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Caroline Bower
1790 - 1866 (75 years)
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Name Caroline Bower Birth 26 Dec 1790 Southwark, Surrey 
Gender Female Baptism 27 Feb 1791 Newington, Surrey Residence 1841 Camberwell, London Death 28 Mar 1866 London Burial 4 Apr 1866 Camberwell, London Probate Date 13 Aug 1866 Principal, Azuay, Ecuador Notes - Wife of John Molteno. Daughter of George Bower who rose to a senior position in the Bank of England. After the death of her husband at young age in 1827, she moved with her children out of Central London to Peckham, at that time a small village on the city’s outskirts, where her father had a house. Caroline lived in Peckham for the rest of her life, for some of the time supporting herself by running a school.
A great sadness to her, four of her children emigrated to distant parts of the world. Only her son, Fred Molteno and his children, returned to live in Peckham. Her eldest son, John Charles Molteno, kept in touch with her by letter, although the post in those days was slow and irregular. But she had the joy of seeing him twice as a grown man, including during his lengthy visit to Europe with his wife, Maria, and daughters, Caroline and Betty, in 1860-61.
Person ID I422 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 27 Mar 2018
Father George Bower, b. 17 Dec 1760, Westminster, London d. 1 Dec 1838, Surrey (Age 77 years) Mother Jane Read, b. 9 Feb 1755, Steyning, Sussex d. 24 Nov 1847, Park Terrace,New Peckham,London,UK (Age 92 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1788 St Mary Lambeth,Surrey,UK Family ID F120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Molteno, b. 1 Mar 1788, Islington, London d. 10 Apr 1827, Soho Square, London (Age 39 years) Marriage 3 May 1813 London Children 1. John Charles Molteno, Sir, b. 5 Jun 1814, London d. 1 Sep 1886, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years)2. Charles Frank Molteno, b. 16 Nov 1816, Weybridge, Surrey d. 28 Feb 1869, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (Age 52 years)3. Frederick John Molteno, b. Abt 1817 d. Abt 1869 (Age 52 years) 4. Rose Molteno, b. 1819, Camberwell St Giles, England d. Apr 1825, Camberwell, London (Age 6 years)5. Nancy Alicia Molteno, b. Abt 1821, Camberwell, London d. 11 Jul 1892, Richmond, Surrey (Age 71 years)6. Frederick James Molteno, b. Abt 1824, Peckham, Surrey d. Jul 1895, Camberwell, London (Age 71 years)7. Alicia Molteno, b. Abt 1825, Surrey d. 1857, Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 32 years)8. Johnny William Molteno, b. 1827, Camberwell, London d. 1831, London (Age 4 years)Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Sep 2017
- Wife of John Molteno. Daughter of George Bower who rose to a senior position in the Bank of England. After the death of her husband at young age in 1827, she moved with her children out of Central London to Peckham, at that time a small village on the city’s outskirts, where her father had a house. Caroline lived in Peckham for the rest of her life, for some of the time supporting herself by running a school.
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Birth - 26 Dec 1790 - Southwark, Surrey 
Baptism - 27 Feb 1791 - Newington, Surrey 
Marriage - 3 May 1813 - London 
Residence - 1841 - Camberwell, London Death - 28 Mar 1866 - London Burial - 4 Apr 1866 - Camberwell, London 
Probate Date - 13 Aug 1866 - Principal, Azuay, Ecuador = Link to Google Earth
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