Goodsell Family History
Goodsell Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ +
saule, soule ‘soul’.Probably also an
Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutsell; like 1,
these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good
soul’). Alternatively, it could be a reduced Americanized form of
south German Gutgsell, a nickname or journeyman’s name, from
gut ‘good’ + Gesell(e) ‘fellow’, ‘journeyman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Goodsell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goodsell families
 45 - 87  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goodsell families
|
142 - 281 48 - 141 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Goodsell families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Goodsell Family Origin
Goodsell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Goodsell
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Goodsell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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