Thomas was born in Bathurst in 1856.
He married to Emma Elizabeth Riggall in Rockhampton QLD on 14/07/1887.
Emma was born in April 1865 and baptised on 01/10/1865 in Carlton, Lincolnshire, England. She arrived in Australia on board the “Melpomene”, departing Plymouth and arriving in Rockhampton QLD on 20/01/1883.
They had the following children:
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Claude Hilton Soden (1892 – 1959)
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Ivy Ethel Soden (1894 – 1966)
Thomas died on 07/01/1940 in Brisbane.
Emma died in Brisbane on 09/06/1943.
Both are buried at South Brisbane Cemetery.

Claude Hilton Soden (1892 – 1959)
Claude was born in Armidale on 10/04/1892.
He married to Elizabeth Jane Dowle in Bellingen in 1922. Elizabeth was born in Bellingen in 1893.

Elizabeth Jane Dowle (courtesy JCuthel)
They had 2 children:
- Lester Baker Soden (1923 – 2017)
- Margaret Soden (1925 – 2014)
Claude died in Chatswood on 03/07/1959.
Elizabeth died on 02/03/1990 in Auburn.

Lester Baker Soden (1923 – 2017)
Lester was born in Bellingen on 31/05/1923.
In 1952 in Westminster England he married to Aithnah Howard Mitchel. Aithnah was born in Adelaide on 19/11/1923.
They had 1 daughter:
- Aithnah Jane Soden (1954 – 1956)
The mother Aithnah died on 26/11/1979.
Lester married at some stage to Partricia Ann Hannan.
They had 4 children.
Patricia died on 05/02/2014 in Adelaide.
Lester died in Adelaide on 01/06/2017.
Margaret Soden (1925 – 2014)
Margaret was born in Dorrigo in 1925.
She married in 1951 in Chatswood to Peter Ronald Green. They were engaged on 26/07/1951.
They had 2 children.
Margaret died on 20/06/2014 in Hope Valley, Tea Tree Gully City, Adelaide.
Ivy Ethel Soden (1894 – 1966)

She married to Patrick William Walsh in Queensland on 24/11/1926. Patrick was born in St George Queensland on 06/03/1894.
They had 2 children:
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Desmond Ralph Walsh (1926 – ? )
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Shirley Patricia Walsh ( ? )
Ivy died on 10/01/1966 in Brisbane QLD.
Patrick died on 06/08/1969 in Brisbane QLD.