Gordon
Cross
Bowker
Born in Grahamstown, Sarah Baartman, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Ancestors 
Son of Bertram Egerton Bowker
and Annie (Simpson) Bowker
Brother of
Ellen Bowker, Mary Ellen (Bowker) White, Sybilla Bowker, Bertram Egerton Bowker, Annie Elizabeth (Bowker) Frank, Thomas Holden Bowker, Bertha Bowker, Fanny (Bowker) Bettington, Catherine Agnes (Bowker) Wright, Alexander Bowker and William Russell Bowker
Husband of
Eveline Selina (Currie) Bowker
— married
22 Oct 1884 in East London, Cape Colony, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Ruby Gordon (Bowker) Hobart-Tichborne, Amyas Gordon Bowker, Pearl Gordon (Bowker) Sementi, Garnet Bowker and Beryl Gordon Bowker
Died
at about age 89
in Nairobi, Kenya
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2016
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Biography
Sources
Gordon was mentioned on a memorial in Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya with a death date of 24 Apr 1946.[1]
www.1820settlers.co.uk [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 17 Mar 2016]
"Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962- v.1 page No.397 " [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 27 Feb 2016]
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Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #233170200 (accessed 30 November 2023)
Memorial page for Gordon Cross BOWKER (1857-24 Apr 1946), citing Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (plot: Section:6 Lot: 130); Maintained by Bob Barnes (contributor 50932537).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gordon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gordon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gordon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gordon:
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~1.56%
Sharon (Langeveld) Jacob
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SM3767268 [compare], Ancestry member Sharon_jacob
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~0.78%
Teresa (Shaw) Gauthier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392448 [compare], Ancestry member babe101_956
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