Joseph Bowmar (1863 - 1942)

Born 27 Dec 1863 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Louisa Josephine (Mould) Bowmar — married 3 Feb 1888 in Maungaturoto, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1942 at age 78 in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand

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Biography

Joe was born in 1863.^[1] He came to New Zealand as an infant with his parents and two sisters on the "Talbot" and is mentioned in the diary his father wrote on the voyage out.

"Joe attended school in Kaiwaka in the early 1870s. At the age of 14 he travelled to the Northern Wairoa area and worked on the gumfields there at Marapiu and on the Wairoa Flats. During this time he worked with Fred Mould, who was later to become his brother-in-law. Maria [who was later to be his wife] Fred's sister worked as a cook in one of the camps." ^[2]

He married Maria Mould in 1888^[3][4] in the Congregationional Church at Maungaturoto.^[5] They had four children: Hilda Josephine, Joseph William Henry, John Morris and Talbot George.

Joe and Maria lived on land they had purchased on the south east side of Pukekaroro Mountain, from 1890-1900. Joe worked as a bush-feller and gum digger/collector. They planted orchards with apple, plum, peach and fig trees. In 1900, they moved to Waipu to the farm known as Kuaha. They supplied cream to the Waipu Dairy Company. Then from 1903 Joe was "caretaker of the river entrance. This role included looking after river protection works, reporting to the Waipu River Board. In 1920 they moved to Kaiwaka. ^[6].

Joe passed away in 1942.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2617-J6T : 1 October 2014), Joe Bowmer, 1864; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "The descendants of Joseph and Selina Bowmar", private publication. Accessed at Albertland and Districts Museum, Wellsford, New Zealand.
3. ↑ GOLDEN WEDDINGS, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22953, 3 February 1938.
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-CS8G : 4 October 2016), Joe Bowmar and Maria Louisa Josephine Mould, 1888; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1888/941, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
5. ↑ "The descendants of Joseph and Selina Bowmar", private publication. Accessed at Albertland and Districts Museum, Wellsford, New Zealand.
6. ↑ "The descendants of Joseph and Selina Bowmar", private publication. Accessed at Albertland and Districts Museum, Wellsford, New Zealand.
7. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6V-BSZ7 : 4 January 2018), Joe Bowmar, 1942; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1942/29875, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
8. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26T-D6TD : 6 January 2017), Joe Bowmar, died 24 Feb 1942; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Hakarua Saint Michael's Churchyard Cemetery, Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand.

• The Descendants of Joseph and Selina Bowmar. (Family Reunion Booklet)
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