Emma Sarah BODEKER^{[1, 2, 3]}

1851 -

• Name	Emma Sarah BODEKER
  Born	29 Aug 1851	Maidstone, Kent, England
  Gender	Female
  _UID	7F83ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35D27C
  Died
  Person ID	I1878	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Wilhelm Michael BODEKER,   b. 1816, Hamburg, Germany ,   d. 17 Aug 1864, 20 Alfred Place, Newington Causeway (Elephant & Castle), Southwark, Surrey, England  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	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   [4]
  _UID	197AABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C356395
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  _UID	B451D0404050C146B38934FDCF7FCF265C0C
  Children	1. Sydney BODEKER,   b. 1877, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Qtr 1880, Maidstone District, Kent, England (vol. 2a, p. 441)  (Age 3 years)   2. male BODEKER,   b. 1880, Maidstone District, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Qtr 1880, Maidstone District, Kent, England (vol. 2a, p. 441)  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Emma Bodeker, although we may never know if it was daughter or mother, was one of the witnesses to a marriage on 20 May 1877 at Faversham Parish Church of Wallace William Whitehead (aged 22, a sawyer, residing at Lime Cottages, father Frank Whitehead also a sawyer) and Eliza Jane Rigden (aged 20, no occupation, residing Lime Cottages, father James Rodgers a labourer). The other witness was a Walter William Whitehead, likely brother to the groom. I have researched both the Whitehead and Rodgers families and can find no overt or obvious connection to the Bodeker family. It would seem likely, then, that Emma had been a friend to one of the parties based on their shared residence of Lime Cottages at that time. It would also seem likely that it was Emma Bodeker, daughter, who was the witness as by 1881 she had moved into London to take a servant's position. Aside from marriages within the family, no other marriages were witnessed at Faversham by any of the Bodeker family members. As of 9 Sept, 2011, I have made the discovery with the aid of Death Duty Registers and GRO marriage registrations that the Emma Bodeker who died during the June Quarter of 1902 had been the wife of Louis Christian Bodeker, that Emma having been, previous to her Bodeker marriage, Emma Hughes. Louis Christian remarried in 1904 and is found living in Streatham, Surrey (the same place as the death duty index states as residence for Emma Bodeker) in 1905 for the birth of his son Hermann Eric Bodeker. So, I can now remove the death date of 1902 for this Emma Bodeker and go back to work trying to locate her whereabouts and final resting place.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] 1881 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), London, Middlesex, England, RG11/0027, fol. 11, p. 16, FHL film #1341006, 3 Apr 1881. 13 Sheffield Terrace: M. J. (Rev.) TAYLOR, Head, married, clergyman Georgina TAYLOR, Wife, married, 54, Clergymans Wife, born Wilborough, Devon, England Amy TAYLOR, Niece, unmarried, 20, no occupation, born Ireland Emma BODDEKER, Servant, unmarried, 28, General Serv, born Maidstone, Kent, England Eliza FALKNER, Servant, unmarried, 21, General Serv, born Langley, Buckingham, England [S9] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Maidstone, Kent, England, RG12/688, fol. 112, p 4, FHL #6095798, 5 Apr 1891. Name: E B Age: 42 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Relation: Patient - dementia Gender: Female Where born: Maidstone, Kent, England Civil Parish: Maidstone Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael Town: Maidstone County/Island: Kent Country: England [S13] 1901 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (http://www.census.gov.uk), St. Luke's Hospital, St. Luke, London, England, RG13/259, fol. 79, p. 8., 31 Mar 1901. Name: E B Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1847 Relation: Patient - lunatic - living on own means Gender: Female Where born: Maidstone, Kent, England Civil Parish: St Luke Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement City Road County/Island: London Country: England [S122] 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.