When Thomas Goldup was born on 21 July 1816, in Crundale, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Goldup, was 30 and his mother, Mary Greenstreet, was 24. He married Charlotte Noble on 13 October 1846, in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Old Wives Lees, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1899, at the age of 83, and was buried in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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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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