The name GOSE is derived from GOOSE. The original domicile of the family was Strasbourg, Providence of Alsace, Germany. Strasbourg is in the Rhine Valley on the west side of the Rhine River and not far from the border of Switzurland. Germany and France fought several wars over the provence of Alsace and Strasbourg. Following World War I, the city is now a city in France. STEPHEN GOSE I was born in Germany and came to America on the ship "Brothers", landing at the Port of Philadelphia on 22 Sep 1752. In 1759, at the age of 40, Stephen married Elizabeth Spracher and they settled at Cripple Creek, in Montgomery Co., now Wythe Co., Virginia where Stephen owned 247 acres on the waters of Cripple Creek. Stephen died in 1799 and is probably buried in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetary on Cripple Creek where many grave stones may be seen without inscriptions. The old church records there are written in German and record the birth and baptismal dates of numeraus pioneers living on Cripple Creek and other communities 50 miles or more distant. In these records, the name was spelled Gooss, Goss and finally Gose. The first church services were held at Zion under the tree by Rev. John Stanger, minister, doctor and farmer. A pulpit was made by 2 poles mortised one above the other into two trees.