Canada 1 / 1871 - 2005
CANADA
PART 1 / 1871 - 2005
1871 Ontario Census
Volumes 1-5/
Simcoe County North
Page 241
HENRY SODEN/28/IRELAND/CHURCH OF ENGLAND/IRISH/SHOEMAKER
042/G/1/8
Tiny ||Township
Microfilm C-9963
Reference : RG31-Statistics Canada
Volumes 6-10 contain nothing.
Page 245
Wellington County
SODAN MARY/50/ENGLAND/CN/ENGLISH
035/A/2/19
and
SODEN SAMUEL/26/ONTARIO/RC/IRISH/MECHANIC
033/C/2/54
Guelph Town
film C-9945-6
Reference: RG31-Statistics Canada.
Volumes 16-20
Page 149
Northumberland County
SODES CATHERINE/15/RC/IRISH
O55/C/2/29
Page 233
3 SODDENS - CARRAIGEMENDERS
Volumes 21-25
Page 179
WILLIAM SODEN/24/CE/ENGLAND/MACHINIST
O48/C/2/37
Whitby Town
Microfilm : C-9974
Reference : RG31-Statistics Canada
AARON SODEN from Scotland was also recorded.
Volumes 26-30
Page 129
THOMAS SODDEN/ENGLAND/FARM LABOURER/18
043/A/6/26
END OF THE ONTARIO CENSUS 1871
(Painting of the Episcopalian Church in Wyebridge,Ontario
by Franz Johnston of 'The Group of Seven'. Doris Soden of
Wyebridge was his pupil.)
Dominion Land Grants
1. George Frank Soden
Liber 837
Folio 171
File Reel Number: C-6608
Part 1
Section 19
Township 21
Range 16
Meridian W3
2. George F. Soden
Liber 527
Folio 105
File Reel Number C-6357
Part NW
Section 20
Township 21
Range 16
Meridian W3
3. Mason John Soden
Liber 765
Folio 195
File Reel Number C-6549
Part NE
Section 21
Township 21
Range 16
Meridian W3
4. Emerson Soden
Liber 635
Folio 43
File Reel Number C-6440
Part NE
Section 30
Township 21
Range 16
Meridian W3
(Source: Archivanet. Canadian Archives on the Internet.)
SELECTED POETRY OF WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND (1854-1907)
WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND (1854 ? 1907)
William Henry Drummond ( known until 1875 as William Henry Drumm),
telegraphist,physician,poet,professor and public lecturer, was born 13.April,1854
near Mohill (Republic of Ireland), son of George Drumm and ELIZABETH MORRIS SODEN;
married 18.April,1894 May Isobel Harvey in Savanna la Mar,Jamaica,and they had three sons
one of whom survived infancy,and one daughter;died 6.April,1907 in Cobalt,Ontario.
The eldest of four sons born to an officer in the Royal Irish
Constabulary,William Henry Drumm spent his early years in County
Leitrim. He attended school in Tawley,where his parents had stayed
shortly after his birth. Sometime in 1863-64 the family returned
briefly to Mohill. According to May Isobel Drumond,after George Drumm
was dismissed from the police force because of a quarrel with Lord
Leitrim over the Landlord system,he had a paralytic stroke from
which he never really recovered. Disgusted with conditions in
Ireland and worried about the familys future,he and his wife decided
to emigrate with their children to Lower Canada;they arrived in
Montreal in the summer of 1864. In February 1866 Drumm died and his
family,left without even his small pension,faced financial hardship.
In order to survive,Mrs.Drumm opened a store in the front room of
their house,the boys all sold newspapers and ,when he was 14,William
Henry left school and became an apprentice telegraphist........
....In 1875,having been convinced by a cousin that the name
Drumm was but a corruption of the name Drummond our ancient family
name,he officially changed his surname and that of his mother and
brothers to Drummond........
William Henry Drummond graduated with an M.D. from mcGill University in 1884
and started practising in the eastern townships
(along the St. Lawrence River) to which his dialect poems so often refer.
In 1888 he moved to Montreal . it was ten years later,
well after his marriage May Isobel that Drummond published his first book of poetry,
the Habitant (1897) . He went on to publish
five more books of poetry ,
Phil o Rums Canoe (1848); Johnnie Courteau (1901) ; the Voyager (1905);
and the Great Fight (1908) and to become one of the most widely-read and
loved poets of his nation . he ws made Fello of the Royal Society of Canada in 1899
and received two honorary degrees ,the first from the University of Toronto in 1902,
and then from Bishops University in 1905.
See the CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY ; William Henry Drummond :
Poet in Patois by J.B.Lyons.
'De nice leetle Canadienne'
You can pass on de worl'w'ever you lak,
Tak' de steamboat for go Angleterre,
Tak' car on de State,an'den you come back,
An' go all de place,I don't care -
Ma frien' dat's a fack,I know you will say,
W'en you come on dis contree again,
Dere's no girl can touch,w'at we see ev'ry day,
De nice leetle Canadienne
(Lines 1 - 8)
Excerpted from the Toronto University Selection of Drummonds Poetry.
Ontario, Canada. My Soden relative is Elizabeth Morris Soden 1831 - 1906. Married in 1853, County Leitrim, to George Drum and emigrated with him and their four sons to Canada in the 1860s. Her husband George died shortly after arriving in Montreal, Canada leaving Elizabeth to raise her four sons. The sons all grew to become successful businessmen with Dr. William Henry Drummond a noted Canadian poet. William persuaded his brothers to change their name from Drum to Drummond. [Source: David Pease, Ontario, Canada 2015] | ||||||||
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1884
Home Children from Great Britain to Canada:
Name Edwin Soden
Age 17
Sex M
Year of Arrival 1884
Micorfilm Reel C-4533
Ship SS Parisian
Port of Departure Liverpool
Departure Date 12 June , 1884
Port of Arrival Quebec
Arrival Date 21 June , 1884
Party Not Given
Destination Not Given
Comments Also called at Londonderry
Name Ernest J. Soden
Age 18
Sex M
Year of Arrival 1887
Microfilm Reel C-4536
Ship SS Toronto
Port of Departure Liverpool
Departure Date 12 August, 1887
Port of Arrival Quebec
Arrival Date 22 August, 1887
Party See Comments
Destination See Comments
Comments Church Emigration Society group going to Landsdown and Toronto,Ontario.
Note: The child?s surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
3.
Name Alfred H. Soden
Age
Sex M
Year of Arrival 1887
Microfilm Reel C-4536
Ship SS Toronto
Port of Departure Liverpool
Departure Date 12 August, 1887
Port of Arrival Quebec
Arrival Date 22 August, 1887
Party See Comments
Destination See Comments
Comments Church Emigration Society group going to Landsdown and Toronto,Ontario.
Note: The childs surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
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1947
2 death certificates from Ontario and British Columbia.
Death Certificate of Patricia Soden,Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada
Vancouver,British Columbia
11 years in the province
SODEN ,PATRICIA WANDA ESTELLE
Holdon Avenue,Burnaby,1455,B.C.
Female
Canadian
Irish origin
Single
Ontario,Canada
Born 8th August,1931
16 years and 3 months
lived at home
Father: Lorne Soden
Mary Estelle Le Clair
Fathers birthplace not known
Mothers birthplace Montreal,Canada
Father of the deceased registered as Frank C.Tye.
Burnaby cemetery,Forest Lawn
DOD ;16th November,1947
Cause: Meningitis
District no. 3619
Reg. No. 009615
2. Death Certificate of Mary Jane Soden
died 1976 in Cranbrook British Columbia,Canada.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Air Aces
SODEN,F/L HENRY MORRIS (C 7298)
Mention in despatches
Station Gander
1941,6th September enlisted in Montreal. His home was in Westmount,Quebec
and he later he was a squadron leader in No.8 OUT
This officer has been employed as Squadron Adjutant for over two years in an isolated base.
During all this time and especially during a period of conversation in the squadron,he has shown
outstanding ability in organization and administration. In achieving this,he has cheerfully worked
many long hours for above the normal call of duty. To all members of the squadron he has been
a constant source of inspiration.
SODEN F/L JAMES ARTHUR (c 28460)
(James Arthur Soden was awarded 'The Order of Canada' in 2005.)
James Arthur Soden with his late wife, Edna, and his two daughters, Lesley and Ann, May 2005 at the Investiture of The Order of Canada.
Mention in despatches
Service overseas
1945,14th June The award became effective as per the London Gazette of that date
1945,21st September AFROf 1478/45
1942,5th June Enlisted in Montreal
SODEN,CAPTAIN FRANK ORMOND
(Uncle of the three British Sodens from Wincombe,Oxfordshire killed in World War 2)
1895,3rd November Born in Canada
1914,November Commissioned in the South Staffrodshire Regiment
He may have been raised in England as his father
was in the UK during the war.
1916,9th September Granted the Royal Aero Club Certificate
1916,16th November Seconded to RFC
1917,July Served in No. 60 Squadron
1918,13th July Served in No.41 Squadron
1919,8th February Distinguished Flying Cross awarded as per
London Gazette
1922,19th December Awarded Bar in the Distinguished Flying Cross for distinguished
services in Kurdistan.
1935,December Remained in post war RAF to No. 7.Squadron as Wing Commander
1939,19th April Retired as Group Captain,General Duties
[ A bold and distinguished officer who has accounted for three enemy aeroplanes and two balloons during recent operations. ]
(Note: Frank Ormond Soden was brother of Dr.Winfred Scovil Soden and uncle to John flewelling Soden,DFC,Frank Graham Soden,
Burma and Ian Scovil Soden DSO. All three nephews lost their lives in World War Two. A monument has been erected in their
village to these brothers and their fallen compatriots in Wincombe,Oxfordshire .)
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