Searching for point of GFolks Surname Origins in the UK and Ireland

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Where did GFolks originate from within the UK or Ireland? YDNA points to some interesting locations, but I am interested in the era of 900-1400. Last names were not incredibly common in England until after 1300-1400. Under the Normans, last names made it easier to impose … Read more

William Golding (1911-1993), Lord of the Flies explains how it all came about

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Sir William Gerald Golding Born: 19 September 1911 at Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK Died 19 June 1993 (aged 81) at Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK Married to Ann Brookfield on 30 September 1939. They had two children, Judith and David. Occupation Writer of novels, plays and poems. Nobel … Read more

Thomas and Catherine Golding, Prince William County, Virginia lose two children, 1856

Golden / Golding / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook At Kinderhook, Prince William County, October 28th, Thomas H. Golding, infant son of Thomas Golding, esq., aged one year and seven months. “Suffer little children to come unto me, of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” (1) Kinderhook is supposedly in the Neabsco District, … Read more

Kissing cousins James McGill Golding marries Nancy Golding

James McGill Golding (1768 SC – 1860 MS) — married Nancy ?? Golding (1793 SC – 1830 SC) Many family histories show that Nancy was herself a Golding, and was the daughter of Reuben Golding and Margaret Peggy Griffin. Follow this line of Goldings on Facebook ‘Griffin’ would become a well-known name within the family and passed … Read more

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