Gosselin
Pierre Eugene Gosselin
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Origin of Surname
This is a variant form of an old French personal name imported into England in the forms Goscelin, Gosselin and Jocelin. The name, of complex origin, was very popular among the Normans, and has its roots either in the old German personal name Gauzelin meaning "a descendant of the Goths".
It is also said to be a diminuitive of the Germanic personal name 'Gosse', derived from gaut (of the people). It is a common name in Normandy today.
A third possibility is that Gosling originated as a nickname for a keeper of geese, in which case it would not be a variant of Gosselin but a separate name.
Early records
The surname Gosselin is first found in Jersey in the Assize Roll of 1309, where Peter Darcys and Guillot Le Keu are convicted of beating Colin Goscelin with blood and wounds. The heirs of Guillaume and Thomas Gosselin can be found in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550.
From Jersey, the family moved to Guernsey and Sark - with Nicolas Gosselin being one of the original settlers of Sark with Hellier De Caretet in 1565, which is remembered in the naming of Havre Gosselin.
According to Duncan's History of Guernsey, the Guernsey branch started when Hellier Gosselin, son of Thomas (a Jurat of the Royal Court in Jersey in 1521), moved there, became HM Procureur in 1546, and subsequently Bailiff of Guernsey in 1549.
Variants
- Gosselin c1340
- Gosselyn 1515
- Goscelin, 1309
- Gosceleyn 1309
- Gocelin 1309
- Goslin
- Gosling, a separate family in Jersey from Gosselin, but acknowledged as a name variant
- Gosline
- Gossling
From Payne's Armorial
Gosselin is a name of very early occurrence in Norman annals, and a family so called still exists at Boismontel in that Duchy. In the Bayeux inquest it appears as a pre-nomen. Gosellinus de Corcella feodum v mil in Corcella et in Berneriis. Vide Taylor's Chronicle of the Conquest.
Mont Orgueil rescue
Robert Gosselin greatly distinguished himself in the rescue of the Castle of Mont Orgueil from the French in the reign of Edward III, and in consequence, according to family tradition, was appointed Governor of that fortress, and received from the King on 3 July 1339 a docquet of the armorial ensigns still borne by his descendants:
Gules, a chevron between three crescents ermine
By the evidence of a member of the family, a stone bearing a chevron between three crescents appears to have existed over the gateway of this castle, but which has for some years been removed.
Thomas Gosselin, a descendant of Robert, was a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey in 1521. William Gosselin was also a Jurat in the same island in 1541 and subsequently became its Lieut-Bailiff in 1552.
His son Helier Gosselin, settling in Guernsey, was sworn Attorney-General for that island in September 1546 and became its Bailiff for a period extending over the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth.
His son Nicholas Gosselin was one of the Clerks of the Council, temp Elizabeth and was elected in 1565 a Jurat of the Royal Court of Guernsey. He married Perronelle, daughter of Thomas Lempriere, Lieut-Bailiff of Jersey. By a deed dated 10 October 1567 the estate of Beauregard, and a tract of land in the vicinity of Havre Gosselin, both in the Island of Sark, were granted by Helier de Carteret, Seigneur of St Ouen in Jersey, andof the Island of Sark "to his dear friend Nicholas Gosselin of Guernsey, and to Peronelle Lempriere, his wife" at a nominal rent of 54 sols sterling per annum.
Jersey branch extinct
Although it appears the Jersey branch existed for a lengthened period after the establishment of its principal members in the sister island (of which William and Nicholas Gosselin are mentioned by the Chronicler of St Ouen as being prominently instrumental in introducing the reformed faith into their native island) yet it is now extinct and its three existing branches are represented by Thomas William Gosselin, Jurat of the Royal Court of Guernsey, of Springfield; and Joshua Carteret Gosselin, Captain RN, of Beaulieu, both in the Island of Guernsey.
Family records
Jersey family trees
- William Gosling: 19th-20th centuries
- Rogier Gosselin: 15th-17th centuries
- Jean Francois Gosselin: 17th-20th centuries
- Pierre Gosselin: 18th-20th centuries
Church records
Gosling
- Gosling baptisms in Jersey
- Gosling marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Gosling marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Gosling burials in Jersey
Gosselin
- Gosselin baptisms in Jersey
- Gosselin marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Gosselin marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Gosselin burials in Jersey
Family histories
- Gosselins in Jersey and Guernsey
- Hellier Gosselin (1517-1579), Bailiff of Guernsey (1549-1562)
- Gosselin researcher's notes
Great War service
- Gosselin and Gosling family members who served in World War 1
- Town Hall presentation to Sergeant Percy Gosling, MM
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Gosselin family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Gosselin : Alice Maud , wife of Clarence Charles Henry, of Midhurst, Leoville, St Ouen - 08/Nov/1972 , 08/Nov/1972 , D/Y/B1/182/38
- Gosselin : Florence Maud , widow of Harold George Gosselin of Evadale, Undercliffe Road, St Helier - 22/Apr/1950 , 03/Jun/1950 , D/Y/B1/5/41
- Gosselin : Frank George Albert , of 26, Grasett Park, St Saviour - 06/Feb/1980 , 06/Feb/1980 , D/Y/B1/315/4
- Gosselin : Marie Anne , refugee in Jersey because of the Protestant Religion - 27/Apr/1737 , 25/Mar/1738 , D/Y/A/6/138
- Gosselin : Peter Eugene , of South View, La Rocque, Grouville - 27/Sep/1946 , 19/Aug/1960 , D/Y/B1/60/58
- Gosselin : Philippe , St Mary 21/08/1902 Bequeaths to Ann Jane Bisson a house and lands in St Mary and St Lawrence - Unknown date , 10/Oct/1903 , D/Y/A/62/91
- Gosselin : Winifred Olive , wife of Stanley George Robins, of 20, Clarence Court, Clarence Road, St Helier - 22/Sep/1977 , 22/Sep/1977 , D/Y/B1/266/10
Burial records
Family album
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Rene Jean Gosselin (1914-1977) son of Pierre Marie (1885-1956) and Blanche Marie Jehan (1918-1990) -
Pierre Marie Gosselin -
Charles Gosselin, photographed by Ernest Baudoux -
Blanche Marie Josephine Gosselin, nee Jehan, born in Plancoet, Cotes d'Armor in 1890, married Pierre Marie Jean Baptiste Gosselin (1885-1956). They had three daughters and three sons, born in St Clement and Grouville between 1911 and 1924 -
A postcard sent to Master H Gosling in 1904 ... -
... and the picture on the front of the card
Rogues' gallery
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Harold George Gosselin (1888- ) Front row, right, was found guilty with Alfred Charles Ricou (1884- ), Henry Charles Falle (1873- ), Edward John Vardon (1869- ), Henry Charles Isherwood (1868- ), James Albert Charles Mathew (1887- ), Louis Ferchal (1888- ), and Frederick William Brown (1877- ) of robbery and sentenced by the Royal Court in 1918 to nine months in prison with hard labour
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Edith Gosling (21) and Stanley Reginald Hall (22) were convicted of forgery by Jersey's Royal Court in 1912. Hall was sentenced to four months in prison with hard labour and Gosling to nine months
Family businesses
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A card advertising William Gosling's Don Street livery stables (in the centre of town) in about 1890 -
1881 advert
Family gravestones
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Mont a l’Abbe cemetery -
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery -
Surville Cemetery -
Surville Cemetery -
Surville Cemetery -
St Brelade Church cemetery -
St Lawrence
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