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United States Goulden migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Goulden Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Goulden, who arrived in Maryland in 1664 1
  • Philip Goulden, who landed in Maryland in 1679 1

Australia Goulden migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Goulden Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. John Goulden, English convict who was convicted in York, Yorkshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Emperor Alexander"on 6th April 1833, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1843 2
  • Mr. Patrick Goulden, British Convict who was convicted in Liverpool, Merseyside, England for life, transported aboard the "Dudbrook" on 17th November 1852, arriving in Western Australia 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Goulden (post 1700) +

  • Joseph Aloysius Goulden (1844-1915), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from New York, 1903-11, 1913-15 4
  • Henry F. Goulden, American Democratic Party politician, National Democratic Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1898 4
  • Richard Reginald Goulden (1876-1932), British sculptor
  • Roy Leonard Goulden (b. 1937), English former professional footballer, son of Len Goulden
  • Mark Goulden, British journalist and publisher
  • Leonard Arthur "Len" Goulden (1912-1995), English footballer who played from 1931 to 1950, member of the England National Team (1937-1939)
  • Sir John Goulden (b. 1941), British retired diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (1992-1995), Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (1995-2001)


  1. 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)
  2. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 11th April 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/emperor-alexander
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 23rd July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dudbrook
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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