Where am I from? Goolsby family name.?

Question

I've researched and researched. i just wanna now what to say when someone says Goolsby where is that from?

Answer 1

Goolsbey is possibly a variant form of :-

Goldsborough  

Last name origin & meaning:

English: habitational name for someone from either of two places in North Yorkshire called Goldsborough. One, near Knaresborough is named from the Old English (or Old German) personal name Godel + Old English burh ‘fortified place’. The other, near Whitby, is named from the Old English personal name Golda + burh.

Goldsbrough

Recorded in several spellings including Goldsberry, Goldsborough, Goldsbrough, Goldsbrow, Gouldsbrough, Gouldsborough, and others, this is an English surname. It is locational from either of the places called Goldsborough in North and West Yorkshire. The North Yorkshire village is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Goldeburgh, and means "Golda's fort", from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name Golda and burg, a fortified place. Goldsborough in West Yorkshire appears as Godenesburg in the Domesday Book, and means "Godhelm's fort", from the Olde English or Anglo-Saxon name Godhelm. The surname recordings atken from various surviving charters and and registers includes John Goldsborough and Lawrence Goldsberry, both recorded in the Hearth Tax rolls for the county of Suffolk in 1674, and John Goldsbrow also of Suffolk in 1786. In 1695 Christopher Goldsbrough married Sibbel Lewis at St. James Clerkenwell, in the city of London, whilst much earlier, the first recorded spelling of the family name may be that of Walter de Goldisburc. This was dated 1206, in the "Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. . Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

or possibly :

Goldsby

This name is of English locational origin from a place in Lincolnshire called Goulceby. Recorded as Colchebi in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Golckesbi in the 1185 Knights Templars Records of that county, the first element is believed to be the Olde Norse personal name Colc or Golk (of uncertain meaning), plus the Olde Norse 'by', a farm or settlement. The surname from this source is first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century, (see below). The present day spellings Goldby and Goldsby first appear in late 16th Century London Church Registers. On September 11th 1575 Anne Goldby, an infant, was christened in St. Andrew's by the Wardrobe, London and on December 21 1701 Mary, daughter of William Goldsby was christened in St. Olave's, Southwark, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph de (of) Golkesby, which was dated 1202 - 'The Assize Rolls of Lincolnshire', during the reign of King John, 'Lackland', 1199 - 1216.

Answer 2

English: probably a reduced form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough.