| A CHRONOLOGICAL SOURCE to the History of the SODEN Family in Ireland from 1651/1951 with notes on the family name in other parts of the world (1164 – 1951). UNITED KINGDOM – 1164……. GERMANY – 1323…….. USA – 1614……. IRELAND – 1649……. AUSTRALIA – 1821…… NEW ZEALAND – 1826……. CANADA – 1860……. Friday , 30th December , 2000 Dublin , Ireland. DEAR FRIENDS This will be the homepage for my account of the history of the Soden family in Ireland with copious notes on the family name in Britain , Germany ,North America and Australasia. This was written for my 3 children , Kristina , Carla and Lukas , that they , being Irish and German , might know something about their family’s origins and that I might enquire into the possibility of a German link . I owe a great deal of gratitude to a number of people , who did so much in the past , (well before I ever contemplated family history ) in researching the origins of the Soden family. These were : James Arthur Soden , Toronto , Canada; Terence Soden , Hampshire , England; the late John Voorhis Soden , New York , USA and the late Dorothy Soden , Wyebridge , Canada . the late Ronald Soden and his brother, Geoffrey Soden , Aberwysweth , Wales I am sure this will be of some great interest to many people , who I know to be researching the Soden Family and its Past. The marvellous reward of family history is to come across people bearing your name , either close or distantly related , who have taken part in some of the most historical and momentous moments in our history in a positive and courageous manner. To even have survived was at times in past centuries an achievement. The facts about these forebears are laid out in detail , obtained from private and public sources over the last 9 years , in the hope they may provide those researchers with a direction towards a deeper knowledge of our family’s past. Material will be added in a geographic and chronological setting ,as this seems to provide a more coherent method for linking the numerous family groups over the last six centuries. I have tried to acknowledge all those people to whom I owe a great deal of thanks , and whose personal acquaintance I have been fortunate to have made in the the course of this study and , of course , official archival sources. Corrections , emendations or additions would be gratefully considered. Dedication To My dear late parents Seamus Soden (1919-1986) And Rose Connolly (1914-1997) And My dearest family , Ute , Kristina, Carla and Lukas. What follows is an unindexed chronological presentation of the history of the Soden family in Ireland from 1651 : 1951. A number of excerpts were omitted for copyright reasons. 30th December , 2000 Published in hard-copy 31st December , 1999 by Felix P. Soden Dublin, Eire bookofsoden@gmail.com This webpage is copyrighted. © 2023 Felix Soden. All rights reserved. | ||