Bodes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Netherlands
Germany

The Bodes surname is derived from German word "boden," which means "floor" or "bottom." It is thought that the first Bodes family may have lived in the bottom of a valley.

Early Origins of the Bodes family

The surname Bodes was first found in the duchy of Brunswick, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Bodes family

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Bodes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bode, Boden, Boder, Bohde, Bohden, Boede, Boedde and many more.

Early Notables of the Bodes family

Notables of the time included Johann Joachim Bode (1720-1793), who was a prominent publisher and translator in Weimar, as well as a friend and business partner of the great Lessing. Johann Joachim Christoph Bode was born at Barum in Brunswick in 1730. He had a strange and varied life as bassoon and oboe-player, composer, newspaper editor...
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Bodes migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bodes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Anna Bodes, aged 3, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1
Dora Bodes, aged 25, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1
Willy Bodes, aged 5, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)