Records of Ebenezer Bodwell on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ebenezer Bodwell in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ebenezer Bodwell and the Bodwell Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bodwell 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 Bodwell family tree.

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Some Famous People called Ebenezer Bodwell

Ebenezer Vining Bodwell

Ebenezer Vining Bodwell (April 30, 1827 – October 18, 1889) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Oxford South in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874. His great-grandson, Garth Turner, is a former Canadian Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister.

He was born in Nissouri Township in Middlesex County, Upper Canada in 1827 and later moved to a farm in Dereham Township with his family. He studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bodwell served as clerk and treasurer for the township, later becoming a member of the township council, then reeve and later warden for Oxford County. He married Esther D. Crandon. After the death of George Skeffington Connor in 1863, he ran unsuccessfully in the South riding of Oxford; he was elected in 1867. In 1875, Bodwell was appointed superintendent for the Welland Canal and served until 1879, when he was named government accountant for the Canadian Pacific Railway and sent to British Columbia. In 1887, he moved to Vancouver. He was the second president of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Bodwell died at Morley, Northwest Territories in 1889.

Source: Ebenezer Vining Bodwell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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