Notes for: William Henry Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
On 5 June 1917, William H. Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Manhattan, New York City. He reported he was born 23 Sept 1887 in New York City, was single, supported his mother, and worked as a chauffeur. In 1920, William Bodine lived in Manhattan, New York City. He was single and worked as an auto mechanic. His widowed mother and his unmarried sister Lillian lived with him.
On 9 Feb 1923, William Bodine applied for a passport. He deposed he was born 23 Sept 1887 in New York City, the son of Nelson Wm. Bodine, that he lived in New York City and worked in the automobile business and that he desired to travel to England and France aboard the S. S. Majestic, leaving the port of New York on 10 March 1923 and expected to return to the United States in nine months. In a notarized statement of 3 Feb 1923, Josephine Melissa Bodine stated she was the mother of William H. Bodine and that he was born 23 Sept 1887 in New York City.
1925 (1 June) New York: William H. BODINE 37 chauffeur, Josephine 71 mother, Lillian M. 31 sister secretary.
From New York Marriage Records:
William H. Bodine and Frances Cauffman were married 16 April 1927 in Manhattan, New York.
1930 Milburn Twp., Essex Co., NJ: William H. BODINE 41 NY proprietor-automobile renting, Frances C. 26 NJ wife, William R. 1 8/12 NY son, William A. CAUFFMAN 54 PA father-in-law, Ella R. 52 PA mother-in-law. William & Frances were married for 3 years.
1940 New York: Josephine BODINE 86 NY widowed, Sadie MURPHY 63 NY widowed dau saleslady, William BODINE 52 NY son widowed chauffeur, Lillian 43 NY dau single bell clerk-broker.
Marriage to Gunhild Ohlson: William Bodine was a widower in April 1940, but was married to Gunhild Bodine, when she, aged 41, appears as a tourist passenger aboard the ship SS Gripsholm from Gothenburg, Sweden arriving in New York 23 Aug 1950.
From Vermont Death Records:
William Henery Bodine, son of Nelson Bodine and Josephine Moore Bodine, husband of Mrs. Gunhild Bodine, was born 19 June 1883 [sic] in New York and died 19 June 1985 in Woodstock, Windsor County of cancer. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock. Informant was Mrs. Gunhild Bodine.
Gunhild O. Bodine, born 27 Sept 1908, died 9 May 1997 in Woodstock, aged 88, widowed.
Burials in Atlantic View Cemetery, Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 7910412)
Frances C. Bodine 1902 1935
Burials in Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Windsor County, New York.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 68652331)
BODINE William H. 1888-1985 Gunhild Ohlson 1908-1997
William Henry Bodine PFC US Army World War I 1888 1985