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going Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghabhann or Mac Gabhann ‘son of (the) smith’ (see McGowan) or, in some cases, an Anglicized spelling of the French family name Gouin, which has been established in Tipperary since the end of the 17th century.
  2. German (Göing): variant of Göding (see Goding).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the going family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of going Families in the US in 1920
Number of going families
 17-32
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 40 - Messages: 110
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Researching a Judge Joseph Davis James (Jack) Davis 1
William GOING of Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England Ericshack 4
Samuel Going B:Abt 1777 - Amherst / Nelson Co. VA HersheyKeys 1
goen/ goins/ goin kjachester 0
BRYUS/BYRUS BEVEY GOING from GA Diana (Lamb) Pollack 4
Researching Lucinda Going James (Jack) Davis 4
Calhoun County, MS: John B. Going, wife Rhonda Steele K. Charsha 4
Emma Goings NancyDurbin50 0
Catherine Going b.1828 d1897CANADA Sherry 2
Thomas Going Ericshack 1
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