The Gossett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,389 people carried this name — #3,170 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,059 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gossett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Goce’.

An early record he cites: Isabella Josset, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Gosset and Gossett.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 331 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Gossett, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 107 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 5
South Carolina 5
Virginia 4
Massachusetts 3
Pennsylvania 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 242 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Gossett in American newspapers,
1897.

Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Gossett
The Times 1897-04-04
Newspaper page from The Morning Times carrying the name Gossett
The Morning Times 1897-02-21
Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Gossett
The Times 1897-04-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Gossett in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

602 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gossett. The most, 265, date from the 1860s. Victoria 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 Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 277
Queensland 153
New South Wales 99
Tasmania 33
South Australia 23
Western Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gossett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles C. Gossett
    Charles C. Gossett 1888–1974 · politician
  • Dick Gossett
    Dick Gossett 1890–1962 · baseball player
  • Ed Gossett
    Ed Gossett 1902–1990 · judge
  • William T. Gossett
    William T. Gossett 1904–1998 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Hughes Gossett
    Elizabeth Hughes Gossett 1907–1981 · philanthropist
  • Don Gossett 1929–2014 · writer

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 Gossett,
in the records of 5 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 States599 records

599 records of the Gossett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 410
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 144
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred W. Gossett

    Born 1917 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    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 Hershel Lee Walto Gossett

    Born 1945; from Athens, Tennessee. U.S. Army, carpentry and masonry specialist; killed in action 1968 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Wilber Peyton Gossett

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1970; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 599 records for Gossett in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Gossett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 25
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Selina Gossett

    Civil servant of New Zealand, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Gossett

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1861 aboard the Aurora Australis from London.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Arthur Percy Gossett

    Wrote to the Colonial Secretary of Queensland in 1860.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Gossett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Gossett 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 Helen Low Gossett

    Died 1951, aged 94; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Constance H. Gossett

    Died 1933, aged 48; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Gossett in New Zealand.

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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Gossett name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elihu Gordon Gossett

    Buried in 1967 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 89.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roy Jasper Gossett

    Died 1934; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Gossett name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Peter Gossett

    Buried in 1795 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 63.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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