Christian Bodker

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Bodker was born in 1701, in Nørre Lyndelse, Åsum, Odense, Denmark, his father, Bodker, was 32 and his mother, Hustru Bodker, was 32. He married Karen Larsdatter on 6 March 1729, in Nørre Lyndelse, Åsum, Odense, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died in July 1778, in his hometown, at the age of 77, and was buried in Nørre Lyndelse, Åsum, Odense, Denmark.

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Family Time Line

Christian Bodker
1701–1778
Karen Larsdatter
1705–1778
Marriage: 6 March 1729
Pign Christiansdatter
1729–1729
Lars Christiansen
1731–
Hans Christensen
1734–1772
Christiansdatter
1738–1738
Anne Christiansen
1741–1778
Karen Christiansen
1746–1747

Sources (10)

  • Baby Girl Christensdatter burial 1729, no birth or christening record available, father Christian Bodker of Freltofte farm, Norre Lyndelse, Odense, Denmark
  • Christian Hansen, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
  • Christen Bodker in entry for Lars Christensen, "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923"

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World Events (8)

1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World

The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.

1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy

The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.

1729

Greenland becomes Danish province.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Fritz, Heinz.

Swiss German:

topographic name for someone who dwelt in a valley bottom, from Middle High German bodem ‘floor, bottom’, or a habitational name for someone from Bodmen near Zurich or Bodman on Lake Constance, Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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