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
Thomas Golden is the first Golden known to own property in the Ninety Six District of South Carolina (1762, 63/67). Newberry’s Council approved Thomas Golden’s request for 200 acres in 1762. The Honorable Egerton Leigh, Esq., Surveyor General of the the province requested on November 2, 1763 that a plat for 200 acres be laid … Read more
John Franklin Golden of New York, born probably before 1925, perhaps as early as 1915, would find himself in Alexandria, Virginia at some time between 1948-1952. While there he met, and may have married, Charlotte Alberta Rambo 1928–1988. There is no known public record of a marriage nor divorce, so most key info about John Golden … Read more
Swiss German Goldens — Pennsylvania — Their original name may have been Gulden, but is formally listed as ‘Gultin’ in some documents. Gulden appears to be the more recent acceptable version of the name, with Golden also used. Jonathan Golden (1806-1884) was born into the Gulden / Gultin family of Adams County, Pennsylvania. This family … Read more