Gilden History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Gilden family

The surname Gilden was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1284 when William Geldehyrde held estates.

Early History of the Gilden family

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Gilden Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gildart, Geldart, Gildhart, Geldhart, Gildarte, Geldharte and many more.

Early Notables of the Gilden family

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Gilden Ranking

In the United States, the name Gilden is the 16,929^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Gilden migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gilden Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Dennis Gilden, who landed in America in 1807 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Gilden (post 1700) +

Gilden R. BroadBerry (d. 1936), American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920; Candidate for New York State Senate 51st District, 1926 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html