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Early Origins of the Gottshall family

The surname Gottshall was first found in Bavaria, where the family came from noble beginnings as a patrician family of Nuremberg and 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, including Sreniawa, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Gottshall family

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Gottshall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Goetchel, Goetchell, Goetschell, Goettschall, Gottshall, Getschel, Gettschell, Gettschell, Goettschall, Gotsel, Goettshell and many more.

Early Notables of the Gottshall family

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United States Gottshall migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gottshall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Peter Gottshall, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1761 1
  • Frederick Gottshall, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1
Gottshall Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • John Gottshall, aged 65, who immigrated to York, Pennsylvania, in 1921
  • Clara Gottshall, aged 25, who immigrated to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1923
  • Florence Gottshall, aged 22, who settled in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Gottshall (post 1700) +

  • Franklin Henry Gottshall (b. 1902), American author
  • Daniel Gottshall, American politician, Mayor of Canton, Ohio, 1847-48 2


  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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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