paul goldingay
proper brummie kid
trying to find about my grandfather who lived by Cuckoo bridge Aston
all sounds correct. I now have a lot more than I did. Many thanks for your help. Paul GoldingayA bit of a punt.
John Goldingay b 1880 married Emma Price 1899, living 9 Cuckoo Road in 1939 listed as Gouldingay. Died 1960.
A son William C Goldingay b1916 married Amelia Wilson 1937, living 105 Cuckoo Road in 1939 also listed as Gouldingay.
A son Paul W Goldingay, original poster?
thanks for all your help, if I could find out from the details you have on my grandfather who my great grandfather was and hopefully my great great grandfather was ,and years these relate to this would be fantastic. regards Paul GoldingayJohn b 1880 is the son of George Francis Robinson Goldingay (cannot find birth details but he was born 1854 and registration wasn't compulsory by law until later).
On some census you will find entries with surname Robinson as his mother Phoebe Robinson didn't marry Josiah Gouldingay(Goldingay) until 1856
His first wife,( I believe Ann Griffin) who he married in 1833 died in 1849.
Marriage 15th May 1856 St Peter, Wolverhampton
Josiah Gouldingay , full age , father Henry to
Phoebe Robinson, full age , father George
both gave residence as Canal street.
1861 Stokes buildings Tipton
Josiah Gouldingay age 45 born Castle.Bromwich Boatman
Phoebe age 40 b Birmingham
Henry age 22 son born Water Orton, Boatman
John age 11 son b. tipton
Charles age 10 son b. Tipton
George F age 5 son b. Tipton ( on later Census entries George is Francis Robinson)
I cannot believe how you have managed to get all this information for me, I really appreciate your time and effort, and wonder how far it is possible to go back, do records start to get hard to obtain? again thanks Paul GoldingayFrom Alberta's post...
George Francis Robinson Goldingay was your great grandfather. He was born before his parents married.
There doesn't appear to be a registration but there is a baptism on the 15 Sep 1854 Wolverhampton, listed as Goulding but parents match and there is also one for his brother Charles. So I don't think there is any doubt about his parentage.
Josiah Goldingay was George's father and your great great grandfather. He is born about 1815 in Castle Bromwich and lists his father as Henry on his marriage to Phoebe.
thats fantastic, can you get back to the 1600s or is that too hard. regards Paul GoldingayAgain following on from Alberta's post.
There is a possible Henry Goldingay baptised Over Whitacre 1728, son of a Joseph.
Then back to Castle Bromwich for a Joseph Goldingay (spelt Golddingga) baptised 1702, son of another Henry.
Henry - Joseph 1702 - Henry 1728- Josiah 1750 - Henry 1791 - Josiah 1815 - George 1856 - John 1880 - William C 1916 - you -
So there's at least 300 years and 10 generations of history.
I have just done my DNA and am related to the GoldingaysGoldingay is a least an unusual name, my grandfather died around 1955 so we would have been working the canals about the 1920/ 1930
Her name was Jacqueline, she was our sister, Jackie to allWe even had a Brummie Goldingay living out here in Crete 16 years ago, but sadly she passed away a good few years ago now. When I remember her first name I'll pass it on.
Maurice
Isn't it a Jewish nameThere are number of sites about name origins and they don't always agree.
One suggests it's from Golden's hay, hay meaning an enclosure. Another suggests it's a corruption of something else - Golding, Goldingham etc.
Names can change over time especially as people couldn't read and write. My step brother's name is Mayo which you would have thought was Irish but when I traced it back the first appearance was Mayall in Gloucestershire.