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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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.
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.
Greenland becomes Danish province.
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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