The Goolsby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,721 people carried this name — #4,596 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,389 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Goolsby surname

Probably a reduced form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Goolsby» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Goolsby in American newspapers,
1897–1917.

Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Goolsby
Putnam County Herald 1915-03-18
Newspaper page from Putnam County Herald carrying the name Goolsby
Putnam County Herald 1917-08-09
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Goolsby
The San Francisco Call 1897-01-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,114 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Goolsby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray Goolsby 1919–1999 · baseball player
  • Marjorie L. Goolsby 1930–2020

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Goolsby,
in the records of the United States.

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 States376 records

376 records of the Goolsby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 270
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John T. Goolsby

    Born 1915 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benning; construction worker from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1950, buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Ruel Goolsby

    Born 1948; from Hollywood, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ernest Grover Goolsby

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1936, died 1999; buried at Pharris Cemetery, Gainesboro, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 376 records for Goolsby 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

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