Re: Gossett heritage, where are we from?
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Gossett heritage, where are we from?
5/11/00
OK GUYS...I'M GOING TO COMPLICATE THIS EVEN FURTHER.I SAW A REFERENCE SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN A GENEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY THAT SAID OUR NAME WAS WELSH..A DERIVATIVE OF THE WORD AND NAME "JOY." ON THE OTHER HAND, MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HOLD THAT WE ARE IRISH AND I HAVE TRACED ONE BRANCH TO A SCOTS-IRISH COMMUNITY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.MY FATHER, MY UNCLE, MALE COUSINS AND I ARE ALL DARK-HAIRED AND BLUE-EYED.PERHAPS WE ARE "BLACK IRISH." IF OUR NAME IS A FORM OF THE WORD JOY, THIS WOULD ALSO FIT.ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IRISH AUTHORS WAS JAMES JOYCE.OUR BRANCH OF GOSSETTS COME FROM MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND MAY BE RELATED TO OTHER BRANCHES IN ILLINOIS, TENNESSEE AND WESTERN VIRGINIA.FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, THE NAME GOSSETT MAY HAVE SEVERAL VALID DERIVATIONS.WE MAY ALL BE RIGHT!