Corbett, Bowyer, 1857-1909 (Person)

SummaryBowyer was born in England 17 May 1857 and came to New Zealand in 1861 with his mother Harriet and young sister Ida May. His father Thomas had emigrated to New Zealand a year prior. Bowyer was educated in Dunedin and later went to Fiji as a young lad to stay with his uncle and aunt the Hon Mr and Mrs Brown.

Bowyer owned a large plantation in Fiji near the Bureta River on Ovalau. He married Emily Sophia Harness in 1886 in Fiji and they had three children: Eric, Oscar Bowyer and Olive Jessie. After his first wife died in 1895 he married Eileen Campbell and they returned to New Zealand to live in Tauranga, taking on a farm called "The Pines" and later "Bureta Farm" at Ōtūmoetai. He also had the lease of Mount Maunganui.

The Tauranga suburb of Bureta has used this name since 1900 when Bowyer Corbett bought land there.SourcesThe known descendants of Thomas and Harriett Corbett : 1857-1996.BuretaCorbett reunion Rotorua, 1996

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Personal Information

First Name(s)BowyerSurnameCorbettDate of Birth17 May 1857Place of BirthEnglandDate of Death1909Place of Burial/CremationTauranga Anglican Cemetery

Whānau

MotherHarriett MiddletonFatherThomas CorbettSiblingsIda May CorbettEthel CorbettMinnie CorbettViolet CorbettLevuka CorbettLaura CorbettFrederick John Thomas CorbettStella CorbettEarnest CorbettFrederick Thomas CorbettChildrenEric CorbettOlive Jessise CorbettOscar Bowyer Corbett

Partner

PartnerEmily Sophia HarnessDate Married7 April 1886Place of MarriageSuva, Fiji

Partner

PartnerEileen CampbellDate Married1895Place of MarriageLevuka, Fiji

Settler Information

Name of ShipSS Storm CloudDate of ArrivalJuly 1861Port of ArrivalPort Chalmers

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Corbett, Bowyer, 1857-1909 (Person)