Wilhelm Albert BODEKER^{[1, 2]}

1861 - 1949  (87 years)

• Name	Wilhelm Albert BODEKER
  Born	20 Sep 1861	St. Paul, Deptford, Greenwich, Kent, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8183ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35D49C
  Died	1949	Surrey South Eastern District, Surrey, England (5g, 841, aged 87)
  Person ID	I1880	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

  
  

• Notes

  His address on discharge from Labour Corp '307414' in 1918 was to be 21 Brook Cottages, Redhill, Surrey, "being no longer physically fit for war service..." Discharged 18 Dec 1918 Birthplace Faversham, Kent character good amputation of right great toe disability due to age ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information from Ruth Busbridge (nee Bodeker) received via email during August 07, 2004: "You would have trouble finding anything about Wilhelm Albert because he changed his name to Osbourne. I met him when I was a very little girl and loved him. He was in the Boer war and took part in some famous battles. He also put his age down and went to France in WW1. " And in a subsequent email received on August 10, 2004 from Ruth: "Now, Albert Whilhelm, Known to me as Uncle Bill. When he changed his name I do not know but I have 3 WW2 medels and on the edge of each one is....23188 Pte W Osborne A.S.C." And in a further email received from Ruth on September 18, 2004: "Now the medals..... Star 1914-1915 with name and number on the back .....Victory Medal, an angel onfront and The Great War For Civilisation 1914-1919 on the back.........British War Medal, man on horseback on front 1914-1918 and the King's head on the back. I don't know if he changed his name when he volunteered for the army as he put his age down ... he was 53 and would never have been sent to the front line in France. There were other medals, apparently he sold the ones he got in the Boar War as he was very poor." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Card, 1914-1920 Osborne, William ASC (Army Service Corps) Pte. 23188 Labour Corps - no rank - 307414 Medal Victory Medal on Roll LC/107 B109, page 11038, remarks discharged 18 Dec 1918 British Medal on Roll ditto, page ditto 15 Star Medal for service in ASC - Roll RC/107.C.6, p. 0/6/6 Theatre of War first served in France Date of entry therein 6 Dec 1915 No remarks on Correspondence section of reverse of card. Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference WO 372/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Osborne WWI #307414 Unit A.S.C.L.C., age 47[?], original service #23188 Attestation: Addres: Aubrey Road, Merstham, Surrey British Subject? Yes Age 47 Trade or Calling - labourer Married? No Earlier Service - Militia H. Trans...? name and address of next of kin - 21 Brook Cottage, Mrs. Ayles[?], Redhill, Surrey, not married, no children joined Aldershot on 20.11.15 Attested Pte. 20.11.15 Depot Posted 20.11.15 Transferred to labour corp retain special rate of 3l- per diem - Pte. 1 Aug 1917 J.C.L.C. Posted Pte 20.9.18 Home 20.11.15 to 5.12.15 BEF France 6.12.15 discharged 8/12/18 BEING NO LONGER PHYSICALLY FIT FOR WAR SERVICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Possible 1st marriage: Albert William Bodeker Year of Registration: 1900 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Edmonton County: Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex Volume: 3a Page: _682 Spouse: Florence Eva Nurse This appears to be the couple at Ilford, Essex in 1901. Wife going by the name of Eva. Husband seems to have been registered as Wilhelm Albert Bodeker on his death in 1949. Divorce occurred of this marriage. Her 2nd marriage: Florence E Cheesewright Spouse Surname: Gerard Robert Bacot Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1928 at the Savoy Registration district: St Martin Registration county (inferred): London Volume Number: 1a Page Number: 804. Bacot born 1871 Blandford, Dorset, died 1955 Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire Florence Eva Nurse Birth 1883 in Sandy, Bedfordshire Death 1952 in Uckfield, Sussex If the Florence Eva Nurse marriage is correct there were two children of that marriage: Albert George Frederick Bodeker born Jan 1901 at Ilford, Essex– died 1942 in Java, married 1928 Dorothy C. Davies perhaps no children Marjorie Belle Bodeker 1903 – and family was at Ilford, Essex for 1901 census There may have been a third child Lilian Eva Bodeker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changes of Name found in London Gazette of 1929 I, LILIAN EVA CHEESEWRIGHT, of 9, Castelnau-mansions, Barnes, in the county of London, Spinster, a natural born British subject, heretofore called and known by the name of Lilian Eva Bödeker, hereby give notice, that I have renounced and abandoned the name of Lilian Eva Bödeker, and that I have assumed and intend henceforth on all occasions whatsoever and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by the name of Lilian Eva Cheesewright in lieu of and in substitution for my former name of Lilian Eva Bödeker; and I also hereby give notice, that such change of name is formally declared and evidenced by a deed poll under my hand and seal dated the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, duly executed and attested, and that such deed poll was enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature on the 29th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. Dated this 29th day of March, 1928. LILIAN EVA CHEESEWRIGHT, formerly Lilian Eva (006) Bödeker I, ALBERT GEORGE FREDERICK CHEESEWRIGHT, of 9, Castelnau-mansions, Barnes, in the county of London, Gentleman, a natural born British subject, heretofore called and known by the name of Albert George Frederick Bödeker, hereby give notice, that I have renounced and abandoned the name of Albert George Frederick Bödeker, and that I have assumed and intend henceforth on all occasions whatsoever and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by the name of Albert George Frederick Cheesewright in lieu of and in substitution for my former name of Albert George Frederick Cheesewright in lieu or and in substitution for my former name of Albert George Frederick Bödeker; and I also hereby give notice, that such change of name is formally declared and evidenced by a deed poll under my hand and seal dated the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, duly executed and attested, and that such deed poll was enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature on the 29th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. Dated this 29th day of March, 1928. I, MARJORIE BELLE CHEESEWRIGHT, of 9, Castelnau-mansions, Barnes, in the county of London, Spinster, a natural born British subject, heretofore called and known by the name of Marjorie Belle Bödeker, hereby give notice, that I have renounced and abandoned the name of Marjorie Belle Bödeker, and that I have assumed and intend henceforth on all occasions whatsoever and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by the name of Marjorie Belle Cheesewright in lieu of and in substitution for my former name of Marjorie Belle Bödeker; and I also hereby give notice, that such change of name is formally declared and evidenced by a deed poll under my hand and seal dated the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, duly executed and attested, and that such deed poll was enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature on the 29th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. Dated this 29th day of March, 1928. MARJORIE BELLE CHEESEWRIGHT, formerly Marjorie Belle (007) Bödeker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Administrative and Special Duties Branch. The undermentioned are granted commissions for the duration of hostilities: - As Pilot Officers on probation as of 26 Apr 1941 Albert George Frederick Cheesewright (65030). Died in the war, but there is only limited information about himCHEESEWRIGHT, Flying Officer, ALBERT GEORGE FREDERICK, Mentioned.in Despatches, 65030. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th May 1942. Age 41. Husband of Dorothy Cheesewright, of Earls 412. Court, London.

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0838717-0838718, Faversham, 2 Apr 1871. 5 Lime Cottages, Faversham: Emma Bodikar [sic], head, widow, 45, housekeeper, born at Maidstone Emma S., daughter, unmarried, 19, dressmaker, born at Maidstone Catherine, daughter, 13, scholar, born at Deptford Alfred, son, unmarried, 11, scholar, born at Deptford Wilhelm, son, 9, scholar, born at Deptford Charles, son, 6, scholar, born at Faversham Interesting to note that this same year at No. 11 Lime Cottages was the family of William and Eliza (nee Weller) Milsted. [S8] 1881 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), Faversham, Kent, England, RG 11/969, ED. 7, fol. 18, p. 32, FHL film #1341230. , 3 Apr 1881. Household Sch. # 165, 19 Westgate Road: Emma Bodeker, head, widow, 54, nurse, born Maidstone, Kent Wilhelm Bodeker, son, unmarried, 18, labourer in gun cotton works, born Deptford, Kent Charles Bodeker, son, unmarried, 16, messenger in gun cotton works, born Faversham, Kent Catherin Osbourn, daughter, married, 23, no occupation, born Deptford, Kent [S7] Certified copy of an entry of Birth, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Certificate #BCAZ055702, dated 23 February 1995, 15 Oct 1861. Birth registration 20 September 1861, birth occurred at 13 Walpole Road, St. Paul's Deptford, of Alfred Heinrich Bodeker, father Heinrich Wilhelm Michael Bodeker, mother Emma Bodeker, formerly Hodges, occupation of father watchmaker master. Birth registered by H.W.M. Bodeker, father, usual residence 13 Walpole Road, Deptford. [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.