The Goings surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,741 people carried this name — #8,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,657 in 2000.
In print
Goings in American newspapers,
1875–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,096 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Goings in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
143 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Goings. The most, 39, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Goings.
Who carried it
People named Goings,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ralph Goings 1928–2016 · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Goings,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States206 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Leo L. GoingsBorn 1908 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Toledo; teamster from Paulding County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Paulding Memorial Park, Ohio.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Joseph Hubert GoingsBorn 1948; from Albany, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Oscar M. GoingsU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1958; buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 206 records for Goings in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Gertrude Mary GoingsBuried in 1943 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goings.
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