Chapter 50/Soden Miscellany/1332-1976

Soden Miscellany / 1332-1976

SODEN MISCELLANY RECENT NEWS, THE ROSE OF TRALEE 1976 TOWNS , STREETS, FORESTS, RIVERS, BUILDINGS , BOOKS

                    Visitors to the First Soden Reunion in June, 2000 in Sligo, Ireland. They came 

 from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America.

RECENT NEWS:

1.   

Congratulations to Julie Soden , Belfast , Northern Ireland on obtaining her doctorate  from Queen’s University , Belfast . Julie is now lecturing in The  New University of Ulster ,Coleraine. Her parents , Jim and Norma Soden, were at the reunion in Sligo in June , 2000.

2.   

We note with great regret the passing away of 2 very popular Soden family members. My aunt , Nora Soden , of Glasnevin , Dublin , Ireland died on 4th  October , 2000. Nora will always be remembered by relatives and friends , particularly , for her unconditional kindness to all her family.

Our  dear second cousin , Peter Soden of Pottle , Cavan , Ireland passed  away on 23rd April,2001 in Cavan . We spent so many happy days with Peter and his wife , Mary , and Gerard , their son when we were young. Sodens      have been living in Pottle since 1813.

        May they both rest in peace.

3.   

Congratulations to David Soden , Rathgar, Dublin , who published jointly a new book on Landlord and Tenant Law in Ireland. David is a practising solicitor in Dublin and attended the reunion in Sligo  in June 2000.

4.   

Congratulations to my sister , Marie Feeney , Toronto , Ontario , Canada on being praised publicly in the press and by her hospital board  for her  heroism and commitment with a doctor colleague on New Year’s Eve, 2000 during a fatal shooting at St. Michael’s Hospital , Toronto.

Details of this story can be read in the Canadian Newspaper , ‘National Post’ for 24th April , 2001 at this address:

http://www.national/post.com/commentary/columnists/story.html

Article written by Christie Blatchford

RACE HORSE

‘MASTER SODEN ‘

owned by Albert Soden & Co. Ltd. and Henry Mills , Trainer

Past Outings 00010101

Winner at Redcar , November 1 st , 1999 at 33/1

and last at Southall  at 20/1. He came first at 6/1 in

Yarmouth , England on 25/7/01′

Son of Sire Pembroke and Dame Lady Member ; American bred.

THE ROSE OF TRALEE ,

Beauty Competition held annually in

Kerry , Ireland

August , 1976

MARIE SODEN , NEW YORK , USA

Family originating in  BALLYJAMESDUFF , CO. CAVAN

We find places or streets with the name ‘Soden’ in Germany , America

and Great Britain.

Soden Strasse,Bamberg,

WW II Memorial ,Wincombe,Oxfordshire,England (Three Soden Brothers)

Cavan Cathedral, Cavan town

GERMANY                    HANNOVER (1) Soden Kloster We find in Hannover, the Soden Kloster , still today functioning as it was intended , that is , as an old people?s home. This was founded in the year 15?? By the generous bequest of Mauritius von Sode , wealthy burgher of the city of Hildesheim and of the Hannoverian family . Mauritius had this built for members of the Soden family and anyone else of advanced age , to cater for 9 men and 9 women. This fine red sandstone building has survived the countless wars of German history since the mid 16th century.   (2) Soden Strasse, North of the Post office Soden Strasse has been named after the von Soden family of Hannover ,whose connections go back to 1332. One of the its members was Dietrich vamme Sode, one of the German Mayors of London, England in 1500. Places with the name Soden are the following:   63628 Bad Soden Salmünster 63384 Bad Soden bei Aschaffenburg 65812 Bad Soden im Taunus 37242 Bad Sooden-Allendorf   (3) BAD SODEN AM TAUNUS   This is an summary from the ?Historical Lexicon of the German Provinces? by Köbler , pages 522/523. Title : SODEN Since 1947 this is known as BAD SODEN am TAUNUS. It is an imperial village.         1035 Conrad II gave to the abbey Limburg an der Hardt the Royal Court at Sulzbach with parts of the area in the villages of Altenheim,Neuenheim,Schneidenheim and Soden.These parts belonged later to the precincts of Sulzbach. The free peasants were not affected by this arrangement.         1191 Soden-am-Taunus is mentioned for the first time.         1282 The free citizens and farmers of Soden and Sulzbach placed themselves under the protection of the town of Frankfurt and committed themselves to joining the imperial army.The villages of Neuenheim,Altenheim and Schneidenheim then came under the protection of the precinct of the Abbey of Limburg  namely,under the protection of the Lords of Epstein,later the Baron of Stolberg-Konigstein.         1415 Soden and Sulzbach because of a loan which they obtained from Frankfurt came under the control of Frankfurt as also did the Abbey at Limburg.         1561 When Limburg fell to the Palatine-Kurphalz,Frankfurt lost Limburg then to the Palatinate.         1613 Soden and Sulzbach,after paying back 800 Gulden,freed themselves from the control of Frankfurt.         1650 The Palatinate transferred Sulzbach to Mainz.                             1653 Frankfurt and Mainz eventually agreed on the control of Sulzbach and Soden.         1803 Sulzbach and Soden went over to Nassau         1866 then over to Prussia         1945 finally to Hesse. ________________________________________________________     (4) Soden Strasse , Bamberg , Bavaria , Germany   This was named after Friedrich H. von Soden , baron ,eccentric landlord ,theatre director and economist . He was a writer born on the 4th December,1754 in Ansbach and he died on the 30th July,1831 in  Nurnberg. He was a Lawyer and Government Advisor He studied Law in Erlangen,Jena and Altdorf. He became a Brandenburg Government Adviser and Margrave and transferred then to Prussia in 1792 into the Prussian service whenClose Ansbach came under their control. He retired into private life in 1796. Theatre Director and Writer He lived on his estate in Sassenfarth near Bamberg and he managed , between the years 1802 and 1810 , the Bamberg Theatre and , from 1804 , the Wurzburg Theatre. He moved in 1811 to Erlangen and in 1813 to Nurnberg.He became known as a writer of short stories,such pieces as Franz von Sickingen,written in 1808 and a considerablecollection of dramatic works from among which we give the better known ones;Inez de Castro,written in 1784;Ann Bolyn,written in 1784;Dr.Faustus written in1797 and Virginia,written in 1805. Soden was translator as well of the works of Cervantes and Lopedevega as well as being a translator of economic and state matters. The most important of all his works is entitled the ?National Economy? written between the years 1805 and 1824 in Aarau,in 9 volumes,and with this work he truly developed the science of national economics. The present Soden Strasse in Bamberg near the Staatarchiv is called after him. (EXTRACT from MEYERS KONVERSATIONS LEXIKON / 1897)

************************************************** United States of America     (5) Soden Street ,Cambridge , Massachussetts                  Cambridge,Massachussetts One of the earliest Sodens was in Cambridge , Massachussetts , Thomas Soden , a farmer after whom is named a street south of Central Square . He was there in the early 1700s. Soden Street was named after Thomas Soden the owner of The Soden Farm. This farm was bounded northerly on main Street and easterly on Pleasant Street and a large tract , bounded northerly on Main Street and westerly on Putnam Avenue. (Cambridge Historical Society)   (6) Soden Grove , Kansas , USA is now better known as a leisure park but got its name from the flour mill owned by William T. Soden , whose sister Margaret died in New York in 1861 . Their parents were William and Angelina Soden. It was still operating up to 1944 . Farmers would come with their grain and wait in the Grove in queues. It was just outside Emporia ,Kansas , where there is today also a Soden Road and a Soden Dam.   (7) Trenton , New Jersey , USA   There are 2 streets called Soden Street and Soden Avenue apparently named after a developer of the 1950s. Soden Street , Oregon City , Wisconsin named after William Soden , who fought in the Civil War and settled there . (Source : Wayne Salisbury : A Time to Remember Chapter 16 on William Soden ) ******************************************************

Cwm Soden and River Sowe Cwm Soden is marked on the map of West Wales but this in fact refers to the River Soden ,which commemorates Athelstan Soden ( b. 1849) or his father , John James Soden (1813 / 1871). It runs into Cardigan Bay between Newquay and Aberporth , West Wales. ***************************************************

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©Compiled by Felix Soden , Dublin , Ireland : May ,  2023

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