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Early Origins of the Gohl family

The surname Gohl was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Gohl family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gohl research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1596, 1667, 1726, 1740 and 1745 are included under the topic Early Gohl History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gohl Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guhlen, Gühlen, Gulen, Gulden, Golen, Golden, Gollen, Gelen, Gelin, Goolen, Goulen and many more.

Early Notables of the Gohl family

Notable figures of the time with the name Gohl were

  • Jacob Gohl, also known as Jacob Golius, born Jacob van Gool (1596-1667), an Orientalist and mathematician based at the University of Leiden in Netherlands


United States Gohl migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gohl Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jakob Gohl, who landed in Georgia in 1735 1
  • Conrad Gohl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 1
  • Elias Gohl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 1
Gohl Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Johan Gohl, aged 26, who arrived in New York in 1854 1
  • Jacob Gohl, aged 25, who arrived in South Dakota in 1899 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gohl (post 1700) +

  • Janey Gohl (b. 1956), American beauty queen who competed in the Miss USA pageant, Miss Minnesota USA (1978)
  • Christopher Gohl (b. 1974), German politician, Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg (2021-)
  • Christiane Gohl (b. 1958), German author who uses the pen names Ricarda Jordan, Sarah Lark and Elisabeth Rotenberg
  • Matthias Gohl, Swiss Primetime Emmy nominated music producer and composer of film scores and stage productions
  • Andreas Gohl (1994-2014), Austrian freestyle skier at the 2014 Winter Olympics


  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)


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