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I think the SOULE family mystery will be solved in near Gruitrode, Belgium! (Tongerlo)
Looking at the name Soule and the clues that come from the name.
First clue french style spelling and sound of the name. Do we look to France, maybe or another country using the french language.
Looking for a second clue in the name Soule it self.
1) possibly it means the fish Sole In english the the fish is Sole like it sounds. In dutch it is Tong. Also a flounder fish name Schol. However the french speaking sound is the same as English.
2)But many names also reference a place, so we should look for places that sound like "Soule" or in the native tongue of that country. In looking towards the Netherlands. It appears that there is a Tongeren, in Zeeland and a Tongerlo in Belgium. But wait, we should look back 400 plus years to see if any other places use Soule or sound "Sole" When we do this we find 3 place in a Belgium Book or royal places and nobilty. Here these 3 places ( There is the old land of the hamlet of Solt (possibly a small Fiefdom ( Heerlijkheid) in the 13th and 14th century, was later distributed over Maaseyk, Gruitrode and (a small part ) over Opitter.Till the end 19th century there were quarrels over its borders with the nearby villages, Most of the land was quite infertile moorland, exception the borders of the small river the "Itterbeek". Maaseyk-Solt (Neersolt) measured only 145 hectares and had in 1650 only 15 houses, in Opsolt (Gruitrode) 25 houses In 1958 the number of houses in Neersolt had increased to 38 houses with 224 inhabitants,
First clue french style spelling and sound of the name. Do we look to France, maybe or another country using the french language.
Looking for a second clue in the name Soule it self.
1) possibly it means the fish Sole In english the the fish is Sole like it sounds. In dutch it is Tong. Also a flounder fish name Schol. However the french speaking sound is the same as English.
2)But many names also reference a place, so we should look for places that sound like "Soule" or in the native tongue of that country. In looking towards the Netherlands. It appears that there is a Tongeren, in Zeeland and a Tongerlo in Belgium. But wait, we should look back 400 plus years to see if any other places use Soule or sound "Sole" When we do this we find 3 place in a Belgium Book or royal places and nobilty. Here these 3 places ( There is the old land of the hamlet of Solt (possibly a small Fiefdom ( Heerlijkheid) in the 13th and 14th century, was later distributed over Maaseyk, Gruitrode and (a small part ) over Opitter.Till the end 19th century there were quarrels over its borders with the nearby villages, Most of the land was quite infertile moorland, exception the borders of the small river the "Itterbeek". Maaseyk-Solt (Neersolt) measured only 145 hectares and had in 1650 only 15 houses, in Opsolt (Gruitrode) 25 houses In 1958 the number of houses in Neersolt had increased to 38 houses with 224 inhabitants,
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Permalink Reply by Armando Framarini on
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What is special about Gruitrode? Before we answer this let us look at name Soule once again. What does the root of Soule mean. Sol is the root with several meanings one being the sun, it also means salt, but also one meaning to grind very finely or to Mill. (can also be a tax or toll for usage of a road)
Gruitrode has WATERwheel house on the river! So we have a (1) a MILL, (2) waterways that possibly contain Sole and Schol.
(3) the (van)/(de) Soldt/Solt families. (4)I think old roman highways are being discovered recently near here (5) And if we look at ancient maps the are was called TSOLT. -
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To add to this I found a seal for JAN VAN SOLLE VAN TSOLLE of the 1400's
Tsolle must be another form of TSOLT and in Belgium most places carry 2 names for each city depending on the language you were speaking.
If the Soldt/Solt family are not a match a family very near here would be my best guess to resolve this mystery. Heraldry may help answer this problem giving several clues as well but I will address that at another time. -
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