Elizabeth Bowers
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ca. 1789 — 30 June 1859
Elizabeth Bowers (29A)
Headstone
Fragments of Elizabeth Bowers' headstone discovered in Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Digs in 2023.
William Jackson Sparkes and Elizabeth Bowers' footstone discovered in Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Digs in 2023
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 30 June 1859
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as Elizabeth Bowers
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2023
Inscription
Headstone
Sacred to the memory
of
W. J. Sparkes
who died January 7th 1851
aged 52 years
Also of
Elizabeth Bowe…
mother-in-law of the above
who died June 30th 1859
aged 70 years
Does any know how soon
they may follow
Also
Rose Ha…
…
who di…
Footstone
W. J. S. & E. B.
18…
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Death registration: Elizabeth Bowers
Death date: 30/06/1859
Mother's name: -
Father/parent's name: William Widget
Registration details: 1859/B/356
DIED
On the 30th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Bowers, mother of Mary Ann Rosetta, of Albert-street ; aged 70 years.
An early settler was W. J. Sparkes, who died on January 7, 1851, aged 52. Beside him is his daughter, Rose Sparkes, who died in July, 1867, aged 16, and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Bowes, who died on June 30, 1859, aged 70. An old resident who came here in 1853, says that Sparkes died two years before she arrived, that he kept a general store near St. Patrick's Tavern, and next Paddy Maine's shop, in Queen street.