Biography

Joseph Bowmar migrated from England to New Zealand.

Joseph was born in 1832 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire to William Bowmar and Sarah Ridge. ^[1] Joseph migrated with his wife and two children on the ship Talbot to New Zealand in 1864.^[2] He was a farmer in Kaiwaka. He passed away on the 20th of January 1908.^[3][4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=prs%2fnottsfhs%2fbap%2f00224036
2. ↑ Talbot passenger list
3. ↑ DEATHS., Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 19, 22 January 1908.
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2XL-9C3L : 11 November 2017), Joseph Bowmar, 1908; citing Auckland, , record number 6596, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 101302840.
5. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-1PGV : 4 January 2018), Joseph Bowmar, 1908; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1908/781, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
6. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26Y-2YTC : 6 January 2017), Joseph `Bowmar, died 20 Jan 1908; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Hakarua Saint Michael's Churchyard Cemetery, Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand.

• Georgina Cullen's death notice, confirmation of immigration
• Census 1841: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0003081186
• Census 1851: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0013014469
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7ZJ-RD8 : 6 April 2016), Joseph Bowmar, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Research Notes

The family name is transcribed as Bowman on the reported passenger list of the Tabolt Olney-518 02:00, 26 July 2017 (EDT)