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FAMILY MEMBERS ARRANGED IN DATE ORDER

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1778 - 1840 WILLIAM SODDY

Born; 28 January 1778, Clerkenwell, London
Baptised; 8 February 1778, St.James, Clerkenwell, London
Parents; John Soddy (1755?-1785) = Catherine Overy (?) (1758-1819)
Married; Elizabeth (or Eliza?) Done (1781-1852)
Children; Elizabeth (1803-1858), Anna (1804-1844), Ruth (1807-1825), Thomas (1809-1835), Mary (1812-1880), William (1814-1892), Sarah (1816-1880), Priscilla (1816-1860), Joseph (1820-1897), Benjamin (1822-1911)
Occupation; Soapmaker of Keate Street, Christ Church, Middlesex
Sailed on a missionary voyage in 1798 in 'The Duff'. According to Kathryn Soddy (b.1965) the second 'ill-fated' voyage of 'The Duff' occurred during the Napoleonic wars. The Duff was trapped in the English Channel off the Downs. They visited the Isle of Wight and he was mocked by young boys when he tried to convert them. Later they were captured in mid-Atlantic by the French and interred at Rio. When Portugal changed sides they returned to London, and William demanded his money back!
Died; 18 November 1840.

1781 - 1852 ELIZABETH (or ELIZA?) SODDY (nee DONE)

Born; 1781. Married; William Soddy (1778-1840)
Children; Elizabeth (1803-1858), Anna (1804-1844), Ruth (1807-1825), Thomas (1809-1835), Mary (1812-1880), William (1814-1892), Sarah (1816-1880), Priscilla (1816-1860), Joseph (1820-1897), Benjamin (1822-1911)
Died; 10 September 1852, buried in Bunhill Fields.

1803 - 1858 ELIZABETH SODDY

Born; 29 June 1803.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Married; ?? at Portsmouth.
Died; 1858.
Buried; Nunhead

1804 - 1844 ANNA SODDY

Born; 21 July 1804, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 1844.
Buried; Bunhill Fields.

1807 - 1825 RUTH SODDY

Born; 23 June 1807, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Unmarried, no children.
Died; 1825, aged 18.
Buried; Christ Church, Spitalfields, London.

1809 - 1835 THOMAS EBENEZER SODDY

Born; 31 October 1809, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 1835.
Buried; Bunhill Fields.

1812 - 1880 MARY SODDY

Born; 14 July 1812, Spitalfields.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 1880.
Buried; Nunhead.

1814 - 1892 WILLIAM SODDY

Born; 17 May 1814, Spitalfields.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 31 August 1892, Finsbury Park.
Buried; Highgate.

1816 - 1880 SARAH SODDY

Born; 3 March 1816, Spitalfields.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 1880.
Buried; Nunhead.

1818 - 1860 PRISCILLA SODDY

Born; 26 June 1818, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Died; 1860.
Buried; Nunhead.

1820 - 1897 JOSEPH SODDY

Born; 27 September 1820, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Married; Sarah Shipley Slipper (c1825-18??).
Children; Theresa V Soddy (1866-19??).
At the 1871 Census the family was living at 6 Clermont Road, Shoreham, Sussex, with a cook and a housemaid. Joseph was described as a retired corn dealer.
At the 1891 Census the family was living at Maycroft Cottage, Convent Road, Steyning, Sussex with one servant, and Joseph was decribed as "Living on own means".
Died; 1897 Brighton.
Buried; Hove (or Nunhead ?).

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1822 - 1911 BENJAMIN SODDY

Born; 15 June 1822, Bethnal Green.
Parents; William Soddy (1778-1840) = Elizabeth Done (1781-1852).
Married (1); Eleanor Ansell (1820-1870) on 17 September 1851, Camberwell.
Children; Lydia Eleanor (1853-1944), Benjamin (1855-1895), James (1857?-1890).
Married (2); Hannah Green (1843-1879) on 6 June 1871, Walworth.
Children; John William (1872-1938), Joseph (1874-1926), Thomas Ebenezer (1876-1968), Frederick (1877-1956).

Lived at Walworth, and later at 6 Bolton Road, Eastbourne.
Robert Morris's diary 4 May 1908; "We hear that old Mr Soddy is financially ruined."
Rev.Thomas Soddy wrote a Soddy family history in which he says that, when Benjamin met some financial difficulty "through no fault of his own" Thomas Tillings came to his aid with a generous annuity - which they later had to reduce, but intended to restore as soon as they could.
Died; 24 July 1911.
Buried; Eastbourne. His will, dated 3 October 1910, made provision for equal division of his estate "among my five children, or as many of them as may be living at my death." It was witnessed by Gilbert Benjamin Soddy and Robert James Soddy. He left £329-12-9. Notes about the above will are in H.R.Gilbert's records.

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1857 - 1942 MARY "POLLY" SODDY (nee GILBERT)

Mary Gilbert around 1875. Photo; G Churchill, Eastbourne.

Born; Eastbourne 9 July 1857
Parents; David Gilbert (1825-1916) = Charlotte Hassell (1817-1895)
Married; Benjamin Soddy (1856-1895) on 28 April 1880, Cavendish Place Chapel, Eastbourne. Best man was G.Tilling of the family who ran Thomas Tilling, the London bus proprietors. One of the bridesmaids was Ellen I.Morris, later to become her sister-in-law. Witnesses were E.W.Tilling, David Gilbert, M.Adams, E.J.Morris, Benjamin Soddy, L.Soddy (Lydia?).
The original marriage certificate is held by H R Gilbert.
They immediately moved to 243 Walworth Road, Newington, London.
Children; Gilbert Benjamin (1881-1956), Edith Charlotte (1882-1883), Robert James (1884-1971), Margaret Eleanor (1885-1967), Kathleen Mary (1887-1944), James (1889-1917), Leslie (1893-1973)

When her husband died in 1895 she inherited his corn and flour merchant's business at 243 Walworth Road, and sold it to Benjamin's father, Benjamin (1822-1911) for £3500. The receipt for this sale is in the Ben Soddy (3) envelope. The lease of 243 Walworth Road was also transferred (£90 per year for 32 years).
Robert Morris's diary 20 March 1911; "Mrs Gilbert to Barcombe to see Mrs.Soddy, who is staying with Mrs.Frank Gorringe."
23 March 1911; "Mrs Benj.Soddy visited Ryderswells. She walked round the garden this evening."
4 October 1912; "Mrs.Soddy visited Mrs.Baxter at Ryderswells."

In the 1906 will (with 1915 codicil) of her father David Gilbert (1825-1916) her address is shown as 47 Terminus Road, a house they both occupied but did not appear to own. He left her 1, 2, 3, 4 Mountfield Place, Bourne Street, Eastbourne (later known at Mountfield House, Ceylon Place), and 15, 17, 19 Bourne Street, along with the contents of 47 Terminus Road.

Mary Soddy around 1935.

A postcard dated 28 March 1939 to her nephew Richard congratulating him on the birth of his son David shows her address as 22 Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne.
Died; 16 October 1942, 'Silchester', Kings Drive, Eastbourne, aged 85. Her son Leslie was present at the death.
A copy of her death certificate and seven photographs of Mary are in H.R.Gilbert's records.

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