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Where did the German Doss family come from? What is the German Doss family crest and coat of arms? When did the Doss family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Doss family history?
The name Doss, which is a local surname, reveals that the original bearer of the name once lived, held land, or was born in Schleswig-Holstein, which is the northernmost state in western Germany. This is the homeland of the proud surname Doss. By and large, hereditary surname were formed in Germany when areas of Schleswig, and most of the German states, were a part of the Holy Roman Empire. At this time, as the population of Europe swelled and travel became easier, people began to encounter others sharing their own name and they avoided confusion by adopting a second name. A common form of surname found in Schleswig are those that are derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Doss was a name for a loud or boisterous person. The distinguished name Doss is derived from the Old Germanic word dossen, which means to speak loudly or to make noise.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Dose (Hamburg), Dohse, Doose, Dase, Doss, Dosse, Dos, Doz, Dozze and many more.First found in East Friesland, out of which the name quickly spread across the northern coastlands of Germany, in particular to Holstein and Mecklenburg. The name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society. The variations Dose and Dohse were found particularly frequently in Nordelbingen, as well as throughout Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. In the Middle Ages, Dose became quite popular as a first name among knights. Chronicles mention, for instance, the knight Dose Block of Holstein in 1371. Chronicles also mention the figure Doso von Helle, who owned the village Dosenbeck near Preetz in Holstein. Its use as a last name may have stemmed from the area in East Friesland where the Dose river flows into the Ems.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Doss. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Doss Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Daniel Doss, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1754
- Bernhart Doss came to Philadelphia in 1764
Doss Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
Doss Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Heinrich Doss, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Freiling, in 1904
- Friedrich Doss, aged 18, who arrived at Ellis Island from Hamburg, in 1905
- Franz Doss, aged 38, who arrived at Ellis Island from Hungary, Weisskers..., in 1907
- Richard Doss, aged 32, who arrived at Ellis Island from Passaic, Germany, in 1909
- Adelherd Doss, aged 27, who arrived at Ellis Island from Nainbs, Germany, in 1910
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- Noble Doss (1921-2009), American football player
- Colonel Edwin A. Doss (1914-1996), American fighter pilot, commander in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and Korean War, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, and the Air Medal
- Mark Steven Doss (b. 1957), Grammy Award-winning African-American bass-baritone
- James Houston Doss (b. 1915), prominent Texan bank director
- Shannon Lowell Doss, the director of the Dallas Federal Business Association and President of the Texas State Teachers Association. He was decorated with an Air Medal
- Private First Class Desmond T Doss (1919-2006), awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
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- Tarneller, Josef. Zur Namenkunde Tirolen Familiennamen. Bozen: Buchhandlung, 1923. Print.
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