Thomas Goolding 1858 Philadelphia
My grandfather, Thomas Golding or Goolding, his siblings, John, Patrick and Catherine and their parentsJohn Golden and MaryDowney went to Philadelphia in 1857. Thomas Golding or Goolding was the only member of his family to return to Ireland in 1898. He later called himself Thomas Goulding. Hence my name of John Thomas Goulding. The family came from County Laois in Ireland.