Born in Queensland, Australia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Arthur James Bowden
— married
5 May 1902 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Reginald Arthur Bowden and Dorothy Charlotte (Bowden) Holston
Died
at age 65
in Oakey, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Sep 2015
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Biography
Dorothea was born in 1885. [1] She was the daughter of Charles John Byers and Ellen Wilson Hannah.
She married Arthur James Bowden in 1902. [2]
She passed away in 1950 [3] and is buried with her husband in Oakey Cemetery, Oakey, Queensland, Australia. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Birth
QLD Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Event Date:
Event Type: Birth
Registration No: 1885/C/2476
Name: DORATHEA BYERS
Father: CHARLES BYERS
Mother: ELLEN HANNAH
Event Date: 13/05/1885 - ↑ Marriage
QLD Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Event Date:
Event Type: Marriage
Registration No: 1902/c/634
Groom: ARTHUR JAMES BOWDEN
Bride: DOROTHY ANNIE BYERS
Event Date: 08/05/1902 - ↑ Death
QLD Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Event Date:
Event Type: Death
Registration No: 1950/c/5202
Name: DOROTHY ANNIE BOWDEN
Father: CHARLES JOHN BYERS
Mother: ELLEN WILSON HANNAH
Event Date: 28/10/1950 - ↑ Headstone
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233261580/dorothea_annie-bowden: accessed April 1, 2024), memorial page for Dorothea Annie Bowden (13 May 1885–28 Oct 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 233261580, citing Oakey Cemetery, Oakey, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by TC62 (contributor 50987807).
- "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8R-XKJC : 30 August 2019), Dorothy Annie Bowden, 28 Oct 1950; from "Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : n.d.) citing Death, citing Jim and Alison Rogers : n.d. Various cemeteries, Australia; FHL microfilm .
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Geoff Schleehauf
Dorothea was also commonly known as Dretta.
posted 19 Oct 2016 by Geoff Schleehauf
[thank Geoff]
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