Researching Alexander Boden
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2427 people with the Boden surname? In that year Boden was ranked number 1593 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alexander means "Helper and defender of mankind" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Alexander Boden on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alexander Boden and the Boden Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Boden Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Boden family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3602 people with the Boden surname in the UK? Boden is now ranked number 1579 for popularity in the UK. |
Boden Family Tree Databases
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Boden Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Boden surname in the USA? Boden is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Boden Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Alexander Boden. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alexander Boden
Alexander Boden
Alexander Boden (28 May 1913 – 18 December 1993) was a philanthropist, industrialist (manufacturing chemist), publisher (including education author and researcher), founder of the Boden Chair of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney, a Fellow Australian Academy of Science 1982, a founder of Bioclone Australia, Hardman Chemicals and Science Press and was awarded Leighton Medal of Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 1986. He was educated at the University of Sydney (BSc 1933, Hon DSc 1984) and received an Order of Australia (AO) and he was also the author of A Handbook of Chemistry, initially published by the Shakespeare Head Press and later by his own Science Press. After he graduated, he joined a research laboratory, which he soon took over, and renamed it Hardman Australia. Hardman Australia was turned into a manufacturing company producing in particular DDT. In 1981 he formed Bioclone Australia, which exports diagnostic products. Alex was elected to the Australian Academy of Science on the nomination of Professor John Swan, upon nomination Professor Swan said:
"Alex Boden was a man of remarkable talents, concealed by a modest, even humble, exterior. I never saw him angry. He was greatly admired as a man who had achieved much in life but whose ambition was to contribute to family, social and community welfare, to give rather than take, to be supportive of others, and above all to foster the advancement of science."Source: Alexander Boden, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Boden
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