Goldsborough Family History
Goldsborough Name Meaning
English: habitational name for someone from either of two places in
North Yorkshire called Goldsborough. One, near Knaresborough is named
from the Old English (or Old German) personal name Godel + Old
English burh ‘fortified place’. The other, near Whitby, is
named from the Old English personal name Golda + burh.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Goldsborough
Name Distribution of Goldsborough Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goldsborough families
 49 - 95  17 - 48 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goldsborough families
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142 - 282 48 - 141 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Goldsborough census records
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Goldsborough Family Origin
Goldsborough Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Goldsborough
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Goldsborough Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Goldsborough census records
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Goldsborough Civil War Service Records
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