Golden Family Research January 2010

The Census below is from Ellsworth Kansas in 1870.  It shows Daniel and Annie "Goldin" with kids John and Thomas.

Daniel Golden, born about 1840 in Ireland,

married

Anna Leonard, born about 1843 in Ireland.

According to the 1870 census, Daniel and Annie Golden ("Goldin" in the 1870 census) lived in Ellsworth, Kansas.  They had two sons at that time:

John Golden, born about 1866 in Missouri

and Thomas Golden, born July 1868 in Kansas

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As you know, Thomas Golden was your grandpa, was a plumber, married Helen Sullivan on August  4, 1894 in Cook County Illinois, the Chicago area.

They had three children:

Thomas Sullivan Golden (b. June 12, 1896)

Phillip H. Golden; and

Aileen M. Golden

Note That Thomas S. Golden's birth record shows that dad Thomas was born first in Ireland, which is crossed out, and re-written as Denver.  This has led some to believe he may have been born in Denver.  But all other records I've seen show Kansas, including his death certificate (no image yet).  Accordingly, I assume the Ireland and Denver references were heat of the moment birth entries by someone who was unknowledgeable and/or focusing on a newborn TS Golden.

The entire Thomas Golden/ Helen Sullivan Golden family shows up on the 1900 Belvedere, Boone County Illinois census.

Sometime after 1900 they moved to Spokane.  I recently received a copy of Thomas Golden's death certificate from Spokane.  It shows that he died August 4, 1910 of a "gangrenous appendicitis."  It shows his birthplace as Kansas, that he was a plumber and that his parents were Daniel Golden and Anna Leonard, both from Ireland.  As we recently discussed, I had already found a Daniel and Annie "Goldin" in the 1870 Ellsworth KS census with a son Thomas of the right age.  Thomas Golden's Spokane death certificate appears to confirm that this family in 1870 in Ellsworth Kansas is the correct Golden family (Census misspellings were common so it doesn't surprise me that the census taker wrote "Goldin" instead of "Golden.")

Up to this point I have been unable to identify either Daniel or Anna Leonard Golden's parents, nor have I tracked down what happened to their son (and Thomas' brother), John Golden.  I also haven't been able to track what happened to Daniel, Annie, John and Thomas between 1870 and 1900.  One possible lead suggests that at least some of the family, along with two daughters born after 1870, moved to Nebraska by the 1880 census.  But this is very speculative at this point and requires further research.