Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Bonte i te 15 o Aperira 1840 i Magdeburg, Tiamana. I ako ia ki a Otto von Kameke i Berlin. I whakaatuhia e ia ana mahi ki te Whare Wahine
i te Whakaaturanga o te Ao o te 1893 i Chicago, Illinois. He hoa a Bonte ki a Marie von Keudell, he hoa whakairoiro whenua, he hoa mahi tahi raua.