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FAMILY MEMBERS ARRANGED IN DATE ORDER

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1876 - 1968 Rev. THOMAS EBENEZER SODDY

Born; 6 January 1876.
Parents; Benjamin Soddy (1822-1911) = Hannah Green (1843-1879).
Married (1); Edith Emma Adams (1877-1937) on 15 April 1903.
Children; Gordon (1908-19??), Kenneth (1911-1986).
Married (2); Doris Gwendoline Stilwell on 22 January 1941. No children.
Lived at 51 Alfriston Road, Seaford.
Died; 6 January 1968 in hospital at Seaford, on his 92nd birthday.
Cremated at Brighton, Woodvale, on 11 Janusry 1968 after a memorial service at Seaford Baptist Church.

1877 - 1937 EDITH EMMA SODDY (nee ADAMS)

Born; 1877.
Parents; Calvin J.D.Adams (c.1845-1925) = Elizabeth Peerless.
Married; Rev. Thomas Ebenezer Soddy (1876-1968) on 15 April 1903 as his first wife.
Children; Gordon (1908-19??), Kenneth (1911-1986).
Died; 24 October 1937.

19?? - 19?? DORIS GWENDOLINE SODDY (nee STILWELL)

Parents; Daughter of J.R.Stilwell of Coventry.
Married; Rev. Thomas Ebenezer Soddy (1876-1968) on 22 January 1941 in Coventry as his second wife.
No children.

1908 - 19?? GORDON SODDY
Born; 12 December 1908.
Parents; Rev. Thomas E.Soddy (1876-1968) = Edith E.Adams (1877-1937).
Married; Nesta Burditt.
Children; Alison Jean (1937-????), Frances Ann (1940-????).
According to Rev.Thomas Soddy (1876-1968) Gordon was 32 years with the Baptists Missionary Society in India and East Pakistan.

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c1910 - 19?? NESTA SODDY (nee BURDITT)

Married; Gordon Soddy (1908-19??)
Children; Alison Jean (1937-????), Frances Ann (1940-????)

1911 - 1986 DR. KENNETH SODDY

Born; 27 July 1911, Totnes, Devon.
Parents; Rev. Thomas E.Soddy (1876-1968) = Edith E.Adams (1877-1937)
Married; (1) Emmiline Johnson (191?-197?) on 23 April 1936
Children; Andrew Geoffrey (1939-????), Elizabeth Jane (1941-????), Julia Mary (1946-????)
Married; (2) Mary C. Kidson (1928?-??) summer 1973, Hampstead, Middx.

Well respected psychiatrist in London working with the World Health Organisation at various points in his career. One time head of the psychology department at University College Hospital. Played the organ at Waldron parish church for many years while living at Bourne House, Heathfield (c1945-c1970). Then moved to Moreton Hampstead, Devon. (Lived with his family in the grounds of Hellingly Hospital for about 7 months during 1964-65 as part of his houseman's training.)
Died of pneumonia 10 April 1986.

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c.1915 - 1971 or 72? EMMILINE SODDY (nee JOHNSON)

Born; c.1915
Married; Kenneth Soddy (1911-1986) on 23 April 1936 as his 1st wife.
Children; Andrew Geoffrey (1939-????), Elizabeth Jane (1941-????), Julia Mary (1946-????)
Bought Bourne House, Prospect Road, Heathfield for the family around 1945. (Kenneth and family lived in the grounds of Hellingly Hospital for about 7 months during 1964-65 as part of his houseman's training.) The family moved to Devon after she died.
Died in 1971 or 1972 of recurrent strokes.

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