The Bodine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,042 people carried this name — #6,699 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,993 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
17 Bodine families were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 117 people lived in those households, 6.9 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 230 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Bodine in American newspapers,
1898–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Bodine in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.
153 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bodine. The most, 90, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bodine.
Who carried it
People named Bodine,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert N. Bodine 1837–1914 · lawyer -
Joseph Lamb Bodine 1883–1950 · judge -
John W. Bodine d. 1991 · lawyer
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James Morrison Bodine 1831–1915 · physician
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John N. Bodine 1837–1899 · architect
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Samuel Taylor Bodine 1854–1932
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Bodine,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States492 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 134
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 63
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Joseph A. BodineBorn 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Abilene; farmer from Jones County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1990, buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Robert Lee BodineBorn 1943; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, weapons support radar repairer; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Col J. BodineArrived at New York in 1875 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 55; merchant.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 492 records for Bodine in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada2 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Charles BodineDied 1925; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Doris May BodineDied 1964; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
France1 record
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Lucie Louise BodineBorn 1909 in Flesquières; died 1993 in Cambrai (Nord).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Belgium1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Richardus BodineDied 1903 in Gent.
Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bodine.
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