When Alexis Gosselin was born on 28 August 1750, in Saint-Pierre, Montmorency No. 2, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph Gosselin, was 65 and his mother, Marie Madeleine Leclerc, was 40. He married Marie Madeleine Ferland on 27 September 1773, in Montmorency No. 1, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 3 May 1833, in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lévis, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lévis, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Gaston, Armand, Lucien, Benoit, Marcel, Normand, Andre, Laurent, Adrien, Aime, Alphonse, Germain.
French: from the Old French personal name Goscelin, Gosselin, Joscelin, from ancient Germanic Goz(e)lin, a diminutive of a short form of compound names based on the element goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Geat’ or ‘Goth’; see Goss ). Compare Gorsline and Goslin .
History: François Gosselin from Longjumeau in Essonne, France, married Marie Babin in Lachenaie, QC, in 1748. Gabriel Gosselin from Combray in Calvados, France, married first Françoise Lelièvre in Quebec City, QC, in 1653, and second Louise Guillot in Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, QC, in 1677. — This surname is listed along with its rare altered form Gorseline in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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