Notes for: Peter Wilbeana Bodin
From Ronny Bodine:
From Wisconsin Federal Cencus Records
1900 Woodboro, Oneida County: Peter BODIN b. April 1865 Sweden married 13 years mill laborer, Martha b. July 1865 Sweden 7 children borne/6 living wife, Ferdinand b. Feb 1889 Sweden son, Richard b. July 1880 Sweden son, Chester b. Aug 1893 WI son, Ester b. March 1896 WI dau, Hilda b. Aug 1898 WI dau, Isadore b. May 1900 WI son.
From Minnesota Federal Census Records
1910 Bemidji, Beltrami County: P. W. BODINE 45 m1 Sweden carpenter-sawmill, Martha 44 Sweden m1 23 years 6 children born/6 living wife, Richard 20 Sweden son trimmerman-sawmill, Chester 17 WI soon laborer-sawmill, Esther 14 WI dau, Hilda 12 WI dau, Enga 11 WI dau, Gustav 3 MN son.
1920 Bemidji, Beltrami County: Peter W. BODIN 54 Sweden immigrated 1892 naturalized 1904, Martha H. 54 Sweden wife, _____ 19 WI son, Gustaf 14 MN son, Esther 23 WI dau, Hulda 22 MN dau.
From Washington Federal Census Records:
1930 Alpine, Clark County: Peter W. BODIN 64 Sweden farmer, Martha 64 Sweden wife.
From Washington State Death Records:
Peter Wilbeana BODIN, son of Jonas Bodin and Brita Lavisa Akulund, husband of Martha Bodin, died 30 April 1934 in Battleground, Clark County, aged 69y, 24d.
Martha H. BODIN, daughter of Olaf Holmberg, died 6 June 1940 in Longview, Cowlitz County, aged 74y, 11m, 5d.
Obituary, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) of 30 April 1934
PETER W. BODIN. Succumbing suddenly to four years of poor health, Peter William Bodin, 69, died this morning at his home in Venersborg, where he had lived for four years, going there from Kelso. Besides the widow, Mrs. Martha Bodin, survivors include two brothers, Adolph in Mayger, Ore. and one in Sweden; five sons, Fred and Richard Bodin at home, and Chester, Einer and Gustave in Longview; two daughters Miss Esther and Miss Hilda Bodin in Longview; and seventeen grandchildren. The body is at Knappšs chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Peter and Martha Bodin were buried in Gravel Point Cemetery, Clark County.