Goshen Family History
Goshen Name Meaning
Jewish (Israeli): unexplained.Americanized spelling of the
North German family name Göschen, a patronymic from a short
form of the personal name Gottschalk.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Goshen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goshen families
 13 - 24  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goshen families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Goshen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Goshen census records
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Goshen Family Origin
Goshen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Goshen
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Goshen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Goshen census records
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Goshen Civil War Service Records
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