The Gosnell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,931 people carried this name — #5,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,988 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gosnell surname

From earlier Gosnold, possibly from a former place called Gosenwold, a compound of Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”), from Old English weald, Anglian Old English wald.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gosnell» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gosnell in American newspapers,
1903–1924.

Newspaper page from The Carbon County News carrying the name Gosnell
The Carbon County News 1924-12-11
Newspaper page from The Carbon County Chronicle carrying the name Gosnell
The Carbon County Chronicle 1924-06-11
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Gosnell
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,995 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gosnell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

762 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gosnell. The most, 137, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 447
Western Australia 147
South Australia 66
Victoria 37
Tasmania 32
Queensland 27
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gosnell.

Who carried it

People named Gosnell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Evelyn Gosnell
    Evelyn Gosnell 1895–1946 · actor
  • Sylvia Foote Gosnell 1866–1937
  • Bert Gosnell 1880–1972 · association football player
  • Bert Gosnell 1880–1972 · association football player
  • Cullen B. Gosnell 1893–1963 · political scientist
  • Harold Foote Gosnell 1896–1997 · political scientist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gosnell,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States441 records

441 records of the Gosnell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 267
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Samuel M. Gosnell

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; textile mill worker. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Albert Aaron Gosnell

    Born 1931; from Greenville County, South Carolina. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Gosnell

    Arrived at New York in 1878 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 441 records for Gosnell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Gosnell name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Gosnell

    Arrived in Victoria in 1865 aboard the Oceanica, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur William Gosnell

    Married 1889 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Edward Gosnell

    Of St Peters, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Gosnell in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Gosnell name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Helena Gosnell

    Died 1963; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edwin Francis Gosnell

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Dalton Gosnell

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Gosnell in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Gosnell name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Jane Gosnell

    Died 1921, aged 79; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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