Bower (land surveyor, 1825)

active 1825 · unidentified

Connection to the Koup

Took part in something recorded here: Bloemendaal surveyed by the landsurveyor Bower (1825-05-07).

Names

Surname

Bower

The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.

A life in the record

1. 7 May 1825 event Bloemendaal surveyed by the landsurveyor Bower
   The oldest survey in this model, eight years before Stretch's season and four years after the Oosthuizens are reckoned to have established at Middelwater. Titled twenty years later, 31 January 1845.

What we don't know

• No birth date is recorded.
• No death date is recorded.
• Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
• No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.

A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.

Research notes

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