• Birth 1803 Cardiff, Wales Source - Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.
• Occupation 1841 a Trader Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; Source -Baptisms 4/7/1826 - 31/12/1848 Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, (CORY MS 14 878/1).
• Religion the Protestant Church
• Died 1842

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7 July 1825
William Bowles
status: Bachelor
residence: of the District of Albany
and
Mary Ann Blakemore
status: Spinster
residence: of the District of Albany
were married here by Banns
this 7th day of July 1825 by Thomas Ireland, Chaplain
This marriage was solemnized between us
groom signature: William Bowles' X mark
bride signature: Mary Ann Blakemoor's X mark
witnessed by: George Blakemore, Abr: Robinson, Ricahard Radford, Wm Howard, The mark of X Elizabeth Marsden
Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1823-1826, page 25, entry no 97. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 877-1. Transcribed by Lynn MacLeod as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois

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Family 1

Wife - Mary Ann Blakemore, b. 1810, London, England , d. 1840

• Marriage Licence 7 Jul 1825, Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa Source - Albany/Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton., (Entry# 100).
• Married Aft Jul 1825 Grahamstown

Children

1. Louisa Bowles, b. 22 Nov 1825,
2. John Bowles, b. 3 Oct 1827,
3. William Bowles, b. 3 Oct 1827, d. 6 May 1902
4. Elizabeth Sarah Bowles, b. 9 Jan 1830, Grahamstown, d. 15 Dec 1890, Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa

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Second Marriage : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-WSMZ-9?cc=282...

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Family 2

Wife - Harriet Mary Blakemore, b. 5 Jul 1819, d. 1893

• Married 17 Aug 1839

Children

Zacharia George Bowles

, b. 28 Jul 1841, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa , d. 13 Sep 1936, Harding, Natal, South Africa