John Barnard Bode was born March 13, 1808 in Erkelin, Minden County, Westphalia. His father was John George Bode and his mother was Elisabeth Schroder from Pekelheim. John Barnard came to Rochester, New York on April 6, 1834 and married Mary Clareries on January 26, 1836.
Friedrich Bode was born November 23, 1834 in Hannover, Germany. His parents were Friedrich Carl Bode and Maria Stuenkel. He immigrated to America in 1850 with his Stuenkel grandparents. He married Louise Seemann (1839-1867) in 1862. They had two children. He married Maria Helberg (1839-1920) in 1868. They had four children. Friedrich died December 5, 1907 in Richton, Illinois. Descendants and relatives lived in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and elsewhere.
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Johann Heinrich Stuenkel was born 25 January 1789 in Empede, Hannover Province, Germany. His wife Margareta was born in Hannover Province, Germany in 1778. They came to America in 1850 where " ... Heinrich bought 160 acres of land in what is now Will County, [Illinois]near the Cook County line, twenty-five miles south of what was then scarcely more than the village of Chicago ..."--Page 2. He was buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Richton, Illinois, death date unknown. Margareta Stuenkel's death occurred 26 December 1850 or 24 December 1851. She is buried in Schorsen Cemetery, Bensenville, Illinois, Volberding lot. Descendants lived mainly in Illinois and Minnesota.
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