known BOWRING marriages NZ 1866-1942
Ada Bowring
married Herbert Lee Johnston in 1939

Alfred Bowring (1863-1942)
son of Alfred Bowring (1829-1898) & Elizabeth Armiger (1832-1923)
married Edith Mary Testa (1866-1961) on 11 March 1890 at Mt Eden, Auckland
* they had 7 known children (5 daughters)
. they are buried Waikumete

Alice Louisa Bowring (1866-1953)
daughter of Alfred Bowring & Elizabeth Armiger
married Albert Spencer in 1894

Arthur Percy Bowring (1870-1946)
son of Alfred Bowring & Elizabeth Armiger
married Lily Elizabeth Robenia Laird (1869-1949) in 1890 & had 2 sons
next married Evelyn Estelle Asmuss (1877-1964) in 1927

Challis Rose Bowring (1908-1984)
married Granville Horrox (1903-1984) in St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden, Auckland in 1930
. they are buried Pyes Pa

Charles Alfred Bowring (1882-1957)
. 3rd of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Nellie Warner (1876-1950) in 1915
. Charles is buried Greytown . Nellie is buried Karori

Dorothy Bowring
married James Francis Wymer in 1936

Ellen Chresandreu Bowring
married Percy Dominic Petherick in 1939

Emily Bowring
daughter of Alfred Bowring & Elizabeth Armiger
married Samuel James in 1901
* 1 known daughter 1903-1965 Phyllis Muriel James (didn't marry)

Eric James Bowring (1917-2007)
son of James Bowring & Elizabeth Wilson
married Gladys Mary Hazelton in 1937

Eva May Bowring (1907-1984)
born 7 Dec 1907 in Kaiapoi
married John James Dunseath on 20 June 1928 in Te Aroha
Eva died in 1984 in Matamata

Frederick John 'Fred' Bowring (1892-1962)
. 7th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury James
married Lucy May Jones (1899-1930)
next married Mary Rosina Hockey (1891-1941) in 1931

Geoffrey Stuart Bowring (1918-1956)
. 3rd of 11 children of Harry Bowring & Ilena Fennetta Stuart
married Elsie Jane Stevenson in 1947

George Bowring
married Sarah Charlotte Butler in 1875

George Henry Bowring
married Jessie Goldburn Carpenter in 1938

George John Bowring
married Edith Rose Wilfrida Forster in 1882

Gertrude Mary Bowring
married Frederick Anthony O'Neale in 193

Gwendolyn Margaret Bowring (1904-1991)
married Tom MacLaren Archer in 1930

Gwyneth Phyllis Marjorie Bowring
married Thomas Henry Brown in 1940

Henry 'Harry' Bowring (1896-1963)
. 9th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Ilena Finnetta Stuart (1896-1964) in 1915 & had 11 children (7 sons)

Henry Moana Bowring (1924-1995)
. 8th of 11 children of Harry Bowring & Ilena Fennetta Stuart
married Violet Agnes Harvey in 1948

Helen Bowring (1895-1979)
. 8th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Lancelot Giles in 1914

Hilda Beatrice Bowring (1893-1980)
married Norman McAndrew in 1916

Horace Cattermole Bowring (1905-1970)
born 20 Aug 1905 in Kaiapoi
married Mavis Johnson 26 Jan 1929 in Masterton
. daughter of Henry Johnson and Harriet Ann Bullock
Horace died 4 Aug 1970 in New Plymouth

Hinemare Ropina Bowring
. 5th of 11 children of Henry Bowring & Olena Phanetta Stuart
married Ernest Albert Papps in 1941

Ina Elizabeth Bowring (1905-1984)
married George Johnson in 1922

Isabel Bowring (1877-1960)
daughter of Alfred Bowring & Elizabeth Armiger
married Edwin Blyth-Buckhurst in 1905

James Bowring (1850-1927)
born 24 Nov 1850 in Dorset, England
married Cassandra Jury (1853-1916) in Kaiapoi in 1879
written 1903 BOWRING, JAMES, Farmer, Clarkville Road, Kaiapoi. Mr Bowring was born in 1850 in Dorsetshire, England, where he was brought up to country life. He came to Lyttelton by the ship 'Eastern Monarch' in 1874, when the settled at Kaiapoi, where for some time he had a market garden. In 1899 he leased the forty acre farm on which he has since resided. Mr Bowring was married in 1879 to a daughter of Mr R. Jury, of Kaiapoi and has two daughters and six sons
. they are buried Kaiapoi

James Bowring (1880-1964)
born 8 July 1880 in Kaiapoi
married Elizabeth Wilson in 1904 in Kaiapoi
* James died 9 Nov 1964 in Te Aroha

John 'Jack' Bowring (1896-1942)
married Christina Grainger Marshall (1890-1974) in Auckland in 1924
. in 1925 they were living at 48 School Road, Kindsland, Auckland. They died in Victoria, Australia

Louis Bowring
married May Ella Bellshaw in 1937

Mary Jane Bowring (1888-1973)
. 6th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Michael Quinlivan in 1912

Nettie Margart Bowring (1922-2008)
. 3rd of 11 children of Harry Bowring & Ilena Fennetta Stuart
married Roy Francis Kerr in 1947

Norman Clive Bowring (1904-1981)
married Gladys Margaret Bullivant (1905-1987) in Mt Eden Methodist Church, Auckland in 1930
. they are buried in Purewa

Olive Lilia Bowring
married Amos Thompson in 1938

Oswald Bowring
married Annie Stuart McKay in 1942

Peter William Bowring (1929-2003)
. 10th of 11 children of Harry Bowring & Ilena Fennetta Stuart
married Gertrude Taylor in 1951

Rachel Bowring
married Charles Boyd in 1866

Reginald Claude Bowring (1896-1966)
married Eleanor Gertrude Willmott Levick (1901-1994) in St Mary's Anglican Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland in 1927
. they are buried in Purewa

Rita Cresendrew Bowring (1909-1989)
married Owen Clifford Body (1903-1981) in St Mark's Church, Te Aroha in 1929
. Rita is buried Katikati
. Owen is buried Avenue cemetery, Levin
* thank you to Grannab's comment below on 20 May 2016 . Rita Cresendrew Bowring was named after her grandmother. The Cresendrew is in fact Cassandra. Seems people misheard the name a guessed at the spelling
* thank you to ThomasWonderful's comment below on 11 Feb 2023 . Rita Bowring was registered at birth as Rita Cassandra Bowring. For some reason Rita absolutely hated that name and so it is believed that at some stage she had the name legally changed to Cressandrew. The fact is that both names were heard, Cassandra in the earlier years of her life and then in the later years of her life according to her preference, Cressandrew. Not many people know that she actually changed the name.
Posted by Alan Bowring, Nephew of Rita Bowring / Body (married name).

Robert Daniel Bowring (1884-1961)
. 4th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Martha Cattermole (1885-1930) in 1908
. Martha is buried Masterton
next married Isabel Victoria Maxwell in 1934
. Robert is buried Waikumete

Sarah Ann Bowring
married William Charles Evans in 1930

Sydney Bowring (1859-1898)
son of Alfred Bowring & Elizabeth Armiger
married Margaret Esther McEwin (1859-) at the residence of Mr T. McEwin, Auckland in 1883
. they died in Victoria, Australia, Sydney of typhoid aged 39

Vivian Mary Bowring (1901-1987)
daughter of Alfred Bowring & Edith Mary Testa
. in 1925 she was a spinster at 34 Esplanade road, Grey Lynn
married Wilfred Jowsey (1902-1968) in St Barnabas' Church, Auckland in 1929
. they are buried Mangere

Walter Armiger Bowring (1874-1931)
. Walter was born in Auckland, the 5th of 12 known children (6 sons) of Alfred Bowring (1829-1898) & Elizabeth Armiger (1832-1923), who arrived in Auckland 18 Oct 1856 on the ship 'Gipsy'. His father Alfred Bowring manufactured the first pianos in New Zealand
Walter married Millicent Maria McOwen (1877-1933) in 1901
. they had 2 children .
* 1901 - 1969 Phyllis Marjorie Bowring
. Phyllis married Frederick Laws in 1955
* 1904 - 1934 Marlowe Reginald Bowring
. Walter & Millicent divorced in Nov 1924
Evening Post, 12 Nov 1924
Divorce Court, alleged desertion. The ground of the proceedings between Walter Bowring and Marie Millicent Bowring was failure to comply with an order for restitution of conjugal rights. The parties were married in Christchurch. A decree nisi was granted, alimony being allowed at the rate of 30s weekly by consent.
Walter next married Violet Nelson (1890-1980), a Christchurch artist (pdf) in April 1925 moving with her to Sydney that year. Both were actively involved in the Sydney art scene, including attending events held by the Josef Kretschmann Club..
. Walter was educated at Auckland Grammar School. He was an artist, working in the realist tradition. His subjects included portraits and landscapes as well as cartoons and caricatures. He was best known for commissioned portraits. He exhibited in the NZ Academy of Fine Arts in 1894 and 1898 and at times throughout the period up to 1925. In Dec 1899, some of his work was reproduced in the "New Zealand illustrated magazine". First work was black and white sketches for the Auckland Observer, after which he became cartoonist for the Spectator (Christchurch) and the Weekly Press. In 1905 he went to London and studied under Sir William Orpen and Augustus John. Returning from England he painted many portraits, some of politicians and one of Sir Harold Beauchamp. In 1907 he sued the 'New Zealand times' over a contract to do sketches for the paper. On a visit to England in 1921-23 he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and exhibited a figure painting in the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1922. He was also vice-president of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for eight years, resigning in 1925, when he moved to Sydney. He exhibited with the Royal Art Society of New South Wales from 1926. He & Violet died in Sydney.

William Bowring (1886-1959)
. 5th of 11 children of James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
married Lilly Myrtle Cranch (1886-1971) in 1912
. William was born in Kaiapoi to James Bowring & Cassandra Jury
. Lilly was born in Carterton, a daughter of Samuel Cranch & Elizabeth Webb
. they are buried at Waihi

William Stuart Bowring (1931-1987)
. 11th of 11 children of Harry Bowring & Ilena Fennetta Stuart
married Rose Haitana in 1955

William Joseph Bowring (1922-1974)
married Joyce Mary Shannon in 1942

PHOTO Walter Armiger Bowring in 1920