Golding Family History

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When I turned 40 years of age I became increasingly conscious that I was the last male in our strand of the Golding family gene pool. Both my father and grandfather died a long time ago. My dad had had one brother who remained a bachelor to his death and I am an only child, so the name ends with me.

Ever since I can remember there had been discussions within our family about the origin of our surname - Golding. It had long been assumed that the name was of Jewish origin.

I have now discovered that the name was first recorded in England in the 7th century and is of Anglo Saxon in origin. Ing at the end of a name translates as 'son of' and the Gold is a reference to the profession of the person, in this case a craftsman working with gold or alternatively a person having blonde hair. So . . . son of a goldsmith - that's the name question answered so now - who am I?

Well my fathers family originally farmed land in the village of Ashen on the border of Suffolk and Essex and had done for over 200 years. For some reason my great grandfather brought his family up to the North East of England in the 1870's, first to Blackhill in Consett and finally to Sunderland. He spent the remainder of his life working in the brewing industry.

In the recent TV series Who Do You Think You Are the actress Barbara Windsor traced on strand of her family - the Goldings - to Suffolk. It turns out we are related and she also discovered that she is related to the artist John Constable - so I suppose I may be too.

Now I have given myself a past I can be far more excited in my families future. I have one child, a daughter, who is about to marry and hopefully have children of her own thus continuing the gene stand if not the family name, for generations to come.

My name is Jodi golding ...Posted on 13/02/2012 at 18:58:40

My name is debra Golding, we share the same family ties although we emigrated to Australia in 1974. My dad is David Henry Golding and his father Harry James Golding, our family church was Belchamp St Paul and we came from a farming background. You are definitely not the last...........Posted on 18/04/2012 at 13:30:38

Thanks for the comment Debra. I realise I'm not the last member of the Golding family I was referring to the fact I was the last of my "strand" of the family. It would be great to view your family tree - do you have a gedcom file I could view or are you a member of either Ancestry.com or Genes Reunited? Best wishes, Les Posted on 20/04/2012 at 15:05:53

My name is Yul A Golding my dads name Edward Henry Golding his dads was william George Golding and we are frm South Africa.I would like to learn more about u guys.Posted on 22/09/2012 at 04:58:34

I am very interested also being Jodi Golding - my grandfather Lionel Golding was a Barnado Orphan shipped to Canada also known as Home Children -we believe his mother was Thriza Golding and had other children. Any relations or connection to this family ? Posted on 02/10/2012 at 02:24:32

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Day 16 .has it been that long already? Good for you for stckiing it out this far most people would give up around day 4 or 5. Changing lifestyle this drastically is HARD!All of that historical stuff you throw in there, all of it is relevant. Believe me I know! But now you are making a new history for yourself. Hopefully a decade from now you will look back and say See, it started with 21 days, but I just never stopped walking. You should be very proud of your efforts! Keep it up, good things are coming!Posted on 07/10/2012 at 05:34:58

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Hi my son's are from the golding line from leyton had a pub called the three blackbirds, I have traced them back to Belchamp walter essex. Any link?Posted on 11/03/2013 at 06:41:29

Priscillamann@hotmail.co.uk if you want to discuss I have a tree on ancestry.co.ukPosted on 11/03/2013 at 06:43:04

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