When George Goldup was born on 2 September 1838, in Crundale, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Goldup, was 52 and his mother, Mary Greenstreet, was 46. He lived in Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1838.
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English: (i) nickname, perhaps from Middle English gold ‘gold’ + hop(p)e ‘trust, confidence’, with various interpretations possible. (ii) locative name, perhaps from a lost or as yet unidentified place named from Middle English golde ‘marigold, marsh marigold’ + hop(p)e ‘enclosure in marshy land, remote enclosed place’.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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