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Scudder Biographical & Genealogical Journal

No Greater Love The Scudders of India have a long family tradition of devoting their lives to the assistance of others. But what if you were not a Scudder? When a Scudder took a bride, planning to return to India, did their vow include," ...to have and to hold from...

$ 140,150 Raised for the CMC LCECU Matching Gift Program

We are happy to announce the successful completion of the matching gift campaign for the Low Cost Effective Care Unit (LCECU) at CMC. "I want to thank all who gave in support of this project, and in gratitude, I raised my own contribution." Sincerely,...

Scudder Association Foundation Announces New Online Journal

“The Foundation journal is dedicated to preserving and sharing the remarkable 385-year Scudder family heritage in America.While our primary focus is on our philanthropic endeavors, we also have stewardship over many family records collected for more than 100 years. We...

Scudder Biographical & Genealogical Journal

(Volume 1, no. 1, April 2019)

Straight From The Horse’s Mouth

"Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: Time Again to Separate Scudder Facts from Fiction," by ©Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Genealogist, Thirty years ago, in an earnest effort to call attention to significant errors to be found in numerous Scudder...

Our Story Begins with Henry Skudder (Scudder), Yeoman

"Henry Skudder (Scudder), yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent: Reprinted from Scudder Searches, 1992," by ©Scudder Association Foundation Genealogist, The strong ROOT of the American Scudder Family Tree was a yeoman in England named Henry but it took more than 100...

The 400-year-old Will of Henry Skudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent

The Will of Henry Skudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent Dated 29 September 1594; probated 5 November 1595,"[1] Reprint from ©Scudder Searches, v. IV, no. 3, (Summer 1992), The 29th daye of September beinge the Feast of St. Micaell the archangell in the yeere...

Who Was Mabel J. Scudder?

Connecting to the Past when Samuel Asked, 'Who Was Mabel J. Scudder?' Find the Answer in This True 130-Year-old Love Story from India, by ©Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, On the Scudder Association’s Foundation’s 2019 bicentennial...

A Story 200 Hundred Years in the Making . . .

In Appreciation for a Unique Life of Service:Love and Strength of Character Motivated Dr. John Scudder to Labor in India,with selected quotations[1] Bicentennial Tribute compiled by Margery Boyden, Historian for the Scudder Association Foundation[2]Rev. John Scudder...

Service To Others – Campaigns

Christian Medical College – CMC

CMC Vellore was founded by an American, Dr. Ida S. Scudder. Born in South India in 1870, she spent most of her childhood in the US and was educated there. In 1899 was one of the first woman graduates of Cornell Medical as a doctor, she returned to Vellore to provide...

SMH Wilhelmina Noordyk Nursing Scholarship Campaign

Let's Celebrate the wonderful service of Wilhelmina Noordyk and her commitment to the Scudder Memorial Hospital Nursing School. Over her 35 years of service she become the first Nursing Superintendent of the Scudder Memorial Hospital, in Ranipet, India. With the...