Dr. John Golden and Family cir 1890
We are linking this family page with my cousin's. Each of us are focusing upon only our line of descendents from Richard Jasper Golden. To view full family trees go to Ancestry.com As you can see John Golden, the youngest of the 8 children born to Richard Jasper Golden and Anne Black, was born and raised in Rathscanlon, Sligo, Ireland. He immigrated to Essex County, Ontario, Canada with his remaining siblings and parents in 1852. In 1867 he left the Kingsville, Essex, Ontario area to attend medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated in 1870, soon married, then practiced medicine in several communities in Essex County, Ontario for the next 31 years. About 1902 he immigrated once again, this time to Fowler, Fresno County, California, USA due to health reasons. He contracted scarlet fever at 9 years old, leaving him with respiratory problems. The harsh Ontario climate gave way to the mild climate of the Central Valley in California. Also as a young boy less than 10 years old we know from letters that he had lip surgery. He may have had a cleft lip. This surgery probably left him with a scar. All of the pictures I have seen of him (as a grown man) show him with facial hair. His childhood medical experiences may have triggered his interest in medicine.
Records have been found in Ireland for our family but the surname has been spelled several ways: Goulden, Goolding, Goldeing and Golden. For ease of understanding I will refer to all family members with the surname of Golden. Most of the Golden family members who immigrated to Canada and the United States used the 'Golden' spelling. We know that many of the family members were literate, in fact John's brother Jasper and his sisters Maria and Sarah were teachers. Could the gaelic language possibly play a part in the variations of the spelling of the surname? We may never know.
Outline Descendant Report for John Golden
Generation 1 - earliest records found, Hugh Golden, born about 1740 in Ireland and died before 1809 in Rathscanlon, Sligo, Ireland. We know that he died in Rathscanlon because records show that he (and partners0 rented farm land there in 1784 from a Mr. Cooper. We know he was the father of Jasper Richard Golden and probably Thomas and Edward Golden. His wife's name is not known.
Jasper Richard Golden was born about 1765 and died in Rathscanlon before 1855. He married Mary Gawley about 1790 in Killala, Mayo, Ireland. We know that the couple had several children, proven are Joshua Golden, born about 1815 (and died in 1875) and my great-grandfather, Richard Jasper Golden born in 1791. Joshua is believed to be the youngest child born to the couple, based upon his mother's age at the time of his birth. He married about 1837 in Rathscanlan to Jane Gardiner (1821-1852) Following Jane's death, Joshua married her sister Rebecca Gardiner(1823-1900). We find Joshua and Jane in January of 1843 living in London, England, where he had joined the Metropolitan Police Force as a Constable. Joshua had 6 children with Jane, and 5 children with Rebecca.
Richard Jasper married Anne Black in 1820 in Sligo, Ireland and the couple had 8 children, the youngest of which was my great-grandfather John Golden. Richard too was a farmer in Rathscanlon like his father, and rented farmland from Mr. Cooper. Other male Golden members were also listed in the various land records for Rathscanlon up until about 1850. We believe that those listed males were other sons of Jasper Richard, namely Lewis (also spelled Louis), John, Patrick and William. But at this time these relationships have not been proven.
1 John Golden b: 31 May 1843 in Rathscanlan, Achonry parish, Sligo, Ireland, d: 26 Apr 1922 in Fowler, Fresno, California, USA John was a Medical Doctor who practiced holistic medicine. John was the youngest of the 8 children born to Richard and Ann. The other children were Maria (1821-1902) married to Alexander McKenzie Wigle, with 3 children Priscilla, Stephen 'Golden' and Hamilton; Jasper (1823-1916) married to Mary 'Christeen' Malott, together had Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Albert Jasper, Robert Fletcher, John Richard and Jasper Alexander; Sarah (1825-1912) 2nd wife of widowed father of 9, William Drake Sr., together they had Albert, Anna Maria and Frances Sarah; Richard (1827-1907) married Margaret Paton in 1859 and together had Allen Jasper, Margaret 'Annie', Richard Eccles, Jessie Marie, James 'Henry' and William Louis Golden; Ann (1830-1907)married Rudolph Brush in 1853 and together they had David, George William, David 'Almon', Thomas Ira, Sarah 'Elizabeth', Margaret 'Annie', Rudolph and Mary Jane; Frances 'Fanny' (1832-1909) married Joseph Malott in 1865 and together they had Susan Maria, Mary Elizabeth 'Minnie',Walter Lambert, and Forest John; Elizabeth (1834-1923) married Isaac Askew Wigle in 1861 and together they had Emma Ann, Edmund Jasper and Frederick Alexander.
John was born with a cleft lip, and became sick as a child, contracting scarlet fever at about 9 years old. According to a letter written by his brother Richard to another brother Jasper, John was taken to a large hospital away from home to try to close the gap created by the birth defect. This would have been about 1851. Undergoing surgery for this condition must have been brutal for a child at that time in history, with what we know about medical practices at that time. This is probably why he wore a mustache and sometimes a beard also throughout his life. After the voyage by ship in 1852 the family was met by older siblings Maria, Jasper and Sarah who made the journey in 1850. Richard and Ann, with the younger children, settled down to farm in Anderdon, Essex, Ontario. Sadly the matriarch, Ann (Black) Golden passed away in 1857. John, being a bright young man, left home in 1866 to venture off to attend medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he graduated in 1869. Shortly after his return home, he married his love, Mary Jane Jackson, on May 31, 1870. The date of May 31st just also happened to be both of their birthdays. He was practicing medicine in Tilbury West (now Lakeshore) from 1870 until around 1885 where the family can be found living in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, and their youngest George was born. Both older children, Charlotte 'Lottie' and John Stanley were born in Tilbury West. Around 1891 John and the family must have taken a trip to California, because his medical license was issued at that time there, and census records indicate that they immigrated about that time. But, we know that the family returned to Essex, Ontario before 1900, where son John Stanley married Agnes Annie Cooper, and are listed in the 1901 census as living in Oxford, Kent, Ontario. Around 1902 John, Mary Jane and son George did make the big, permanent move to California. We believe that this was for two reasons - the family's close relationship with Mary Jane's sister Sarah Jackson married to George Peter Elliott, who had made the move to Fowler, Fresno, California in about 1885, and secondly for John's health, long lasting results from the scarlet fever (the drier climate helped with his scarred lungs).
John had two medical offices, one in their Fowler home, and a second in the small nearby town of Bowles (also located in Fresno County). He traveled in his horse drawn carriage, and carried his 1860 Colt ball and cap pistol. But before his death in 1922, he had purchased an automobile. The family was very religious, members of the Church of England while in Canada and practicing Episcopalians, once in California. The headstone symbolism reflects his medical practice and his religious life. He was a believer in and practiced holistic medicine. We know from articles which appeared in the local Fowler newspaper, that Mary Jane traveled several times to visit their son John Stanley and his family while they lived in Dryden, but there was no mention that John traveled with her.
...... + Mary Jane Jackson b: 31 May 1848 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, m: 31 May 1870 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, d: 16 May 1922 in Fowler, Fresno, California, USA Mary Jane was the 4th of the 9 children born to Thomas Jackson (1815-1878) and Mary Jane Price (1817-1894) Other children born to Thomas and Mary Jane were Sarah Ann as mentioned (1843-1923) married to George Peter Elliott in 1865 with children , unknown infant, Thomas Edward, Sarah Ann 'Annie', George Peter Jr, Susannah Martha and Charlotte Mathilda; Edward (1845-1934) married in 1872 to Lydia Letitia Buchanan (1846-1936) with children Nellie, Olive Edith, Sarah 'Sadie', and Samuel Leslie; Samuel (1846-1905) married Alma Violetta Cullen in 1883 and together they had Edward, Eva May, Mary Luella 'Minnie' and a male infant son who died at about 1 month of age.; Mary Jane of course, to be discussed further; Susannah Blanche 'Sadie' (1850-1929) who married John Alexander Buchanan in 1878 and had no children; Matilda Jackson (1852-1929) who married Geoerge Edmund Morris in 1874 and had Edward, Mary Jane 'Minnie', Thomas, Olive Emily, Susie L. (infant death), Susan Blanche, and Robert 'Ralph': Thomas (1853-1869), Joseph (1856-1869), and Robert James.
Mary Jane was active in church and civic affairs, as well as assisting her husband with his medical practice. She loved living just up the street in Fowler from her sister Sarah. But by 1910 Sarah and George Elliott moved once again, this time to Alameda, California, but that didn't stop the sisters from maintaining their close relationship through the years. Mary Jane and John were buried in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, California.
............2 Charlotte Golden b: 27 Feb 1871 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, d: 19 Jul 1951 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Charlotte was an elementary school teacher. She taught for many years in Essex, Ontario, finally joining her parents in Fowler around 1903. She soon found a teaching job at the nearby Sanger Elementary School, where she taught until about 1915. At that time she moved to nearby Fresno and obtained a teaching job there. She retired before 1940. She never married, but her many students, spanning over 40 years, were her children. She was very close to her brother John Stanley, they were fortunate to live just a couple of blocks apart for about 15 years (about 1925-1940, when he sold his family home). Her brother George moved in with her about 1944. She died peacefully at home. Charlotte was buried next to her parents in the family plot at Mountain View Park in Fresno.
............2 John 'Stanley' Golden b: 20 Jul 1874 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, d: 27 Aug 1957 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. John Stanley was an accountant by trade. How John met his future wife, Agnes Annie Cooper, who lived in Middlesex, Ontario, is uncertain, but following their marriage the couple settled close to her relatives. Shortly after their marriage he went into partnership with his wife's cousin, Wesley John Richards, for a merchantile store. About 1904 John and Annie decided to move to Blyth, Huron,, Ontario, where he had purchased a small business. The move was probably an attempt to start over after losing their 2 year old daughter, Evangeline, so suddenly to scarletina (childhood scarlet fever). The births of their other 2 children, Lottie Evangeline in 1905 and John Cooper in 1907 occurred while in Blyth. But by about 1909, Annie's brother was working in the banking and real estate business in Dryden and encouraged this young family to join him. John sold his business and took a job as the accountant for the recently formed Dryden Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden. The town was small, only about 1,000 people living there around 1910. Electricity and phone lines came to the community before they left. The biggest lack was for water, because the ground was frozen for about 6 months of the year. The family enjoyed living close to the lake and went on many camping and boating adventures over the next 12 years. In 1922 both of John's parents passed away suddenly from virus infections back in Fowler, California. Soon the young family decided the time was right to make another move. Lottie had finished at the local school and John was going to have to board away from home to continue his education. The move to Fresno, California would mean local schools for the kids, no snow, and indoor plumbing! For John it would mean getting another job. Fortunately for him, his cousin, Mahlon Jackson (on his mother's side) lived in Fresno, owned his own landscape company, and had good connections with the local nursery industry. John was quickly hired as the accountant for Fancher Creek Nursery, where he was employed for the next 20 years or so.
Leaving Dryden was difficult because John and Annie were involved in so many local affairs. He served on the school board for many years, was a member of IOOF (international Order of Odd Fellows) as well as church activities with Annie. He and Annie are buried side by side in a family plot at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
............ + Agnes 'Annie' Cooper b: 29 Jul 1872 in Middkesex, Ontario, Canada, m: 20 Jun 1900 in Melbourne, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, d: 07 Mar 1931 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Annie's family was also very religious, but they followed the Presbyterian/Methodist beliefs vs the Golden's Episcopal beliefs. Her father James Cooper was born in Middlesex, but her mother Agnes McCracken immigrated with her family from Ireland. Her brother William was a Methodist Minister. After moving to Fresno, she became very involved with the local First Presbyterian Church (her son John and his family would also belong there later for many years). In Dryden she was the president that year (1922) of the Dryden Branch of the Women's Institute, as well as a member of the Eastern Star Fraternal organization. Throughout the years she kept in close contact with her mother and siblings. Her dad had dies years prior. In fact her brother John Cooper lived with them for a while in Dryden. After settling in Fresno, the couple took in Annie's great-niece, Lorraine Haddock to raise, who was about 4 years old at that time. Family information says that she suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis, making it difficult for her to get around. She passed away at home in 1931. She disguised her actual date of birth, because it bothered her that she was 2 years older than her husband, thus the wrong year of birth was put on her headstone. Later her actual birth record was found. Oh the stores we weave and tell. It really didn't matter to anyone else.
..................3 Evangeline Golden b: 21 Mar 1902 in Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, d: 01 Jun 1904 in Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. She died from scarletina, which came on suddenly while visiting the home of her grandparents. She was buried at Longwood Cemetery in Middlesex, Ontario.
..................3 Lottie Evangeline Golden b: 28 Apr 1905 in Blyth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, d: 17 Jun 1965 in San Leandro, Alameda, California, USA. She was a stenographer/bookkeeper by trade. Lottie went by Vangie or Evangeline. While living in Dryden, Ontario, she enjoyed a carefree childhood and young adult life. She had friends and loved to play softball. She did not take the move well. She decided that school was not for her, upon arrival in 1922, so she worked for local small businesses as a stenographer per city directory listings. She left home within two years after arriving in Fresno from Dryden, Ontario, setting out for the big city of Oakland, California. She lived at the local YWCA, a common place for young, single women to live. There she met several lifelong friends. After her mother's death, she realized that she needed at least her high school diploma, so she moved back home and attended the local public high school with the regular students, there was no night school or adult school in those days. Following her graduation in 1934, she returned to Oakland, where she was soon to meet her future husband. It is unknown How they met, but they married in the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, in one of their small meeting rooms, with the assistance of her uncle, George Golden, a local Episcopal minister. Liofe was not easy for the couple. They moved frequently, buying a home in Redwood City in 1940, but around 1945 they were living in Seattle, Washington, and he was working at the docks. Their marriage was very difficult per family stories, and the couple was separated by 1948. She again settled back in Oakland in a small studio apartment close to downtown. She took night courses to further her office skills when she could, but found jobs mostly with small local businesses. Shortly following the couple's separation she found herself to soon be a single parent. She was very close to her father, and he helped her out as much as he could, until his passing in 1957. If she thought that life was difficult in previous years, her life was soon to become much more difficult. Society did not treat single older women, and especially those with a child or children very kindly. Through it all she was a true example of a woman who had strong faith and was determined to make a stable and secure life for herself and her daughter. I remember her beautiful handwriting, and perfect numerical figures. She must have inherited that trait from her father.
.................. + Rudolph Koczka b: 09 Aug 1903 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA, m: on 22 Dec 1935 in San Francisco, California, USA, d: 16 Aug 1996 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. He was a printer by trade, working for major San Francisco newspapers, a trade that he probably learned from his first father-in-law. After a marriage in 1925 and the birth of a daughter who died very young, he left his home and family and changed his name to Ralph Michael Norton. I believe that he was not formally divorced from his first wife. His own family rarely heard from him the rest of his life. At the time of his death, he was survived by his 4 sisters, Helen, Irene, Margaret and Velma.
..................3 John Cooper Golden b: 24 Jan 1907 in Blyth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, d: 08 Feb 1994 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.. John was a dentist, and practiced for almost 50 years. Upon arriving in Fresno, he was enrolled in the local school system, where he did very well. He was known as 'Jack' by his family and friends. After graduating high school he was soon off to San Francisco to attend the University of California Dental School, where he graduated before 1934. He opened his practice in a historical downtown high rise business building, and in 1936 he married Evelyn Cecilia Iverson, and would soon begin their family, consisting of three daughters. During WWII he was a Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps, stationed in Seattle, Washington. During his dental practice he was honored to serve as the President of the Fresno-Madera Dental Society. He also belonged to the local Masonic Society, and was known for his love of golf. He passed suddenly at home, and is buried next to his wife in the Golden family plot at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno, California.
.................. + Evelyn Cecilia Iversen b: 23 Sep 1909 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, m: 25 Dec 1936 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, d: 14 Jan 2007 in Livermore, Alameda, California, USA. Evelyn was a high school teacher in the early years of their marriage, after graduating from U.C. Berkley. She was born and raised in Fresno, California by her immigrant Danish parents, living on a rural farm with her 2 sisters and brother. She loved to pursue higher education, studying advanced studies in the psychology of religion. She was a published writer of poetry and philosophy.
............2 George Charles Golden b: 15 Aug 1885 in Kent, Ontario, Canada, d: 17 May 1961 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
George was an Episcopal Minister, He never married. He immigrated with his parents to Fowler, Fresno, California about 1902. By 1910 we find him living in housing set up for homeless students who were attending the local Divinity School in San Mateo, California. I don't believe that following graduation and becoming an ordained Episcopal Minister, that he was ever assigned to a specific church. His obituary states that he was a retired domestic relations adviser. In 1913 he traveled with other divinity students to the family's homeland of Ireland and Scotland. One will notice that in all records that he gives information for, he lists his place of birth as Sligo, Ireland, not Kent, Ontario, Canada. I guess that he always wanted to believe and be known as an Irishman. His WWI Draft Registration shows him listed as a Clergyman in an Episcopal Chlurch in Nogalis, Santa Cruz, Arizona (born in Sligo, Ireland). The 1920 census shows him living in Yavapai, Arizona and working as an Episcopal Minister. The 1930 census shows him living in San Francisco (this time born in California - or maybe someone else supplied the information) and living on 48th Ave. and working as a Clergyman/writer. The 1940 census shows him still living in San Francisco, working as a "meta physician" - or in other words a philosopher. His WWII Draft Registration gives no occupation. It looks like by 1945 he had run out of options. He moved into his sister's home, where he lived until his passing in 1961. His body was cremated and according to family stories, his remains were buried within the plots of his parents and sister in the dark of night, probably because the cemetery personnel told the next of kin that there was no room left in the family plot. Sadly, following the death of his sister, Charlotte 'Lottie' Golden, the family had little to no contact with George.
We are looking for the siblings for Richard Jasper Golden, son of Jasper Golden. The online help is getting closer with new information being added all of the time.
I just read the Ancestry newsletter that came out today and went to the link for the newly posted Irish information. We have so many names from that spreadsheet that Barry sent, some of which may be listed in these new databases. I typed in Golden and Goulden both for Tobercurry, Sligo, Ireland. I see that Beesy Goulden was among those listed. The lists give the approximate dates of marriage but not any spousal information unfortunately. Check these out: The first one is for Goulden http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegMarriage&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msgpn__ftp=Tobercurry%2C+sligo%2C+ireland&uidh=7j1 Here is the one for Golden: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegMarriage&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsln=golden&msgpn__ftp=Tobercurry%2c+sligo%2c+ireland&uidh=7j1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=100&fsk=BEEnxFgIgAAKDAAYrfg-61- Next is the Death index, 1864-1958. Here I entered Goulden and Tobercurry: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegDeath&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msdpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+sligo%2C+ireland&uidh=7j1 Next for Golden in Tobercurry: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegDeath&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsln=golden&msdpn__ftp=tobercurry%2c+sligo%2c+ireland&uidh=7j1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=200&fsk=BEEnxFgIgAAJ5gAk3t8-61- It is nice that there is more information given on the death index with the estimated birth year. Next is the Births & Baptisms Index. This is a good one because it lists both parent's names for the child as well. Now if we can just prove siblings for Richard Jasper Golden... The first is for Golden http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandBirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=golden&msbpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+Sligo%2C+Ireland&uidh=7j1 Then for Goulden: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandBirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msbpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+Sligo%2C+Ireland&uidh=7j1 Notice that some records show up on both such as the children for Richard Golden and Jane Clarke. Some such as records show up under Sligo and not Tobercurry. Therefore, if we can just prove who all of the children were for Jasper and Mary (Gawley) Golden or Goulden, it seems much of the information for their children and grandchildren is there now.
Records have been found in Ireland for our family but the surname has been spelled several ways: Goulden, Goolding, Goldeing and Golden. For ease of understanding I will refer to all family members with the surname of Golden. Most of the Golden family members who immigrated to Canada and the United States used the 'Golden' spelling. We know that many of the family members were literate, in fact John's brother Jasper and his sisters Maria and Sarah were teachers. Could the gaelic language possibly play a part in the variations of the spelling of the surname? We may never know.
Outline Descendant Report for John Golden
Generation 1 - earliest records found, Hugh Golden, born about 1740 in Ireland and died before 1809 in Rathscanlon, Sligo, Ireland. We know that he died in Rathscanlon because records show that he (and partners0 rented farm land there in 1784 from a Mr. Cooper. We know he was the father of Jasper Richard Golden and probably Thomas and Edward Golden. His wife's name is not known.
Jasper Richard Golden was born about 1765 and died in Rathscanlon before 1855. He married Mary Gawley about 1790 in Killala, Mayo, Ireland. We know that the couple had several children, proven are Joshua Golden, born about 1815 (and died in 1875) and my great-grandfather, Richard Jasper Golden born in 1791. Joshua is believed to be the youngest child born to the couple, based upon his mother's age at the time of his birth. He married about 1837 in Rathscanlan to Jane Gardiner (1821-1852) Following Jane's death, Joshua married her sister Rebecca Gardiner(1823-1900). We find Joshua and Jane in January of 1843 living in London, England, where he had joined the Metropolitan Police Force as a Constable. Joshua had 6 children with Jane, and 5 children with Rebecca.
Richard Jasper married Anne Black in 1820 in Sligo, Ireland and the couple had 8 children, the youngest of which was my great-grandfather John Golden. Richard too was a farmer in Rathscanlon like his father, and rented farmland from Mr. Cooper. Other male Golden members were also listed in the various land records for Rathscanlon up until about 1850. We believe that those listed males were other sons of Jasper Richard, namely Lewis (also spelled Louis), John, Patrick and William. But at this time these relationships have not been proven.
1 John Golden b: 31 May 1843 in Rathscanlan, Achonry parish, Sligo, Ireland, d: 26 Apr 1922 in Fowler, Fresno, California, USA John was a Medical Doctor who practiced holistic medicine. John was the youngest of the 8 children born to Richard and Ann. The other children were Maria (1821-1902) married to Alexander McKenzie Wigle, with 3 children Priscilla, Stephen 'Golden' and Hamilton; Jasper (1823-1916) married to Mary 'Christeen' Malott, together had Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Albert Jasper, Robert Fletcher, John Richard and Jasper Alexander; Sarah (1825-1912) 2nd wife of widowed father of 9, William Drake Sr., together they had Albert, Anna Maria and Frances Sarah; Richard (1827-1907) married Margaret Paton in 1859 and together had Allen Jasper, Margaret 'Annie', Richard Eccles, Jessie Marie, James 'Henry' and William Louis Golden; Ann (1830-1907)married Rudolph Brush in 1853 and together they had David, George William, David 'Almon', Thomas Ira, Sarah 'Elizabeth', Margaret 'Annie', Rudolph and Mary Jane; Frances 'Fanny' (1832-1909) married Joseph Malott in 1865 and together they had Susan Maria, Mary Elizabeth 'Minnie',Walter Lambert, and Forest John; Elizabeth (1834-1923) married Isaac Askew Wigle in 1861 and together they had Emma Ann, Edmund Jasper and Frederick Alexander.
John was born with a cleft lip, and became sick as a child, contracting scarlet fever at about 9 years old. According to a letter written by his brother Richard to another brother Jasper, John was taken to a large hospital away from home to try to close the gap created by the birth defect. This would have been about 1851. Undergoing surgery for this condition must have been brutal for a child at that time in history, with what we know about medical practices at that time. This is probably why he wore a mustache and sometimes a beard also throughout his life. After the voyage by ship in 1852 the family was met by older siblings Maria, Jasper and Sarah who made the journey in 1850. Richard and Ann, with the younger children, settled down to farm in Anderdon, Essex, Ontario. Sadly the matriarch, Ann (Black) Golden passed away in 1857. John, being a bright young man, left home in 1866 to venture off to attend medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he graduated in 1869. Shortly after his return home, he married his love, Mary Jane Jackson, on May 31, 1870. The date of May 31st just also happened to be both of their birthdays. He was practicing medicine in Tilbury West (now Lakeshore) from 1870 until around 1885 where the family can be found living in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, and their youngest George was born. Both older children, Charlotte 'Lottie' and John Stanley were born in Tilbury West. Around 1891 John and the family must have taken a trip to California, because his medical license was issued at that time there, and census records indicate that they immigrated about that time. But, we know that the family returned to Essex, Ontario before 1900, where son John Stanley married Agnes Annie Cooper, and are listed in the 1901 census as living in Oxford, Kent, Ontario. Around 1902 John, Mary Jane and son George did make the big, permanent move to California. We believe that this was for two reasons - the family's close relationship with Mary Jane's sister Sarah Jackson married to George Peter Elliott, who had made the move to Fowler, Fresno, California in about 1885, and secondly for John's health, long lasting results from the scarlet fever (the drier climate helped with his scarred lungs).
John had two medical offices, one in their Fowler home, and a second in the small nearby town of Bowles (also located in Fresno County). He traveled in his horse drawn carriage, and carried his 1860 Colt ball and cap pistol. But before his death in 1922, he had purchased an automobile. The family was very religious, members of the Church of England while in Canada and practicing Episcopalians, once in California. The headstone symbolism reflects his medical practice and his religious life. He was a believer in and practiced holistic medicine. We know from articles which appeared in the local Fowler newspaper, that Mary Jane traveled several times to visit their son John Stanley and his family while they lived in Dryden, but there was no mention that John traveled with her.
...... + Mary Jane Jackson b: 31 May 1848 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, m: 31 May 1870 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, d: 16 May 1922 in Fowler, Fresno, California, USA Mary Jane was the 4th of the 9 children born to Thomas Jackson (1815-1878) and Mary Jane Price (1817-1894) Other children born to Thomas and Mary Jane were Sarah Ann as mentioned (1843-1923) married to George Peter Elliott in 1865 with children , unknown infant, Thomas Edward, Sarah Ann 'Annie', George Peter Jr, Susannah Martha and Charlotte Mathilda; Edward (1845-1934) married in 1872 to Lydia Letitia Buchanan (1846-1936) with children Nellie, Olive Edith, Sarah 'Sadie', and Samuel Leslie; Samuel (1846-1905) married Alma Violetta Cullen in 1883 and together they had Edward, Eva May, Mary Luella 'Minnie' and a male infant son who died at about 1 month of age.; Mary Jane of course, to be discussed further; Susannah Blanche 'Sadie' (1850-1929) who married John Alexander Buchanan in 1878 and had no children; Matilda Jackson (1852-1929) who married Geoerge Edmund Morris in 1874 and had Edward, Mary Jane 'Minnie', Thomas, Olive Emily, Susie L. (infant death), Susan Blanche, and Robert 'Ralph': Thomas (1853-1869), Joseph (1856-1869), and Robert James.
Mary Jane was active in church and civic affairs, as well as assisting her husband with his medical practice. She loved living just up the street in Fowler from her sister Sarah. But by 1910 Sarah and George Elliott moved once again, this time to Alameda, California, but that didn't stop the sisters from maintaining their close relationship through the years. Mary Jane and John were buried in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, California.
............2 Charlotte Golden b: 27 Feb 1871 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, d: 19 Jul 1951 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Charlotte was an elementary school teacher. She taught for many years in Essex, Ontario, finally joining her parents in Fowler around 1903. She soon found a teaching job at the nearby Sanger Elementary School, where she taught until about 1915. At that time she moved to nearby Fresno and obtained a teaching job there. She retired before 1940. She never married, but her many students, spanning over 40 years, were her children. She was very close to her brother John Stanley, they were fortunate to live just a couple of blocks apart for about 15 years (about 1925-1940, when he sold his family home). Her brother George moved in with her about 1944. She died peacefully at home. Charlotte was buried next to her parents in the family plot at Mountain View Park in Fresno.
............2 John 'Stanley' Golden b: 20 Jul 1874 in Tilbury West, Essex , Ontario, Canada, d: 27 Aug 1957 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. John Stanley was an accountant by trade. How John met his future wife, Agnes Annie Cooper, who lived in Middlesex, Ontario, is uncertain, but following their marriage the couple settled close to her relatives. Shortly after their marriage he went into partnership with his wife's cousin, Wesley John Richards, for a merchantile store. About 1904 John and Annie decided to move to Blyth, Huron,, Ontario, where he had purchased a small business. The move was probably an attempt to start over after losing their 2 year old daughter, Evangeline, so suddenly to scarletina (childhood scarlet fever). The births of their other 2 children, Lottie Evangeline in 1905 and John Cooper in 1907 occurred while in Blyth. But by about 1909, Annie's brother was working in the banking and real estate business in Dryden and encouraged this young family to join him. John sold his business and took a job as the accountant for the recently formed Dryden Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden. The town was small, only about 1,000 people living there around 1910. Electricity and phone lines came to the community before they left. The biggest lack was for water, because the ground was frozen for about 6 months of the year. The family enjoyed living close to the lake and went on many camping and boating adventures over the next 12 years. In 1922 both of John's parents passed away suddenly from virus infections back in Fowler, California. Soon the young family decided the time was right to make another move. Lottie had finished at the local school and John was going to have to board away from home to continue his education. The move to Fresno, California would mean local schools for the kids, no snow, and indoor plumbing! For John it would mean getting another job. Fortunately for him, his cousin, Mahlon Jackson (on his mother's side) lived in Fresno, owned his own landscape company, and had good connections with the local nursery industry. John was quickly hired as the accountant for Fancher Creek Nursery, where he was employed for the next 20 years or so.
Leaving Dryden was difficult because John and Annie were involved in so many local affairs. He served on the school board for many years, was a member of IOOF (international Order of Odd Fellows) as well as church activities with Annie. He and Annie are buried side by side in a family plot at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno.
............ + Agnes 'Annie' Cooper b: 29 Jul 1872 in Middkesex, Ontario, Canada, m: 20 Jun 1900 in Melbourne, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, d: 07 Mar 1931 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA Annie's family was also very religious, but they followed the Presbyterian/Methodist beliefs vs the Golden's Episcopal beliefs. Her father James Cooper was born in Middlesex, but her mother Agnes McCracken immigrated with her family from Ireland. Her brother William was a Methodist Minister. After moving to Fresno, she became very involved with the local First Presbyterian Church (her son John and his family would also belong there later for many years). In Dryden she was the president that year (1922) of the Dryden Branch of the Women's Institute, as well as a member of the Eastern Star Fraternal organization. Throughout the years she kept in close contact with her mother and siblings. Her dad had dies years prior. In fact her brother John Cooper lived with them for a while in Dryden. After settling in Fresno, the couple took in Annie's great-niece, Lorraine Haddock to raise, who was about 4 years old at that time. Family information says that she suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis, making it difficult for her to get around. She passed away at home in 1931. She disguised her actual date of birth, because it bothered her that she was 2 years older than her husband, thus the wrong year of birth was put on her headstone. Later her actual birth record was found. Oh the stores we weave and tell. It really didn't matter to anyone else.
..................3 Evangeline Golden b: 21 Mar 1902 in Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, d: 01 Jun 1904 in Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. She died from scarletina, which came on suddenly while visiting the home of her grandparents. She was buried at Longwood Cemetery in Middlesex, Ontario.
..................3 Lottie Evangeline Golden b: 28 Apr 1905 in Blyth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, d: 17 Jun 1965 in San Leandro, Alameda, California, USA. She was a stenographer/bookkeeper by trade. Lottie went by Vangie or Evangeline. While living in Dryden, Ontario, she enjoyed a carefree childhood and young adult life. She had friends and loved to play softball. She did not take the move well. She decided that school was not for her, upon arrival in 1922, so she worked for local small businesses as a stenographer per city directory listings. She left home within two years after arriving in Fresno from Dryden, Ontario, setting out for the big city of Oakland, California. She lived at the local YWCA, a common place for young, single women to live. There she met several lifelong friends. After her mother's death, she realized that she needed at least her high school diploma, so she moved back home and attended the local public high school with the regular students, there was no night school or adult school in those days. Following her graduation in 1934, she returned to Oakland, where she was soon to meet her future husband. It is unknown How they met, but they married in the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, in one of their small meeting rooms, with the assistance of her uncle, George Golden, a local Episcopal minister. Liofe was not easy for the couple. They moved frequently, buying a home in Redwood City in 1940, but around 1945 they were living in Seattle, Washington, and he was working at the docks. Their marriage was very difficult per family stories, and the couple was separated by 1948. She again settled back in Oakland in a small studio apartment close to downtown. She took night courses to further her office skills when she could, but found jobs mostly with small local businesses. Shortly following the couple's separation she found herself to soon be a single parent. She was very close to her father, and he helped her out as much as he could, until his passing in 1957. If she thought that life was difficult in previous years, her life was soon to become much more difficult. Society did not treat single older women, and especially those with a child or children very kindly. Through it all she was a true example of a woman who had strong faith and was determined to make a stable and secure life for herself and her daughter. I remember her beautiful handwriting, and perfect numerical figures. She must have inherited that trait from her father.
.................. + Rudolph Koczka b: 09 Aug 1903 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA, m: on 22 Dec 1935 in San Francisco, California, USA, d: 16 Aug 1996 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. He was a printer by trade, working for major San Francisco newspapers, a trade that he probably learned from his first father-in-law. After a marriage in 1925 and the birth of a daughter who died very young, he left his home and family and changed his name to Ralph Michael Norton. I believe that he was not formally divorced from his first wife. His own family rarely heard from him the rest of his life. At the time of his death, he was survived by his 4 sisters, Helen, Irene, Margaret and Velma.
..................3 John Cooper Golden b: 24 Jan 1907 in Blyth, Huron, Ontario, Canada, d: 08 Feb 1994 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA.. John was a dentist, and practiced for almost 50 years. Upon arriving in Fresno, he was enrolled in the local school system, where he did very well. He was known as 'Jack' by his family and friends. After graduating high school he was soon off to San Francisco to attend the University of California Dental School, where he graduated before 1934. He opened his practice in a historical downtown high rise business building, and in 1936 he married Evelyn Cecilia Iverson, and would soon begin their family, consisting of three daughters. During WWII he was a Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps, stationed in Seattle, Washington. During his dental practice he was honored to serve as the President of the Fresno-Madera Dental Society. He also belonged to the local Masonic Society, and was known for his love of golf. He passed suddenly at home, and is buried next to his wife in the Golden family plot at Belmont Memorial Park in Fresno, California.
.................. + Evelyn Cecilia Iversen b: 23 Sep 1909 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, m: 25 Dec 1936 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, d: 14 Jan 2007 in Livermore, Alameda, California, USA. Evelyn was a high school teacher in the early years of their marriage, after graduating from U.C. Berkley. She was born and raised in Fresno, California by her immigrant Danish parents, living on a rural farm with her 2 sisters and brother. She loved to pursue higher education, studying advanced studies in the psychology of religion. She was a published writer of poetry and philosophy.
............2 George Charles Golden b: 15 Aug 1885 in Kent, Ontario, Canada, d: 17 May 1961 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
George was an Episcopal Minister, He never married. He immigrated with his parents to Fowler, Fresno, California about 1902. By 1910 we find him living in housing set up for homeless students who were attending the local Divinity School in San Mateo, California. I don't believe that following graduation and becoming an ordained Episcopal Minister, that he was ever assigned to a specific church. His obituary states that he was a retired domestic relations adviser. In 1913 he traveled with other divinity students to the family's homeland of Ireland and Scotland. One will notice that in all records that he gives information for, he lists his place of birth as Sligo, Ireland, not Kent, Ontario, Canada. I guess that he always wanted to believe and be known as an Irishman. His WWI Draft Registration shows him listed as a Clergyman in an Episcopal Chlurch in Nogalis, Santa Cruz, Arizona (born in Sligo, Ireland). The 1920 census shows him living in Yavapai, Arizona and working as an Episcopal Minister. The 1930 census shows him living in San Francisco (this time born in California - or maybe someone else supplied the information) and living on 48th Ave. and working as a Clergyman/writer. The 1940 census shows him still living in San Francisco, working as a "meta physician" - or in other words a philosopher. His WWII Draft Registration gives no occupation. It looks like by 1945 he had run out of options. He moved into his sister's home, where he lived until his passing in 1961. His body was cremated and according to family stories, his remains were buried within the plots of his parents and sister in the dark of night, probably because the cemetery personnel told the next of kin that there was no room left in the family plot. Sadly, following the death of his sister, Charlotte 'Lottie' Golden, the family had little to no contact with George.
We are looking for the siblings for Richard Jasper Golden, son of Jasper Golden. The online help is getting closer with new information being added all of the time.
I just read the Ancestry newsletter that came out today and went to the link for the newly posted Irish information. We have so many names from that spreadsheet that Barry sent, some of which may be listed in these new databases. I typed in Golden and Goulden both for Tobercurry, Sligo, Ireland. I see that Beesy Goulden was among those listed. The lists give the approximate dates of marriage but not any spousal information unfortunately. Check these out: The first one is for Goulden http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegMarriage&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msgpn__ftp=Tobercurry%2C+sligo%2C+ireland&uidh=7j1 Here is the one for Golden: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegMarriage&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsln=golden&msgpn__ftp=Tobercurry%2c+sligo%2c+ireland&uidh=7j1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=100&fsk=BEEnxFgIgAAKDAAYrfg-61- Next is the Death index, 1864-1958. Here I entered Goulden and Tobercurry: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegDeath&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msdpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+sligo%2C+ireland&uidh=7j1 Next for Golden in Tobercurry: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegDeath&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsln=golden&msdpn__ftp=tobercurry%2c+sligo%2c+ireland&uidh=7j1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=200&fsk=BEEnxFgIgAAJ5gAk3t8-61- It is nice that there is more information given on the death index with the estimated birth year. Next is the Births & Baptisms Index. This is a good one because it lists both parent's names for the child as well. Now if we can just prove siblings for Richard Jasper Golden... The first is for Golden http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandBirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=golden&msbpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+Sligo%2C+Ireland&uidh=7j1 Then for Goulden: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandBirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_db&gsln=goulden&msbpn__ftp=tobercurry%2C+Sligo%2C+Ireland&uidh=7j1 Notice that some records show up on both such as the children for Richard Golden and Jane Clarke. Some such as records show up under Sligo and not Tobercurry. Therefore, if we can just prove who all of the children were for Jasper and Mary (Gawley) Golden or Goulden, it seems much of the information for their children and grandchildren is there now.