Gose History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Gose family

The surname Gose was first found in Staffordshire where the Pipe Rolls of 1130 list Gotso dapifer. A few years later, Gosce and Joce de Brunna were listed in Lincolnshire in 1195. From these earliest entries as a forename, we found Hugo Gosse in the Assize Rolls for Lincolnshire in 1202 and Geoffrey Gosse in Huntingdonshire in 1251. The Pipe Rolls of 1205 for Suffolk included Richard Goce and Thomas Joce was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1327. 1

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 proved the widespread use of the name in a variety of spellings: Isabel le Gous, Cambridgeshire; Walter le Gows, Cambridgeshire; and Michael le Govs, Somerset. 2 In Somerset, Richard le Goos and William Goose were listed there 1 Edward III (in the first year of the reign of Edward III.) 3

In Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Cicilia Gous and Johannes Gosse as holding lands there at that time. 2

"The name of Goss is now best represented in the Aylesbury district [of Buckinghamshire]. In the 13th century Gosse was a common Bucks name, occurring in Stoke Goldington, Ravenstone, and in other parts of the county." 4

The source Baines' Lancashire notes "Thomas Goose was executed at Garstang, Lancashire, Feb. 14, 1716, for joining the Scotch insurgents in 1715."

Early History of the Gose family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gose research. Another 172 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1195, 1202, 1205, 1327, 1359, 1400, 1402, 1770, 1800, 1811, 1814, 1817, 1841, 1872 and 1880 are included under the topic Early Gose History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gose Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gosse, Goss, Joss, Jose and others.

Early Notables of the Gose family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Alexander Goss (1814-1872), Roman Catholic bishop of Liverpool, born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, on 5 July 1814, educated at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, and at the English College, Rome, where he was ordained priest by Cardinal Fransoni in 1841. 5 Sir John Goss (1800-1880), the English musical composer, born at Fareham, Hampshire, on 27 Dec...
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Gose Ranking

In the United States, the name Gose is the 11,545^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6

Gose migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gose Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Gose, who landed in Maryland in 1676 7

Gose Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Geo Gose, aged 19, who landed in America, in 1920
Maurice Gose, aged 16, who settled in America, in 1923
Wilhelm Gose, who landed in America, in 1924

Contemporary Notables of the name Gose (post 1700) +

Anthony Gose (b. 1990), American center fielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization
Richard Verne Gose (b. 1927), lawyer
McQuown F. Gose (1859-1942), American Republican politician, Justice of Washington State Supreme Court; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1932 8
George Cowan Gose (1870-1945), American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1932 8
Genevieve Gose, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940 8

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html