Goodchild Family History
- Goodchild Name Meaning
- English (mainly southern): from a Middle English personal name, a survival of Old English Godcild, composed of the elements god ‘good’ + the late Old English name-forming element cild (see Child). This name may also have been used in the Middle English period as a nickname for a good person. English: nickname from godchild, i.e. someone who was the godchild of an important member of the community. Compare Godson, which was similarly confused with Goodson. English translation of German Gutkind (see Gutkin).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 282,134 Historical Documents with Goodchild on Ancestry
- 95,701 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 80,069 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,584 Military Records
- 4,900 Immigration Records
- 96,880 Member Trees
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Number of Goodchild families
 425 - 848  142 - 424 |
 1 - 141  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Goodchild families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Goodchild census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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