was christened on 15 January 1903 in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, New South Wales.
     Lydia Mary Bowker married Leslie Clift Foster on 6 April 1940 in St Andrew's Church of England, Wahroonga, New South Wales.
     Lydia Mary Bowker lived at 'The Bridge House', 1 High St, Maitland, New South Wales. After Les's death Mollie moved to 11 Day St, Toronto and then to Hawkins Village, 47 Rosemont Crescent, Edgeworth. They had a holiday house at Amelia St, Carey Bay. She took in boarders at Bridge House.
     Lydia Mary Bowker lived at Pymble, New South Wales, after the floods of 1955.
     Lydia Mary Bowker lived at 11 Day Street, Toronto, New South Wales, from the mid 1970s to 1982.
     Lydia died on 26 November 1983 in Neringah Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales, aged 80. She died of throat cancer..

     Mabel Kathleen Bowker was born on 5 January 1882 in 9 Victoria Terrace, South Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. She was the daughter 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.

     Margaret Bowker was christened on 25 October 1823 in St John's, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of David Bowker and Amelia Alexander.

     Margaret Bowker was born before 1587 in Fletton, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Ann Unknown.
     Margaret Bowker was mentioned in the will of Rev William Bowker dated 15 March 1587.
     Margaret Bowker and Thomas Bowker, Thomas Bowker and Margerie Bowker were beneficiaries in Thomas Bowker's will dated in or before 1609 in Fletton.
     Margaret Bowker married Edward Norton on 20 October 1617 in Fletton, HUN. However it may be the Margaret, daughter of Thomas Booker.
     In Ann Unknown's will dated 22 May 1624 in Fletton, Margaret Bowker was named as heir; In the name of God Amen: I Anne Bowker of Fletton in the county of Huntingdon, widow being sick and weak in body but of good and perfect memory, this 22nd day of May 1624: to make this my last will and testament as follows:
First I commend and bequeath my soul to Almighty God ... and I commend my body to the earth in Fletton churchyard ... and all my goods which God hath given me...
I bequeath to my son-in-law Edward Norton one ... in the millhouse, two bedsteads, one flockbed, one mattress, two coverlets, one blanket, on the same bedsteads, two pairs of sheets hempten, one coffere by the bed, and one linen cupboard:
Item I give and bequeath to his daughter Joan Norton one black heifer, one little kettle, one little spit, a buffet form in the chamber
I bequeath to Samuel Norton, one ewe sheep and 10/- in money
Item I give and bequeath to Richard Norton 10/-
Item I give and bequeath to Anne ... the best cupboard in the hall, one ... in the kitchen
Item I give and bequeath to Mary ... the halfheaded bedstead I ilie in and all the furniture viz, one featherbed, one mattresss, one bolster, two pillows, one coverlet, two blankets, one pair of sheets hempten, the long table in the hall, one form, one s...
I bequeath to Daniel ..., Thomas .... & William ... the three sons of Richard ... my son-in-law, my bed cover, one pair of andirons, one iron bar, and all othe hooks thereunto belonging
Item I give and bequeath unto my two daughters Margaret Norton & Margerie ... all my pewter to be equally divided betwixt them two except one pewter basin, and one pewter aquavita
I give to my son Thomas Bowker, one red coffer, one pewter basin, one pewter aquavita bottle, one red heifer, one grate spit, one great hymnal
Item I give unto my cousin Thomas ... and his 2 sons Thomas & John ... one ewe and one lamb betwixt them
I give unto to my cousin John Manton & his 2 sons John & Thomas Manton to each of them 1 sheep
I give to Edward Gill ...xjs
All the rest of my goods unbequeathed I bequeath to my son Thomas Bowker and to my son in law Richard ... whom I ordain and constitute my two executors of this my last will and testament.

     Margaret Bowker was the daughter of Unknown Bowker.
     Margaret Bowker married Edward? Newton on 13 August 1588 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire.

     Margaret Bowker was born after 1539. She was the daughter of John Bowker and Eleanor Unknown.
     Margaret Bowker and Richard Brayfield, Eleanor Unknown, Ann Bowker, Margerie Bowker, Agnes Bowker, Rev William Bowker, Margaret Unknown, Henry Smith, Alice Bowker and John Brayfield were beneficiaries in John Bowker's will dated 4 August 1556 in All Saints, Northampton.

     Margaret Bowker was born on 5 October 1626 in Castor, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Dorothy Garnar or Gardiner.

     Margaret Eaton Bowker was born on 12 July 1885 in Mile End Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk. She was the daughter of Francis Bowker and Margaret Ellen Peed.
     Margaret died on 7 August 1886 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, aged 1.

      Margaret Rebecca Bowker was also known as Rebecca in some records. She was born on 7 February 1868 in New Zealand. She was the daughter of Charles Bowker and Anna Elizabeth Whitla.
     Margaret died of TB on 16 June 1890 in NZ aged 22.

     Alan Bowles suggests Richard's name was Tu[et].
     i.     MARY⁵ TU[ET].
     ii.     ANN TU[ET].
     iii.     DANIEL TU[ET].
     iv.     WILLIAM TU[ET].
     v.     THOMAS TU[ET].. Margerie Bowker was born circa 1585 in Fletton, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Ann Unknown.
     Margerie Bowker and Margaret Bowker, Thomas Bowker and Thomas Bowker were beneficiaries in Thomas Bowker's will dated in or before 1609 in Fletton.
     Margerie Bowker married Richard Tuet or Everingham? on 4 February 1610 in St John the Baptist, Peterborough. This marriageto Everingham is a possibility but the name in the will is much shorter - possibly Tut or Tue.
     In Ann Unknown's will dated 22 May 1624 in Fletton, Margerie Bowker was named as heir; In the name of God Amen: I Anne Bowker of Fletton in the county of Huntingdon, widow being sick and weak in body but of good and perfect memory, this 22nd day of May 1624: to make this my last will and testament as follows:
First I commend and bequeath my soul to Almighty God ... and I commend my body to the earth in Fletton churchyard ... and all my goods which God hath given me...
I bequeath to my son-in-law Edward Norton one ... in the millhouse, two bedsteads, one flockbed, one mattress, two coverlets, one blanket, on the same bedsteads, two pairs of sheets hempten, one coffere by the bed, and one linen cupboard:
Item I give and bequeath to his daughter Joan Norton one black heifer, one little kettle, one little spit, a buffet form in the chamber
I bequeath to Samuel Norton, one ewe sheep and 10/- in money
Item I give and bequeath to Richard Norton 10/-
Item I give and bequeath to Anne ... the best cupboard in the hall, one ... in the kitchen
Item I give and bequeath to Mary ... the halfheaded bedstead I ilie in and all the furniture viz, one featherbed, one mattresss, one bolster, two pillows, one coverlet, two blankets, one pair of sheets hempten, the long table in the hall, one form, one s...
I bequeath to Daniel ..., Thomas .... & William ... the three sons of Richard ... my son-in-law, my bed cover, one pair of andirons, one iron bar, and all othe hooks thereunto belonging
Item I give and bequeath unto my two daughters Margaret Norton & Margerie ... all my pewter to be equally divided betwixt them two except one pewter basin, and one pewter aquavita
I give to my son Thomas Bowker, one red coffer, one pewter basin, one pewter aquavita bottle, one red heifer, one grate spit, one great hymnal
Item I give unto my cousin Thomas ... and his 2 sons Thomas & John ... one ewe and one lamb betwixt them
I give unto to my cousin John Manton & his 2 sons John & Thomas Manton to each of them 1 sheep
I give to Edward Gill ...xjs
All the rest of my goods unbequeathed I bequeath to my son Thomas Bowker and to my son in law Richard ... whom I ordain and constitute my two executors of this my last will and testament.

     Margerie Bowker was born after 1537. She was the daughter of John Bowker and Eleanor Unknown.
     Margerie Bowker and Richard Brayfield, Eleanor Unknown, Ann Bowker, Agnes Bowker, Margaret Bowker, Rev William Bowker, Margaret Unknown, Henry Smith, Alice Bowker and John Brayfield were beneficiaries in John Bowker's will dated 4 August 1556 in All Saints, Northampton.

      Maria Bowker was also known as Martha in some records. She was known as Pat. Her birth was registered in the quarter ending in June 1858 in Ashby de la Zouche RD, Leicestershire. She was the daughter of Dr Robert Stanser Bowker and Betsey Marshall. Maria Bowker was christened on 17 March 1859 in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire. Betsey, Eliza, Jane, Helen, Robert, Richard, Maria and Elizabeth were listed as the children of Dr Robert Stanser Bowker in the 1861 census in The Villa, Appleby, Leicestershire. Lizzie, Helen, Robert, Richard, Maria, Elizabeth and Charles were listed as the children of Dr Robert Stanser Bowker in the 1871 census in Newton Regis, Warwickshire. Maria Bowker was listed as Jane Penelope Bowker's sister in the 1881 census in Newton Regis, Warwickshire. Jane, Richard, Maria and Elizabeth were listed as the children of Betsey Marshall in the 1891 census in Overtown?, Appleby, Leicestershire. Betsey, Jane, Maria and Charles were listed as Betsey Marshall's children in the 1901 census in 71 Stanton Rd, Stapenhill, Staffordshire.
     Maria died on 26 September 1941 in Fazeley, Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, aged 83.
     The administration of her estate was granted to Elizabeth Steer Bowker on 11 November 1941 in Llandudno, Wales. Maria Bowker, otherwise Patt, of Swiss Lodge, Fazely near Tamworth, Staffordshire, spinster died 23 Sep 1941, administration to Elizabeth Steer Marris, widow. Effect £333/9/5.
     On 19 April 1942, solicitors Nevill & Jennings of Tamworth, advertised for Robert Stanser Bowker or any brothers or sisters of Maria (otherwise known as Patt), late of Fazeley near Tamworth, and formerly of Appleby Magna, Leics, or of their issue.

     Maria Bowker was christened in 1835 in St Mary, Whittlesey. She was born in 1835 in the Manor House, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker J.P., Squire and Sarah Eagles Cowley. Maria Bowker was buried in 1837 in St Mary's, Whittlesey.
     Maria's death was registered in the quarter ending in September 1837 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

     She may be the Maria who married in the March quarter of 1853 in the Stamford RD. Maria Bowker was born before April 1825 in Ryhall, Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of David Bowker and Maria Sampey.
     Maria Bowker appeared on the 1841 census in the household of David Bowker and Maria Sampey in Ryhall, Rutland. Mary and Maria were listed as the children of David Bowker in the 1851 census in Ryhall, Rutland.

     Maria Bowker was born before April 1854 in Burton Colgate?, Lincolnshire. She was the daughter of James Bowker and Lucy Scotney. Henry, Maria, David and James were listed as the children of James Bowker in the 1861 census in 7 Garrotts Row, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

     Marshall Bowker was christened on 20 July 1796 in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of Peter Bowker and Mary Marshall.
     Marshall died before 15 July 1853 in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire. He was buried on 15 July 1853 in Alconbury Weston.

     Martha Bowker was born before March 1832 in Denver, Norfolk. She was the daughter of Samuel Bowker and Martha Unknown. Harriett, Martha, Emily, George and Caroline were listed as the children of Samuel Bowker in the 1851 census in Denver, Norfolk.

     Martha Ann! Bowker was christened on 17 March 1844 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter 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.
     Martha Ann! Bowker married an unknown person before 1 July 1868 in St Neots RD, Huntingdonshire.

     Martin Bowker was born before March 1843 in Denver, Norfolk. He was the son of Samuel Bowker and Martha Unknown.

     Mary Bowker married Unknown Palmer or Pammer. Mary Bowker was born before 1668 in England. She was the daughter of William? Bowker and Ann Unknown.
     Mary died after 1668/69.

     Mary Bowker was christened in December 1676 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of William Bowker and Mary Clark.
     Mary died in Yaxley, HUN. She may be the Mary Bowker child who was buried Jan 26 1705/6 at Yaxley.

     Mary Bowker was born before 1718 in England. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Mary Burgess.
     Mary died circa 18 April 1718 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was buried on 28 April 1718 in Yaxley.

     Mary Bowker was christened on 23 November 1732 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Mary Burgess.
     In Thomas Bowker's will dated 17 January 1743/44 in Yaxley, Mary Bowker was named as heir; Will of Thomas Bowker the elder of Yaxley, tanner, weak of body ... to my son Thomas Bowker all the [property] now in the tenure or occupation of my son John Bowker of Yaxley afsd with the tann office yards, pratts, etc. upon condition that my said son Thomas pay unto my execs ... for my daughters Elizabeth & Mary Bowker, spinsters the sum of £5.00 apiece yearly ... until 21 ... [if they die] to be paid to and between my sons Burgess, James & Samuel ..; to my son Burgess Bowker [property] wherein I now dwell on condition [as above]; I give unto my said son Thomas [property] in Farcet [property]; I give unto my son John Bowker brick works, etc. for a term and after that term I give the house to my son Thomas forever; I give to my said son John all the rest & residue of the leasehold lands and tenements held by me of the said Earl of Lincoln ..; I give to my son James Bowker ... land in Yaxley ..; I give unto my sons William, John & David £5 for mourning, to my said daughters Elizabeth & Mary spinsters... to my afsd sons & daughters, Burgess, James, Samuel, Elizabeth & Mary & their heirs, all the rest & residue ... to be divided. I appoint my brother-in-law Mr John Burgess & Mr David Burgess executors & guardians ... dated 27 Jan 1743/4. Witnessed by Thomas Bowker. Codicil: land at Stanground ... to my son Burgess Bowker. Witnessed by Thomas Bowker.
     Mary Bowker made a will dated 25 September 1754. In the name of God Amen I Mary Bowker of Yaxley... spinster ... unto my brother Burgess Bowker of Stanground £30 part of the £50 left to me by my father, charged and payable out of an estate in Yaxley afsd of my said brother Burgess Bowker... unto my sister Elizabeth Negus the wife of George Negus of St Neots, Hunts plumber & glazier ... my brother John Bowker of Yaxley and my brother James Bowker of Southwark, Surrey ... unto my brother William Bowker of the city of Peterborough, grocer ...
     Mary died before 13 June 1756 in Yaxley, HUN.
     Her will was proved on 13 June 1756.

     Mary Bowker was christened on 11 December 1740 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Thomas Bowker and Rebecca Robinson.

     Mary Bowker was christened on 6 January 1746/47 in Yaxley, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of John Bowker and Elizabeth Lenton.
     Mary died before 1770?. She is not mentioned in her father's will.