Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook 1773 — Georgia, the area that came to be known as Wilkes County is opened for settlement. Prior to 1773 this area had been officially sanctioned for traders but not for settlers. There appears to be no reason to believe that settlers had encroached … Read more
Golden, Golding, Goulding et al Family History on Facebook A number of modern Golding genealogies include (Sir) Nicholas Golding in the line of the Glemsford Goldings. His father was supposedly John Golding b.1350 at Glemsford, Suffolk, England. There is plenty of evidence for a John Golding being at Glemsford (the 1327 Gleanings Report; 1350’s John, … Read more
Golding/Golden/Goulding et al Family History on Facebook William Leftridge Golding of 1598, who was supposedly born in Lincolnshire, England never existed. Neither did his wife Dollie Illene. Many online genealogies since the 1990s have listed William Leftridge Golding, born in 1598 as a son of Percival Golding Sr. (son of the famous Arthur Golding), as dying … Read more
Micajah Golden‘s line seldom extends beyond showing his parents. The glue that binds him to a specific family tree are a number of YDNA tests that match with descendants of William Golding c1704-1782 and Elizabeth Foster c1704-1775. Born 17 Feb 1829 at Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia … not known to be home turf to Goldings … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook William Golden rumored to have been born in South Carolina about 1827. Family lore indicates that William was orphaned at an early age of between 7-9 in the Chambers County, Alabama area. William Golden died on January 15, 1872 when he was resting on a … Read more
Joseph S. Golden Birth Oct 1846 or about 1853 • TennesseeDeath about 1906 • Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama YDNA testing says: R1b “Niall of Nine Hostages” line; probable origin is Ireland but could have lived elsewhere in the UK at time of immigration to the USA. Parentage: Unknown, although several sets of parents have been suggested. Claimant … Read more
A Green Golden may have served as a Private in the Alabama Militia for service in “Watt’s Company” in the Florida Indian War(s). You now know everything I know, or that military records specialist website Fold3 knows about either Green Golden or Watts’ Company, Alabama Militia. There is no record of a “Watts’ Company” … … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook DNA testing indicates that changes are needed in family histories of Hiram F Golden (c1829-1880), father of William Anderson Golden (1840/48-1908). WHAT MANY GENEALOGIES SAY Per numerous family histories (14 on Ancestry), Hiram’s parents were Richard Ali Golden, 1800–1850, and Susannah Owens, 1804–1849. YDNA … Read more
Essex, England, 1086 — The earliest known recording of the Golden / Golding name can be found in the Domesday Book, and all versions of the name are of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is thought that these GFolks may have been a settlement of former troops under the Norman William the Conquerer (WTC). WTC’s history indicates … Read more
Golding/Golden on Facebook The governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Kentucky was gunned down on January 30th, 1900 while walking to his inauguration. Governor-elect William Goebel lived to take the oath of office but died four days later on February 3nd. Goebel is the only governor in American history to have been killed while in office. … Read more