Caroline Hanrott Emma (Treacher) Bowden (abt. 1822 - 1914)

Wife of Thomas Adolphus Bowden — married 26 Feb 1848 in Wellington, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1914 at about age 92 in Wakefield, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

Caroline Hanrott Emma Treacher was born about 1822.

On 26 February 1848 cousins Caroline Hanrott Emma Treacher and Thomas Adolphus Bowden were married in the parish church, Wellington, Somerset.

In 1855 Thomas and Caroline Bowden and their four children – five more were born later – emigrated on the John Phillips to Nelson, New Zealand. They settled in Upper Moutere.

Children born in New Zealand to Caroline Hancott Emma and Thomas Adolphus Bowden ^[1]

1856/5361 [Name not registered] Louis

1859/7062 Mary Rebecca (married 1894 Alexander Cochrane Strachan, died 1950 at 91)

1860/8913 Francis Edwin (died 1930 aged 70)

1862/9869 Benjamin Nelson (died 1899 aged 27)

1866/9325 Walter Ellis (died 1951 aged 84)

She passed away in July 1914.

Obituary ^[2]
DEATH OF MRS. BOWDEN, OF WAKEFIELD.
Another old identity has been removed from our midst by the death of Mrs. Caroline Bowden, relict of the late Rev Thomas Adolphus Bowden, M.A. Mrs. Bowden had spent the last 33 years of her life in Wakefield. As her late husband was one time the minister here in charge of St. John's Church, she was closely connected with anything relating to the welfare of the church, and was one of its most liberal supporters.

Although Mrs. Bowden was of a quiet, retiring disposition, she was a splendid neighbour, and always ready to help in every good work in our district. Owing to her great age, not because she was an invalid, she had been confined to her home for some years, and her daughter, Miss Bowden, and her son, Mr. Edwin Bowden, were untiring in their care for their aged mother. She died peacefully early on Saturday morning, at the great age of 92 years, and was laid beside her husband in St. John's churchyard on Monday. The funeral service was performed by the vicar, the Rev. J. R. Dart, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. Mr. E. Bowden, Miss Bowden, and the other members of the family have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
2. ↑ WAKEFIELD., Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13533, 29 July 1914

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• Interred at St. John's Cemetery, Edward Street, Wakefield, Tasman, New Zealand
• Find A Grave: Memorial #142292835

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