George W. Golden

Brief Life History of George W.

When George W. Golden was born in 1858, in Arkansas, United States, his father, William Harvey Golden, was 47 and his mother, Drusilla "Silla" Stone, was 43. He married Mattie Fuller on 2 August 1883, in Montgomery, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Clark, Arkansas, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

George W. Golden
1858–
Mattie Fuller
1860–
Marriage: 2 August 1883

Sources (4)

  • George W Golden in household of William Golden, "United States Census, 1870"
  • George W Golden, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • G W Golden in household of Wm Golden, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English golden ‘made of gold; golden in color’ (from Old English gylden), generally a nickname for someone with golden-blond hair.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Ualghairg (see McGoldrick ).

Irish: adopted for Ó Gabhláin, ‘descendant of Gabhlán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of gabhal ‘fork’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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