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Early Origins of the Gotsel family

The surname Gotsel 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 Gotsel family

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Gotsel 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 Gotsel family

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United States Gotsel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gotsel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Patrick Gotsel, who landed in New York in 1826 1
  • Charles Gotsel, who settled in Alegheny County in 1844
  • Charles Gotsel, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gotsel (post 1700) +

  • Thomas A. Gotsel, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Thomaston, 1904 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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