Brief Life History of Peter Frederick
When Peter Frederick Goss was born on 18 February 1840, in Basel, Switzerland, his father, Andreas Gass, was 44 and his mother, Elsbeth Hösli, was 43. He married Caroline Christofine Albrecht on 7 May 1862, in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He registered for military service in 1905. In 1880, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as tailor in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 1 September 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Frederick Gass, "United States Census, 1870"
- Peter Fredrick Goss, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Peter F in entry for Arthur Franklin Goss, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, German, and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gozzo, Gauz (Middle English, Old French Gosse), short forms of compound names based on the element goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Geat’ or ‘Goth’), rarely also on the element gōd ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’. In Middle English Gosse was frequently used as a short form of the double diminutive Goscelin (see Joslin ). Geats (Old English gēatas, Old Scandinavian gautar) were the Scandinavian people formerly occupying modern Götaland in Sweden, their name being closely related to that of the Goths (Old English gotan, Old Scandinavian gotar). Both ethnic names are presumably derived from a Proto-Germanic word meaning ‘to pour’. The relationship between Geats and Goths is controversial and in the name elements the two ethnicities are not always distinguishable. This surname is rare in France, where the common form is Gosse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Personal History by Peter Frederick Goss
Condensed History of Peter Frederick Goss written by myself February 1893 I was born February 18th 1840 in the City of Basel, Canton Baselstadt, Switzerland, the 10th Child out of 11; of Andreas G …
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