Helen Margaret Soden

Brief Life History of Helen Margaret

When Helen Margaret Soden was born on 1 August 1905, in Roberts, South Dakota, United States, her father, Wells Edmund Soden, was 33 and her mother, Clara Louella Simons, was 29. She married Ralph Osborn Watkins on 29 October 1925, in Kittitas, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 3 September 1967, in Renton, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Osborn Watkins
1898–1940
Helen Margaret Soden
1905–1967
Marriage: 29 October 1925
Cpl Robert Earl Watkins
1926–2006
Clara Louise Watkins
1928–1998
Ralph Leroy Watkins
1929–2015
Gerald Osborn Watkins
1940–1978

Sources (20)

  • Helen Soden in household of Wells E Soden, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Helen Soden, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014"
  • Helen Goden, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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Name Meaning

English (Warwickshire):

if pronounced /soʊdən/, see Sowden 4.

habitational name from Sudden(e) Farm in Grafton (Wiltshire), recorded as The Soden Park in 1547–53. The origin of the placename is uncertain due to a lack of medieval forms, but it may derive from Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + denu ‘valley’ or dūn ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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