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Bower (land surveyor, 1825)

active 1825 · unidentified

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Het deelgeneem aan iets wat hier aangeteken is: Bloemendaal surveyed by the landsurveyor Bower (1825-05-07).

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Bower

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  1. 7 Mei 1825 gebeurtenis Bloemendaal surveyed by the landsurveyor Bower
    The oldest survey in this model, eight years before Stretch's season and four years after the Oosthuizens are reckoned to have established at Middelwater. Titled twenty years later, 31 January 1845.

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Navorsingsnotas

[31 Jul 2026 inbox] Framed the original Bloemendaal diagram on 7 MAY 1825 (DOC-0129), which makes him the earliest surveyor in this model - eight years before C. Lennox Stretch's 1833 season. Only a surname survives on the redraw.

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