Notes for: George Miller Bodine
I am guessing that the George M./W. Bodine who is listed in the 1900 Census of Chester, Morris Co., NJ as the grandson of Gilbert and Sarah A. Bodine was Benjamin's son by his first wife. He was listed as age 17, born Apr. 1883 in NJ. There is later a George M. Bodine listed in the 1930 Census of Roxbury Twp., in Morris Co., NJ. He is 47 and and a carpenter. He was married at age 35. His wife is Edna Bodine, age 47, married at 35. No children are shown.
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1900, Geo. M. Bodine, born April 1883, lived with his grandparents, Gilbert and Sarah Bodine, in Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey. For whatever reason, after 1910, George cut five years off of his age so that he was appeared to have been born in 1888. Yet, he was living at the time of the 1885 New Jersey State Census.
In 1910, George Bodine, age 27 and single, lived with his parents in Phillipsburg, Warren County and worked as a machinist for a rock drilling company.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
George M. Bodine AND Edna V. Culver were married in 1918, location not stated.
On 12 Sept 1918, George Miller Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Morris County, New Jersey. He reported he worked as an insurance collector for Prudential Insurance Company and that his next of kin was his wife, Edna Culver Bodine, of Chester, Morris County. In 1920, George and Edna Bodine lived with Edna's widowed mother, Anna Culver, in Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey. George worked as a house carpenter and the couple had no children. In 1930, George and Edna Bodine lived in Ledgewood, Roxbury Township, Morris County. George still worked as a carpenter and the couple had no children. In 1942, George Miller Bodine registered for the World War II draft as a resident of Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. He stated he was born 7 April 1888 in Chester, New Jersey, worked for the U.S. Government at Pacatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey and named Edna G. Bodine as his next of kin.
1940 Newton, Sussex Co., NJ: George M. BODINE 51 NJ inspector-Picatinny Arsenal, Edna C. 51 NJ wife. Residence 1 April 1935: Kenvil, Morris Co., NJ.
City directories from 1942 to 1959 list George M. and Edna C. Bodine as residents of Newton, NJ.
From Social Security Death Records:
George Bodine, born 7 April 1888, died March 1979, last residence Newton, NJ.
From New Jersey Death Records:
Edna C. Bodine, of Newton, Sussex County, died 7 Feb 1972 in Frankford Twp., Sussex County.
George Bodine of Newton, Sussex County, died 23 March 1979 in Boonton Township, Morris County.
George and Edna Bodine were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Chester, Morris County. (See Find A Grave Memorials # 45846763 and 45846771 for photographs of their grave markers. Both bear the years of their birth, but not those of their deaths.)