Arthur Britton Gossett

Brief Life History of Arthur Britton

When Arthur Britton Gossett was born on 25 August 1920, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, William McDavid Gossett, was 50 and his mother, Margaret Louise "Maggie" Justice, was 29. He had at least 2 daughters with Azalee Holbert. He died on 8 March 1985, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Britton Gossett
1920–1985
Azalee Holbert
1929–1993
Ruth Gossett
1953–1993
Geraldine Gossett
1959–1999

Sources (6)

  • Arthur B Gossett in household of William M Gossett, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Arthur Britton Gossett - Published information: birth-name: Arthur Britton Gossett
  • Arthur Gossett, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex and Surrey; at least in part of French Huguenot origin): variant of Gosset .

Altered form of French, Walloon, and Channel Islands (Jersey; of French Huguenot origin) Gosset , reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

History: The majority of the American bearers of the surname Gossett are descendants of Jean Gosset, a Huguenot from Normandy, who fled to the isle of Jersey in 1685. The surname was brought to North America in the middle of the 18th century from Jersey by John and Peter Gosset(t), grandsons of Jean Gosset.

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

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