Hello Donn.
Thank you for your mail. I am living in the east of the region of
Hannover and my ancestors have been living here for centuries.
Two women of the line Boerker-Boden have been living in the area of
Fort Wayne. One of them was called Dora Bode, the other one was called
Marie. You are right, the letter "h" is not important for the name
"Bode". I did never see the name Bode spelled with an h, by the way.
Karin Hartig is searching for Dora and Marie. That is why i send this
mail to her, too. Two years ago, she sent me two pictures of Dora and
Marie.
Until today, i did not find a connection of my ancestors to Bode in
Hagen. The surname "August" is quite common in Uetze.
Best wishes,
Klaus
"Donn E. Bohde" schrieb:
Blessings, Klaus,
Saw your post on the Hannover listserve and thought Id introduce
myself. I know that my line of Bohdes came over from the port
at Bremen and landed at nyc in July of 1854. they were from the town
of Hajen on the WesserRiver, south of Hannover and near Hameln. They
settled inside of one month in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. They
were farmers.
My g-g-grandfathers name was August Bohde, but on the ships manifest,
the H is not present. They founded a Lutheran church in FW and they
are listed with the H, but the other members of the family dont have
it. Understand that the H does nothing to change pronunciation or the
like.
Im in the Detroit, Michigan area, my paternal grandfather moved here
in 1919 to work for the auto companies.
What part of Germany does your family come from?
Blessings!
Donn