New Zealand / 1800 – 1976
| ATTENTION! ATTENTION ! ATTENTION ! We can all look forward to the publication hopefully at the end of 2023 of Melanie Bromley’s book on the Soden and Related Families of New Zealand and their roots in the United Kingdom. 1800 – 1976 Information on the New Zealand Sodens has come mainly from Margaret Morgan , Tauranga , North Island , New Zealand Bay of Plenty,Tauranga,North Island,New Zealand New Zealand Mary Soden born Sligo 17??,was the sister of Clotworthy and Thomas and daughter of James Soden of Belladevitt,Co. Donegal,Ireland. She married James Davys and had one son Edmund Soden Davys. Edmund Soden Davys , though listed in Pigotts Directory of 1820 as a Bank Agent for the Bank of Ireland, married Mary Winterscale in 1823, had a son in 1826, John Winterscale Davys and then emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand. There he was a Master Mariner, owned several schooners and traded on the South Seas. He became in later years a Water Works Inspector and died in 1909.His descendants live still today in that part of New Zealand around Dunedin and Otago ,one of whom is Margaret Morgan,Tauranga to whom I am indebted for this information. ****************************************************** Details sent to me by Margaret Morgan , Tauranga , New Zealand of 2 headstones there: Cromwell Cemetery,Central Otago,New Zealand. Block 29 Plot 16 433836 Drv. E F J Soden N.Z. Army Service Corps. Died 18th January,1946 Aged 32 years. (Servicemens stone with cross and fernleaf.NZMF.) Site: Concrete Surround. Pebbles cover ************************************ Thomas Frederick Soden, d. 27 March 1944 Bur 29 March Nellie Teresa Mrs 10 Aug 1944 Bur 12 Aug In loving memory of our dear parents Thomas Frederick Soden and loved wife Nellie Teresa Soden. ********************************* Stanley Thomas Soden 58 years 8 December 1962 Bur 8 Dec. Doris Anne Mrs. 70 years, 19 October,1976 Bur 23 Oct. In loving memory of a dear husband and father Stanley Thomas Soden, and a dear wife and mother Doris Anne Soden . At rest. Frederick John Aged 4 months 8 Dec 1902 Plot bare **************************************************** bookofsoden@gmail.com This webpage is copyrighted. © 2023 Felix Soden. All rights reserved. |