Arthur William Hume Bowmaker was born May 31, 1889 in Glebe, NSW, Australia.
Arthur married Nellie Agnes Hooworth (born March 30, 1889) on March 15, 1913 in
Leichhardt, NSW.
Their family
Arthur and Nellie had
four children
Arthur Raymond Bowmaker (known as Ray) was born December
21, 1913 in Sydney, Australia and married
Esma Beryl Wailes August
31, 1940. They had three sons, Graham Arthur Bowmaker, Alan Raymond
Bowmaker and Geoffrey William Bowmaker.
Amy Lydia Bowmaker was born August 25, 1916 in Leichhardt, NSW
and married Arthur Leslie Wright September 29, 1945.
George William Hume Bowmaker 0was born September 2, 1919 in
Leichhardt, NSW.
Jack Hooworth Bowmaker was born November 2, 1922 in Five Dock,
NSW. His wife's name is not known, but he had a son, Denzel Bowmaker.
(Right and below right) Arthur
and Nellie with their grandson, Graham Arthur Bowmaker. |
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| Arthur is believed to
have been an accountant (he had a desk job). Arthur was quite active in the
Methodist Church in Five Dock, Sydney. One one occasion there was a big
celebration at the church (a special anniversary event for the church) and
Arthur got up and did a comedic entertainment act on stage before the more
formal part of the event took place. Nellie seemed to have missionary
contacts in Tonga (possibly someone previously associated with their
Methodist Church). Nellie used to give her grandsons the stamps she received
from there. Their grandson Graham recalls them being very interesting big
stamps.
Graham recalls that they had a Ford 8 motor car which was considered a
pretty good car in those days (it looked better than the other cars around
at that time). Graham remembers their house being a fairly standard house
(not so interesting for the grandkids!) with a lawn out the back which was
broken into two parts a well-kept section, then a hedge, with a rougher
section at the very back.
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Arthur and Nellie started the family's tradition of going for regular annual
camping trips up at Toowoon Bay. Quite a few family members used to come along,
including their son Ray's parents-in-law Arthur and Bertha Wailes. Their son Ray
and his family took this tradition over, using the same large family tent. Their
second son Alan in turn took this tradition over, moving the location after a
while to Lake Conjola (as this was closer to their home).
Camping at Toowoon Bay. From left Nellie Agnes Hooworth, (Woman seated
unknown), George Bowmaker, Esma Beryl Wailes, Alfred Ernest Bowmaker (back),
Arthur William Hume Bowmaker (seated in front of Alf), Alf's wife (TBC), Jack
Bowmaker, Fred Wailes, Arthur William John Wailes, (Child seated at front
unknown), Bertha Sampson.