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Catherine Margaretta Bowles 1901–1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1901

Birth Location: Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 20 May 1938

Death Location: Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Father: Petrus Engela

Mother: Maria Izakse

Spouse(s): Hilton Bowles

Children(s): Mary Bowles, Colin Bowles

The story of Catherine Margaretta Bowles began in 1901 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Catherine Margaretta Bowles married Hilton Melville Bowles, and had children including Colin Martin Bowles, Mary Elizabeth Bowles. Catherine Margaretta Bowles passed away in 1938 in Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Catherine Margaretta Bowles began in 1901 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  • Catherine Margaretta Bowles married Hilton Melville Bowles, and had children including Colin Martin Bowles, Mary Elizabeth Bowles.
  • Catherine Margaretta Bowles passed away in 1938 in Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Catherine Bowles's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Bowles
1901–1938
Birth Place: Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Parents
Petrus Jochemus Paulus Engela
1874–1934
Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Maria (Elizabeth) Izakse
1880–1938
Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
Thomas (Willem) ENGELA
1828–1885
Cape Colony
Catharina (Margaretha) GOOSEN
1833–1885
Cape Colony
Johannes (Christiaan) Izakse
1852–
Maria (Elisabeth) Aukamp
1861–
Great-Grandparents
David ENGELA
1776–1840
Hermina Herselman
1800–1840
Gerrit Goosen
1800–1873
Catharina Prinsloo
1792–1843
Pieter Aukamp
1832–1897
Maria Viljoen
1834–1917
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hendrik ENGELA
1748–1790
Maria Malan
1754–1841
Johann Herschelmann
1760–1846
Maria Rheeder
1781–1835
Pieter Aucamp
1804–1895
Catharina Pretorius
1812–1878
Jan Viljoen
1799–1879
Elisabeth Aucamp
1796–1866

Catherine Bowles's Descendants

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Catherine (Margaretta) Bowles (1901–20 May 1938) m. Hilton (Melville) Bowles (24 February 1894–27 September 1977)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Bowles 1926–1994 m. John (Horsfield) Turner 1918–2016
    1. 1. Michael (John) Turner 1944–2002
  2. 2. Colin (Martin) Bowles 1923–1999 m. Maria (Joao Correia DOS) SANTOS 1933–1998 m. Ingeborg (Ursula) SCHROTH 1923–

Catherine Bowles's Timeline

2 Records

1901
1901
Birth of Catherine Margaretta Bowles in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1938
20 May 1938
Age 37
Death of Catherine Margaretta Bowles in Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index
    [2] Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 May 1938
    Event Place: Frontier Hospital, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source: Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972

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