"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV6B-LYS : 1 April 2020), Elza Gifford Bodenhamer in entry for Wayne Elza Bodenhamer, 6 Aug 1926; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,434,999.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTF-XLK : 6 January 2021), Elza Bodenhamer, Summit Township, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-27, sheet 2B, line 45, family 33, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1148.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPN-B4H : accessed 14 January 2021), Elza Botenhamer in household of Theodore Botenhamer, Marshall Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 10B, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 364; FHL microfilm 1,374,377.
"Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-2ZLG : 30 October 2019), Elza G Bodenhamer in entry for Gloria Lee Bodenhamer, 16 Feb 1928; citing Birth, Everly, Clay, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
"Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-K9QK : 30 October 2019), Elza Bodenhamer in entry for Robert Eugene Bodenhamer, 5 May 1932; citing Birth, Everly, Clay, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJC4-8ZZ : 27 September 2017), Elza G. Bodenhamer and Elma Hopfe, 09 Dec 1925, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing reference #7 260, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,435,882.
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