1816 - 1864

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• Birth	1816	Hamburg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7883ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35CB0C
  Died	17 Aug 1864	20 Alfred Place, Newington Causeway (Elephant & Castle), Southwark, Surrey, England   [2]
  Buried	30 Aug 1864	Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England
  Person ID	I1871	Young Ancestral Collectives
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2008
  Father	Wilhelm BODEKER,   d. pre-1850
  Family ID	F691	Group Sheet
  Family	Emma (Sarah) HODGES,   c. 16 Jul 1826, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. June Qtr 1889, 2a, 455, Faversham, Kent, England
  Married	30 Jun 1850	Maidstone, Kent, England   [3]
  _UID	197AABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C356395
  Children	> 1. Emma Sarah BODEKER,   b. 29 Aug 1851, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. June Qtr., 1902, 1d, 370 (Boedeker Emma, aged 55 , Wandsworth District, Greater London, England   2. Heinrich Wilhelm BODEKER,   b. 27 Sep 1854, St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, England ,   d. 12 Mar 1859, Deptford, Kent, England > 3. Catherina Maria BODEKER,   b. 14 Nov 1857, St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, England ,   d. Sept Qtr, 1897, 1a, 96, Kensington, Middlesex, England > 4. Alfred Heinrich BODEKER,   b. 5 Feb 1860, Deptford, St. Paul, Kent, England ,   d. 7 Aug 1920 (58 yrs, 5 mons), South Africa   5. Wilhelm Albert BODEKER,   b. 20 Sep 1861, St. Paul, Deptford, Greenwich, Kent, England > 6. Charles Horatio BODEKER,   b. 23 Jul 1864, Faversham, Kent, England
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet

• Documents	Bodeker Suicide 1864 Newspaper article concerning the suicide of Heinrich Wilhelm Michael Bodeker at the Elephant & Castle, Newington, Surrey, England in 1864.
  	Bodeker Suicide 2nd Report Newspaper article with further details concerning the suicide of Heinrich Wilhelm Michael Bodeker during 1864 at the Elephant & Castle, Newington, Surrey, England.

• Notes

  Ruth Busbridge's grandfather was Charles Horatio Bodeker who was only 1 month oldwhen Heinrich Wilhelm Michel Bodeker died so only knew what his mother told him..... The story goes that Heinrich Wilhelm Michel fled to England after he killed a man "accidently" in a duel. His father was a Count and a merchant and had links with Helgoland. Heinrich Wilhelm Michel had been to University, possibly in Hamburg, and could speak 4 languages. His English was perfect. Ruth has a letter which he wrote to his daughter. She also has some "bits" which she took from a very old Bible. Heinrich Wilhelm Michael Bodeker was buried at Brookwood Cemetery on 30 Aug 1864 - register no 28828 - died at 20 Alfred Place, St George Southwark - aged 48 - F Owston cemetery anglican priest officiated and he received a pauper class burial.The agreements with London parishes varied slightly but generaly a pauper burial cost the parish about 15 shillings which included coffin transport to the Necropolis station in London, fare for the coffin and one mourner to Brookwood, burial and burial service in the cemetery.  Discussion on Rootschat regarding inquest report in newspapers can be found at: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,280022.0.html

• Sources

  [S50] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0542629-30, St. Paul, St. James Hatcham, page 15, 7 Apr 1861. Schedule #105, 13 Walpole Road: Henry Saunders [sic], head, married, 45, watchmaker, born Hamburgh [sic], Germany; Emma Saunders, wife, married, 34, born Maidstone, Kent; Emma S. Saunders, daughter, 4 years, scholar, born Maidstone; Catherine M., daughter, 3 years, born Deptford; Heinrich A. Saunders, son, 1 year old, born Deptford; Sarah Hodges, mother, widow, 64, born Maidstone, occupation was written as "independent" but that was crossed through and superceded by "retired shopkeeper". This entry was extremely difficult to find. The entirety of Deptford was searched several times, without success. When all attempts had failed to produce an entry in the 1861 census for the Bodeker family, the certificates of birth of Alfred and one of his siblings was purchased. On the certificate of his sibling was the address 13 Walpole Road. Even then, when I first ventured to find the right entry, I found the Saunders family reference but did not take special notice of any of the other inhabitants. I noted that there were two families were living at that address but that neither was a Bodeker family. After searching all other Walpole addresses in Deptford I returned to this particular entry and it finally came to my awareness that Sarah Hodges, the mother, of Emma was living with this group. There are far too many similarities for this not to be the Bodeker family: Emma and Sarah's ages in comparison to the 1851 census, each of their birthplaces, the names of the children as shown on the 1871 through 1881 census returns. It is also interesting to note that this address re-appears later in the collective family's history: when Samuel Gregory and his wife take up residence at 13 Walpole Road in Deptford. [S43] Certified copy of an entry of Death, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Death Certificate #DYA386389, 29th August 1864. Registration District of Saint George Southwark 1864 Death in the Sub-district of London Road, in the County of Surrey No. 896 When and where died: 1864, August 16th at No. 20 Alfred Place, Newington Causeway Name and surname: Henry William Michael Boddeker Sex: male Age: 47 years Occupation: watchmaker Cause of death: Suicide by taking hydocyanic acid found dead p.m. Signature of Information: Information received from William Payne Coroner for London and Southwark, inquest held 20th and 26 August 1864 When registered: twentyninth August 1864 The address given on this certificate is immediately next to Elephant and Castle, in Newington, Surrey. Original in possession of Susan D. Young issued 13th July 2004. [S40] Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Certificate #MB434713, 30 Jun 1850. In the parish of Bearsted at the parish church, after banns: Henry William Michael Bodeker, of full age, bachelor, watchmaker, usual residence being at Bearsted, father William Bodeker, merchant deceased with Emma Hodges, of full age, spinster, no occupation, usual residence at Bearsted, father George Hodges a farmer. Witnesses were Richard Hills and Mary Pope. Vicar was F. St. Leger Baldwin.