Questions re surname Goosney

[Ruskie]

Thanks for the insight Jennifer - it seems like you've been very thorough in your search - it must be very frustrating for you. 

[Hill]

Hi again

I have gone though every Parish Register since (in some cases) the 1500's and I'm afraid there are no Gooseney's or Gosneys (or anything resembling that name).

As regards the surname there are numerous Gasnier baptisms. In St Mary there are 72, St Ouen 47 and St Peter 5. These go from 1600's to 1842. It's interesting to note that in St Ouen, they stop in 1768!! However, in St Helier there is one baptism in 16th Jul 1755 for a Marie Gasnier, daughter of Samuel and Jeanne Le Quesne.

I asked the librarian at the Societe if she had heard of any Gooseney's and she hadn't come across that name. She had heard of Gasniers (and Garnier's) and told me that someone in Guernsey had done a lot of work on this family. he would locate his email address if you should want it.

I looked in a booked (skimmed would be a better word) called The Quiet Adventurers in Canada by Marion Turk. It is quite a thick book and lists even more names of people who went to Canada around the time in question. Let me know what names you would like me to look for.

Stewart

[amazon510]

Hi Stewart,

Thank you for your very thorough search!  I hope it was not too time consuming for you. 

The birth record for Marie Gasnier is new to me and quite interesting.  Per my other post, I have a record for a Samuel Gasnoy who was fined for missing court in 1755 - while he was in Jersey.  Perhaps he stayed in Jersey that summer because his wife was expecting? 

I believe I know the person in Guernsey who is also researching this name and have been in contact with him - I'll ask him what he knows about this birth record.

Re The Quiet Adventurers - I have reserved this book at my local university library and am waiting for it to be returned!  Should be there soon, the librarian has recalled it for me.

Many thanks for your help, this could be a good lead.

Jennifer.

[pamhi]

Hi,
By chance I saw the mention of GOOSNEY/GOSNEY.  I have done a little research on one family in Jersey.... funnily enough several generations down the track my eldest sister was a close friend of one of the descendants half way across the earth and living a few streets from each other!  Small world!!!

[amazon510]

! How exciting!  I have heard that there was a family of Gosneys in Jersey that ended up in ?New Zealand but have not been able to match up.  What did you learn about the Jersey family?

thanks,

Jennifer.

[pamhi]

Jennifer,

1861 CENSUS
[1.?.12]
Boulivot Cottage, Vingtaine of Longueville, GROUVILLE
George GOSNEY - 32 - born England, Agricultural Labourer, Head, md
Mary GOSNEY - 37 - born France, Wife
George GOSNEY - 9 - born St Saviour, son
Mary Ann GOSNEY - 7 - born Grouville, daughter
Elizabeth GOSNEY - 5 - born St Saviour, daughter
Lydia GOSNEY - 2 - born St Saviour, daughter

1871 CENSUS
[3.37.20]
(no address), Vingtaine de la Petite Longueville, ST SAVIOUR
George GOSNEY - 44 - born England, Ag Lab, Head, md
Marie VASSELIN - 45 - born France, Charwoman, Wife
George GOSNEY - 19 - born St Saviour, Blacksmith, son, unmd
Elizabeth GOSNEY - 15 - born St Saviour, Dress Maker, daughter
Lydia GOSNEY - 13 - born Grouville, scholar, daughter
John GOSNEY - 8 -born Grouvillle, scholar, son
James GOSNEY - 6 - born Grouville, scholar, son
Philip GOSNEY - 2 - born Grouville, son



George GOSNEY  and Maria (nee Vasselin),
Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Lydia, John, James, Philip     
St Saviour     
London via Plymouth to NZ   
8 June 1874 Pt Chalmers and 20 June '74 Lyttelton where  I assume they disembarked     
Atrato    
Settled in Timaru, some descendants later Dunedin    
Murray Gosney - source
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/green_dolphin_st.htm

Hope this helps?

[kiwipom]

It's possible that Gosney arrived in Guernsey from Crewkerne Somerset.
It is probably also associated with the Penney(Pinney) Family also of Crewkerne.

I have a William Gosney Pinney in my Tree, a Son of William Pinney and Sarah Gosney.

In Guernsey they appear to have been involved in the Quarrying Industry and many lived in the Paris Street, Glategney Parade area of St Johns Parish.

I hope this is of some use
Tony

[amazon510]

Thank you Pamhi, your census records are good to have - plus the confirmation of the New Zealand tie.  I will save your information in case it matches up someday. 

I am looking for a family that arrived in Newfoundland in the 1820s.  That group of Gosneys is my best Channel Island connection, and yet it's 40 years later than the family I'm looking for.  I only wish there were census records for a few decades earlier.  Grrr.

Tony - I actually have come across a record of a Gosney from Crewkerne in my research.  Alfred Gosney, of Crewkerne, married Sarah Hutchings of Chance Cove, Newfoundland,  in 1868 in Newfoundland.  I think he came over with the installation of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.  He settled in Black River, Newfoundland and had a family here - occupation was "Telegraph Repairer".  If it is of interest I can send you what I have on this group.

I don't think he's related to my Goosneys, at least not directly, although I've made notes of the family just in case they ever do turn out to be related.  However it's entirely possible my Goosneys were also from Crewekerne, but came earlier.  I think my grandfather believed the Black River Gosney's were distant relatives, but I'm not sure why.

Jennifer.

[pamhi]

Hi Jennifer,
Interesting - just checked Jersey 1851 Census and there is only one 12yr old GOSNEY listed but 1871 has about 26!
The older ones/males appear to have come from England presumably some time after early 1851.
Maybe your line is NOT GOSNEY at all but, perhaps something like GASNIER?

Pam