Brief Life History of John
When John Boden was born on 7 March 1890, in Dayton, Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, Willard William Boden, was 32 and his mother, Dicey Bernettie Wakley, was 32. He lived in Dayton, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 8 October 1918, in France, at the age of 28, and was buried in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- John Boden in household of Willard Boden Sr., "United States Census, 1910"
- John Boden, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Boden, "United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919"
Parents and Siblings
1857–1932 Male
1857–1910 Female
Siblings (8)
1878–1935 Male
1879–1963 Female
1881–1955 Female
1884–1914 Male
1887–1975 Female
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World Events (8)
1892
Age 2
1894 · The Affair - Dreyfus is Accused of Treason
Age 4
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 8
Name Meaning
North German: patronymic from the personal name Bode .
German: topographic name for someone living in a valley bottom or the low-lying area of a field, Middle High German boden ‘ground, bottom’. Compare English Bottom .
Swedish (Bodén): ornamental or habitational name, possibly from bod ‘small hut’ or from a placename containing this element; the adjectival suffix -én is a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Bodin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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