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Gosnell Family History

This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for someone who lived by Gosa's hill, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Gosa", plus "cnoll", hill. Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided easily recognisable distinguishing names in the small communities of the Middle Ages. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Gosnall, Gosnoll, Gosenell, Goosnell, Gasnell, and Gasnoll.