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Name: BOWKER, Alexander 'Alec'
Nee: older brother of William Russell Bowker and Gordon Cross Bowker, son of Bertram Egerton Bowker
Birth Date: 1853
Death Date: 27.4.1921 Kijabe
First Date: 1903
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kedong Valley, Kijabe
Married: No
Book Reference: HBEA, Hut, North, Land, Leader14, Bowkers, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Land - 1907 - A. Bowker - Grazing, 5000 acres, Rift Valley, 106-04, Registered 27-9-07
North - arr. Mombasa from Lourenco Marques 13-3-1904; Firearm registered at Nairobi April-June 1905
Bowkers - In 1904 the three brothers, Alec, Russell and Gordon, were among the first settlers in British East Africa, or Kenya Colony as it is now called. …….. With his brother Russell he used to go on many hunting expeditions into the north-eastern Transvaal and in his young days was well known as a hunter. He never married and lived most of his life with his brother. He died up in the Kedong Valley and is buried at one of the mission stations there. Poor old Alec, he never did himself much good, and when he was old he used to drink more than was good for him, but he was a good smoker!
Red Book 1912 - A. Bowker - Naivasha
North - Land Grant application 17-12-1903, West of Elmenteita, not granted