Notes for: Ignaz (Bondanetzky) Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

Born Ignaz Bondanetzky, his name was changed to Ignaz Bodine by court order of 23 March 1945 at the time of his naturalization by the Superior Court of Middlesex County, at Middletown, Connecticut.

1940 Queens, NY: Joseph BRUSTMAN 27 Austria antique dealer, Illa 26 Austria wife, Ignatz BODINE 56 Austria father-in-law television engineer.

In 1942, Ignaz Bodine registered for the World War II Draft as a resident of Middletown, Connecticut. He reported he was born 4 Jan 1884 in Vienna, Austria, was unemployed, and that Mrs. Kate Bodine was his next of kin.

City directories of Middletown, Connecticut reflect Ignaz Bodine in 1942 and from 1943 to 1946 name his wife Kate Bodine as well. Ignaz and Kate Bodine are named in Bridgeport, Connecticut directories of 1949 to 1953.

On 6 March 1947, Ignaz and Kate Bodine filed a claim with the Reparations, Deliveries and Restitution Division of the United States Allied Commission in which they gave details on family property they were forced to give up under the Aryianization of Austria. Ignaz was the son of Caecilia Bondanetzky who died in Nov 1911 and from whom he inherited the family business, Firma Ignaz Bondanetzky, founded in 1880.

From Social Security Death Records:
Ignaz Bodine, born 4 Jan 1884, died Oct 1965. SSN issued in Connecticut before 1951.

From Pennsylvania Death Certificates:
KATE BODINE, wife of Ignaz Bodine, born 29 Dec 1894 in Vienna, Austria, dau. of Edward & Josephine (Bachrach) Bruell; died 8 April 1965 in Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery County; buried West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Ignaz Bodine of Warberth, PA, informant.
IGNAZ BODINE, widower, born 4 Jan 1884 in Austria, son of Richard & Cecelia (Wolff) Boltdenetsky; died 9 Oct 1965 in Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery County; buried West Laurel Hill Cemetery., Joseph Brustman, informant.

Burials in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 60758112)
BODINE IGNAZ 1884---1965 KATE 1894---1965