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Date last updated: Thursday January 31, 2008
According to James M. Black, genealogist for
the Mormon Church, Salt Lake City and author of Families and Descents of
Golsan, Golson, Gholson, Gholston, Goldston, Golston, Etc., the Goldston (Golsan)
families likely descended from Ralph De Gulston (or Goldston), the
first family of whom record has been discovered, mentioned in the building
of Conway
Castle in 1283.
Since this effort was started in 2002, several family members have contributed a copy of their own family history.
Where errors and omissions are obvious- or where I added personal knowledge of my own- will be shown in RED.
From Black's book, the Chatham County families were extracted and compared with Herbert's history, which I believe to be most accurate other than the spelling and probably some typos...
| Herbert J. Goldston, Sanford, NC, (b 1897- d 1980) |
| James M. Black, LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Marci Goldston Kulesus, High Point, NC [email protected] |
| Allan M. Goldston, Winston-Salem, NC, (b 1929) who typed Herbert's Goldston History |
| Ola Neal, Maryland, who left copy of her history of William Goldston at the Goldston Library. |
Contact: [email protected]
Text in RED is written by Allan M. Goldston (born
1/4/1929) and is intended to clarify and substantiate the writings of the
family historians mentioned above.
Herbert's genealogy text is printed in BLACK.
Since Herbert did not have the advantage of a SPELL CHECKER, I believe some of the
names have been misspelled... so to do a refined search, use only the first
2 or 3 letters of the name. Please notify me by email of corrections needed
in names, dates, places and your comments, so I can update the genealogy.
Cut & Paste the changes into an email and send to:
[email protected].
The most complete genealogical history of the
Goldston Family I have found was written by Herbert J. Goldston, (b Nov. 6,
1897, d Aug 10, 1980), Sanford, NC. The document was distributed at the
Goldston Family Reunion in 1955 and updated in 1959. Herbert was the
surviving brother of the Goldston Brothers (Johnny & Herbert) Twin
Auctioneers, well known in the 30's & 40's for their showmanship and
auctioneering skills. His document is complete with family names spelled (or
miss-spelled) as he had written.
Excerpts from a book by James M. Black, Mormon
Church LDS, entitled “Golsan, Golson, Gholson, Goldston Family History”,
published in 1959 by James M. Black, 2731 Loran Heights Drive, Salt Lake
City, Utah, appear in BLUE.
To view the
2002 Goldston Reunion name list, click here.
| William Goldston Last Will & Testament | Descendants of Mary Austin Goldston Kirkman |
| Descendants of George Washington Goldston | |
| Descendents of Joseph John Goldston, Sr. | Descendants Sally Ann Goldston Foust |
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in the 1900's |
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| Descendants of Lou Kate Goldston Maxwell | |
| Tennessee families | |
| escendants of Atlas Rush, Sanford, NC |
William J. Headin |
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Allan Goldston, Winston-Salem, NC |
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The Chatham Rabbit 1900s How the Goldston boys trapped rabbits |
Allan Goldston |
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Family and Descendants from Jerri Goldston Mayberry [email protected] |
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Additional information about the family can be seen here |
His life and times by his brother, Allan |
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The humor of Dean B. Davis, husband of Evelyn Goldston 3/26/1921 - 12/6/2000 |
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