George Ira Gosnell

3 September 1866–15 November 1938 (Age 72)
Glassy, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

The Life of George Ira

When George Ira Gosnell was born on 3 September 1866, in Glassy, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Matthew Gosnell, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Green, was 24. He married Nettie Ann Atkins about 1887, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in South Carolina, United States in 1870 and O'Neal, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 15 November 1938, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

George Ira Gosnell
1866–1938
Nettie Ann Atkins
1869–1933
Marriage: about 1887
Horace Cleveland Gosnell
1888–1922
Bertha L. Gosnell
1890–1961
Bessie L. Gosnell
1892–1915
Herman Lee Gosnell
1894–1939
Harry Grover Gosnell
1897–1947
Leila Mae Gosnell
1899–1947
George V "Charlie" Gosnell
1902–1949
Effie Myrtle Gosnell
1905–1957

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1887
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
children

(8)

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

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World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

Age 1

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1871 · KKK Supression

Age 5

In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1886

Age 20

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Irish: from an Irish adaptation (Góiséir) of English Hosier , the name of a family in Munster in the late 16th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • George I Gosnell, "United States Census, 1930"
  • George G Gosnell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • G G Gasnell in household of Wm Gasnell, "United States Census, 1870"

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