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Gold: Origin, Geographical Distribution
In the chronicle of the kings of Scotland Galgachus is called Galdus, of which name and its etymology Gardon gives the following account: Galgachus was Latinized by the Romans, from the Highland appellations Gold and cachach; the first, Gold, being the proper name, and the second, cachach, being an adjection to it from the battles he had fought; it signifies the same as prceUosus; Gold the fighter of battles, which kind of nicknames are still in use among the Highlanders. Colgach, Gaelic, fierce, furious, and ach, battle, skirmish.
Gold Surname Origin
Gold: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Cork (Ireland) |  Somerset (United Kingdom) |  Warwickshire (United Kingdom) |  Kent (United Kingdom) |  Hampshire (United Kingdom)
Gold: Online Family Trees
GOLD Londres,Royaume-Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1918 - 1918
GOLD Londres (London, England, United Kingdom)  -
GOLD Seaborough & Sampit (Somerset, England, United Kingdom) 1315 - 1435
GOLD Ashford Kent (United Kingdom) 1689 - 1689
GOLD England (England, United Kingdom) 1525 - 1525
GOLD Haverhill (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1598 - 1598
GOLD Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1612 - 1612
GOLD Stamford, Fairfield Co., Ct By Capt. Joseph Bishop (Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom) 1673 - 1673
GOLD Seaborough & Sampit (Somerset, England, United Kingdom) 1315 - 1435
GOLD Hamilton, Lanarkshire (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1877 - 1877

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Gold: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Gold is related to the following famous family trees :
        COBURN James born COBURN James Harrison, Jr. (1928 - 2002)
        HOFFMAN Dustin born HOFFMAN Dustin Lee (1937 - )
Gold: Books that contain this surname
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GOLDGenealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts
Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed - Published in 1908
... Her name before marriage was Evelyn A. Gold-thwaite, daughter of the late James B. and Harriet B. (Scott) Goldthwaite. Her ...		 GOLDGenealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts
Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed - Published in 1908
... born April 14, 1766, married Sarah Gold-waite, daughter of Benjamin, was third postmaster of Keene, New Hampshire. 11. Lovey, born ...
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