A few years ago I came across a reference in an old family genealogy book to a street in Paris being named after my great grandmother%26#39;s family, but I%26#39;ve yet to find it on a map! This is what the book says: %26quot;A tiny street near the palace in Paris bears the name of Gossett%26quot;. What palace do you think this refers to? Anyone know of this street and where I might find it? It would be cool for me to take a stroll along it next trip if I can ever figure out where it is. Just my luck it%26#39;s been renamed something else!
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There is a Rue du Professeur Gosset (with a single ending T), but it%26#39;s located beyond the Périphérique, close to the La Chapelle railway maintenance works !
Here%26#39;s what the official Paris website knows about the street
Ouverte en 1949.
Le côté nord de la voie forme la limite du territoire de Saint-Ouen.
Ouverte par la Ville de Paris et réaménagée en 1966 lors de la construction du boulevard Périphérique.
Orig. du nom.
Antonin Gosset (1872-1944), chirurgien, promoteur de la chirurgie abdominale.
Is that of any clue ?
What do you think the %26quot;Palace%26quot; might be referring to ?
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Interesting...thanks! This is more than I%26#39;ve been able to find on my own. The book I found this in was published in 1956, so it could be this street. I have no idea what %26quot;palace%26quot; it%26#39;s talking about tho. Wish I knew!
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I forgot to translate the French bits. It says that the street is named after a surgeon. Could he be your ancestor ?
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You must be related to Lou Gossett Jr,the actor.
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Maybe a distant cousin, but my direct ancestors left the country much before the 1940%26#39;s. Supposedly, they were nobles in the Normandy region who left the country after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes--back in the late 1600%26#39;s.
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Trini--hehe...I%26#39;m pretty sure I%26#39;m not!
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There%26#39;s an %26quot;impasse Gosset%26quot; in Chennevières-sur-Marne (a few km%26#39;s to the south-east of Paris), and a %26quot;rue Gosset%26quot; in Epinay-sur-Seine (north of Paris). The %26quot;impasse Gosset%26quot; probably can be described as %26#39;tiny%26#39;, it%26#39;s barely 50 m long.
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Jan--good info, thanks! Either of them near a palace? ;)
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Annette,you had to do a double take on that?LOL
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Annette, I think it%26#39;s sorted - the impasse Gosset in Chennevières is a handful of yards away from the Fort de Champigny. I%26#39;m pretty sure the %26quot;fort%26quot; was mistaken for a %26quot;palace%26quot;.
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