Goodson Family History
Goodson Name Meaning
English (chiefly East Anglia and East Midlands): nickname for a
dutiful son, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + sone
‘son’.English: from a Middle English survival of the Old English
personal name Godsunu, composed of the elements
god ‘good’ + sunu ‘son’.Possibly an
Americanized form of German Gutersohn, a nickname or pet name
meaning ‘good son’ for one of out of many sons.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Goodson Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goodson families
 116 - 230  39 - 115 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goodson families
|
160 - 318 54 - 159 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Goodson families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Goodson Family Origin
Goodson Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Goodson
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Goodson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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